Female of the Species the hand. The song's distinctive style and lyrics led to it being used in TV and films, including the theme song to the UK drama "Cold Feet", the 1997 film "The Matchmaker" starring Janeane Garofalo, during the end credits of the popular movie "" (in the so-called 'Fembot Mix', available on the Original Soundtrack), and in the "Daria" episode "College Bored". It gained further popularity in the UK when used in a 1998 advert (with a cameo appearance by Quentin Crisp) for the bodyspray ""Impulse"". The song's name is a reference to the 1911 Rudyard Kipling poem "The Female of
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