Live Performances
- Green Day at Live 8 in 2005.
- The Bad Plus (jazz cover in Blunt Object: Live in Tokyo, 2005)
- Japanese singer-songwriter Angela Aki in her 2006 concert,
- The Jonas Brothers, and the entire tour crew at their final concert for the When You Look Me in the Eyes tour.
- Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, in the season 8 finale of American Idol, on 20 May 2009.
- German parody rock band J.B.O. for "Wir sind die Champignons" (Ger: "We Are the Mushrooms"), in 1997.
- The song was sampled by Dame Dash, Kanye West, Young Chris, Beanie Sigel, Cam'ron and Twista for their song, "Champions".
- In 2011, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine & Blake Shelton covered the song at The Voice (U.S.).
- In 2012, Katy Perry covered the song at Summertime Ball 2012 edition in front of 80,000 at Wembley Stadium, London.
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