Use in Popular Culture
- "Weird Al" Yankovic parodied the song as "Grapefruit Diet" on his 1999 album Running with Scissors. Perry stated in an interview that he felt "honored" to have been parodied, though didn't quite understand "why Weird Al is such an icon".
- "Zoot Suit Riot" was featured on two episodes of the competitive dancing series So You Think You Can Dance in 2006 and 2007, included under the quickstep and jive dance styles, respectively.
- The song appears in the films Urban Legend and Simon Says.
- The song is part of a continuous song loop during pre-show entertainment at the Jordan's Furniture IMAX Theater in Natick, Massachusetts. This has actually become a running joke among theater attendees about how the song is still played throughout the years, despite almost everything else about the theater changing such as seats, sound system, and company owners.
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