Nature Boy McGregor's character, Christian. Some of the film's premise was based on the lyrics, in particular the opening lines. The closing lyric, "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return" is used throughout the film. While reviewing "Moulin Rouge!", Erickson noted that "[by] itself, ['Nature Boy'] redeems the wonderful idea behind Luhrmann's flawed but often wonderful movie." The song was performed by Rodrigo Santoro in the film "Heleno" (2012), during the radio interview when he asks if he could sing a song for his wife and son. Cole's version was again played at the
Take Me to the River Rev Al Green, writer of this song. Eva Cassidy performed the song live at Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. venue on January 1996, later included in her live album, released before her death that same year. The Italian bluesman Zucchero Fornaciari sampled part of the melody for realizing his song "Baila" in the album "Shake" of 2001. Phish performed the song three times in concert tours. The band performed it as a soundcheck track for the State Theatre concert in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 9, 1993. The band re-performed it twice onstage, both incomplete: one as a medley with another