In Pop Culture
- A brief snippet of the song appears in the series finale of the television series Friends after Rachel boards the plane. This marked the first time that Pearl Jam licensed a song for usage in a television show. According to a spokesperson of the group, it was, "simply a matter of the show's producers asking permission."
- It was also featured in the Cold Case episode "The Long Blue Line" and in the final scene of the film 50/50.
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