Save the World (George Harrison song) unsuccessful as the Beatles' work during the "Magical Mystery Tour" era. Although he concedes that the scarcity of environmental songs in the early 1980s, relative to the 1990s, might be a mitigating factor, Inglis dismisses the song as a "hopelessly vague indictment of the perils we are inflicting around the globe", adding: "The problem with such a general attack is that it lacks focus and, therefore, force." Alan Clayson views Harrison's conservationist sentiments as "laudable" and considers the track to be a protest song in the mould of Barry McGuire's 1965 hit "Eve of Destruction", yet he also identifies the
Eve of Destruction (song) more contemporary issues. The Temptations' song "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" mentions the song title. The song was briefly featured on Stephen King's 1994 miniseries "The Stand". With a burning Des Moines, Iowa, as a backdrop, Larry Underwood sits atop the hood of a car, belting out the song to amuse himself until interrupted by another survivor of the superflu. It also appeared in "The Simpsons" episode GABF16, "The Girl Who Slept Too Little", and was featured in Michael Winterbottom's 1997 film "Welcome to Sarajevo". A Joey Scarbury cover was played repeatedly in the original airing