Cale recalled that "Rubber Soul" was an inspiration to himself and Lou Reed as they developed their band the Velvet Underground. He described the song's mood as "very acid ... what you remember in a flashback is a sound, how your senses were bombarded", adding: "I don't think anybody got that sound or that closeted feeling as well as The Beatles did on Norwegian Wood." and Heather Nova. The song was sampled by The Chemical Brothers in their song The Private Psychedelic Reel from their classic 1997 album Dig Your Own Hole. In 1968, Alan Copeland won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Performance by a Chorus for a medley of "Norwegian Wood" and the .