Everyday People series of Toyota commercials in the late 1990s. The song's title is mentioned in the hit song by Sly and the Family Stone's "Thank You (For Lettin Me Be Myself Again)" in the third verse, along with their other hit "Dance to the Music". Soul singer Billy Paul covered the song on his 1970 album "Ebony Woman". Joan Jett's version appears on her 1983 release "Album". "Everyday People" by Ta Mara and the Seen was a minor hit in the Philippines in 1988. Aretha Franklin performed a version of the song for her 1991 album "What You See Is What
A Horse with No Name some controversy. "I know that virtually everyone, on first hearing, assumed it was Neil", Bunnell says. "I never fully shied away from the fact that I was inspired by him. I think it's in the structure of the song as much as in the tone of his voice. It did hurt a little, because we got some pretty bad backlash. I've always attributed it more to people protecting their own heroes more than attacking me." By coincidence, it was "A Horse with No Name" that replaced Young's "Heart of Gold" at the number 1 spot on the U.S. pop chart.