Media References
It was jokingly suggested on "A Song for Europe", an episode of TV sitcom Father Ted, that "Vienna" was written and performed by a priest called Father Benny Cake who changed his name so that nobody would know he was a priest, presumably referring to Ure even though the song was incorrectly stated as having got to number one in the UK.
In 2008, "Vienna" was used in the BBC trailer for Ashes to Ashes. It appeared in the first episode when Alex Drake initially arrived in 1981, and again in the sixth episode. It is a running theme.
During a fictitious flashback scene on the Kath & Kim episode "The Hidden Truth", Sharon mentions her plans to attend a 'Blitz Night' and sings a few notes from "Vienna".
"Vienna" is also included in the Xbox360 game Lips: I Love The 80s along with its music video.
Read more about this topic: Vienna (Ultravox Song)
Famous quotes containing the word media:
“Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why—but the editorialists forget it—terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)