All The Fine Young Cannibals
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Two Weeks Notice
Schindler's List
August Rush
Television
Liza with a 'Z' (1972): Sung by Liza Minnelli in this Emmy Award-winning television concert directed by Bob Fosse. Liza continues to sing this song at many of her concerts.
Theme song for the first two seasons of Roc (1991–1992), sung by Jerry Lawson
Grey's Anatomy (2006): Sung by Chandra Wilson in "Staring at the Sun"[10]
American Idol: Sung by Mikalah Gordon for the top 20, Katharine McPhee in her 2006 audition in San Francisco, LaKisha Jones on March 13, 2007, and Jacob Lusk and Haley Reinhart in 2011 in Hollywood.
The title of the 11th episode of season 4 of The Wire comes from the lyrics ("That's Got His Own").
Once and Again (2002): Sung by Evan Rachel Wood in Season 3, Episode 12, "Gardenia".
Laura White sings live on The X Factor 5 on Week 3.
Diana Ross performed the song on her 1978 The Boss" tour, later recorded by HBO for a television special, "Diana Ross:In Concert", in 1992 during her Showtime-aired special, Stolen Moments: The Lady Sings... Jazz and Blues" & in 1993 for a televised special, filmed at New York City's famed Apollo Theater.
Whitney Houston performed the song during her 1997 HBO Concert special, "Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D.C." at the famed DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C. The song was performed as a tribute to Diana Ross who had performed the song portraying Billie Holiday in the acclaimed 1972 film "Lady Sings the Blues (film)."
Music
J. Cole alludes to "God Bless the Child" on his track "In the Morning" from his 2010 mixtape, "Friday Night Lights".
Literature
Biyi Bandele references the song in his novel The Street.
Video Games
BioShock soundtrack: The three remixed tracks on the CD include "Beyond the Sea", "God Bless the Child" and "Wild Little Sisters"; the original recordings of these songs are in the game.
This and "Cryin'" are my two favorite Aerosmith songs. Thanks!!!!
OMG, so many classics in just one thread. I could spend the entire day here posting and watching stuff, but instead I'll just post this one classic by Queen Dusty and call it a night (for now):
This and "Crazy" are my two favorite Aerosmith songs. Thanks!!!!
OMG, so many classics in just one thread. I could spend the entire day here posting and watching stuff, but instead I'll just post this one classic by Queen Dusty and call it a night (for now):