Homer's Barbershop Quartet praised the "four-part harmony of hilarity [that] gets a flawless mop top modeling", complimenting the references to pop culture icons as being "right on the money". TV DVD Reviews commented on how the episode "hit all the right notes", and was pleased with Harrison's cameo. Despite the episode being a "leftover from last season", "The Washington Post" still applauded the episode's humor, saying, "Who cares? It's funny." "The Courier-Mail" found "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" an entertaining episode. Asserting that the series hit its peak with season five episodes such as "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", the "Sunday Tasmanian" called the episode a "first-class
Do You Hear the People Sing? protesters who have interrupted TTIP congresses as flashmobs singing the song. The song was also used in support of the Maidan protests by Ukraine 2020, who released a music video for the song on YouTube. In 2016, the song was used as a protest song in South Korea's nationwide Park Geun-hye resignation movement. On September 16, 2016, during his presidential campaign, Donald Trump used the song in a rally in Miami under the parody title "Les Déplorables", a response to Hillary Clinton's controversial "basket of deplorables" label. Do You Hear the People Sing? "Do You Hear the People Sing?" ("À