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A cover of the song was used in the Season 1 finale of Shameless.David Byrne sued for copyright infringement and, in a legal settlement, Crist issued a video apology for his improper use. Senate in Florida, used the song in a campaign video without obtaining permission.

Charlie Crist, in his unsuccessful 2010 run for the U.S.

John Nolan of Straylight Run and Taking Back Sunday covered the song on his 2010 EP, Songs I Didn't Write.

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The song accompanies the end-credits of the 2008 movie Religulous.

The Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode featuring the film Hobgoblins has Tom Servo crooning the first verse over the background music playing inside a room (a trap) as the movie lot security guard runs inside to fulfill his rock-star fantasy.

The song also appears in the 1994 movie Reality Bites.

The song appeared during the ending credits to the 1989 movie Little Monsters.

The song was featured in the 2008 documentary Australian singer-songwriter Sarah Blasko uses the lyrics and composition to end her song 'Over & Over' on her 2009 album As Day Follows Night.

The French band Nouvelle Vague recorded a cover for their 2009 album 3.

The French band Indochine recorded a cover to support Reporters Sans Frontières.

The British a cappella group The Flying Pickets covered the song on the album The Original Flying Pickets.

The Kalamazoo, Michigan based bluegrass band Greensky Bluegrass recorded a version of this tune on their 2007 release Live at Bell's.

Musician David Byrne sues Florida governor over campaign song.

Tina Weymouth – bass and backing vocals.

Jerry Harrison – organ and backing vocals.

David Byrne – lead vocals and backing vocals, electric guitar.

It was nominated for Best Video of the Year at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards, losing out to ' Money for Nothing' by Dire Straits. Director Johnson re-used some of the effects techniques in award-winning videos for Peter Gabriel the following year: ' Sledgehammer' and ' Big Time'. Some parts were shot in the back yard and pool of actor Stephen Tobolowsky, who was co-writing Byrne's film True Stories at the time.

Johnson and features the band and various objects revolving, including boxes revolving around David Byrne's head, as well as a couple growing older, masked businessmen pummeling each other with briefcases and a runaway shopping cart, as if in their own 'road to nowhere'. The video for the song was directed by Byrne and Stephen R.

So, out of embarrassment, or shame, I wrote an intro section that had a couple more in it.'Ĭash Box said that 'this marching single which features David Byrne's soothing lead vocal is a curious and circus-ride look at life.' Billboard said that within the song ' a cappella gospel leads into Louisiana hootenanny.' Music video The front bit, the white gospel choir, is kind of tacked on, 'cause I didn't think the rest of the song was enough. 'I wanted to write a song that presented a resigned, even joyful look at doom,' recalls David Byrne in the liner notes of Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads.