The song was used as the theme for NBC's 1996 made-for-TV thriller, Sweet Dreams, starring Tiffani Thiessen, using both the original Eurythmics version and the Manson cover.
Used in the TV series The Simpsons in the 2002 episode "Half-Decent Proposal", and was sung by Artie Ziff (Jon Lovitz).
The song was used in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
The original version is used in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse, during the scene where Quicksilver uses his superhuman speed to evacuate the Xavier Mansion. The film is set in 1983, the same year as the song's release.
A version of the song was used in the commercial for Samsung Galaxy Note 3 directed by Paul Hunter.