In Popular Culture
The scene of lemmings leaping off a cliff in White Wilderness was used as political metaphor in a campaign ad promoting Andrew Monroe Rice, an Oklahoma candidate in the 2008 US Senate race.
White Wilderness was the inspiration for 1988 Dead Kennedys song Potshot Heard Round the World.
The film also inspired the theme of the video game Lemmings.
The Blink-182 song entitled "Lemmings", from their 1997 album Dude Ranch, contains the line, "People are what they want to be/ They're not lemmings to the sea". This is an obvious reference to the myth as depicted in the documentary. The early Graham Parker signature tune "Don't Ask Me Questions" which hit the Top 40 in the UK. contains the line - "Well I see the thousands screaming, rushing for the cliffs, just like lemmings into the sea."
^ a b c d Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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