You Belong To The City - References in Popular Culture

References in Popular Culture

• The song was featured in, and indeed written specifically for, the Miami Vice episode "Prodigal Son".
• A 1985 Pepsi commercial featuring Frey and Miami Vice star Don Johnson used a version with product-specific lyrics. Johnson's co-star Philip Michael Thomas did not appear in the commercial alongside them due to prior obligations to a Sunkist Grape commercial.
• The rapper/record producer Jay-Z sampled part of "You Belong to the City" for his single, "The City Is Mine".
• The song was used in a video tribute to the 1986 World Champion New York Mets at Shea Stadium in August 2006; it was again used by the Mets in August 2010 when members of the 1986 team were inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame at Citi Field. It is also featured on the team's 1986 highlight film.
• An instrumental version of the song was used on an episode of the Fox television series Married... with Children, when Al and Steve went out looking for a Barbie doll they accidentally sold which belonged to Marcie.
• Except for import versions of Frey's 1985 album The Allnighter, the song was not available on a Frey album in the U.S. until his Solo Collection was released in 1995.
• This song was used in the Drawn Together episode "A Very Special Drawn Together After School Special".