In 1984, the gospel duo BeBe & CeCe Winans recorded a religious variation of the song that received airplay on Christian radio stations, and their remake in 1996 earned them a GMA Dove Award. Various versions of the song have also been used to parody the final scene of the film on television shows such as "Family Guy", "The Simpsons", and "South Park". The fact that the song is a ballad was seen as a misstep in Cocker's career, which had been built on performing rock and soul.