A fictionalised version of Montpetit, played by Patrick Huard, is one of the central characters in the 2010 Canadian film Funkytown.
Johnson was the lead singer of the popular Minneapolis-based band Lipps Inc., best known for their 1980 song "Funkytown," which would become their only U.S. Top 40 hit.
"Def. Con. One" is a single by Pop Will Eat Itself released in 1988 from the album This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!, It samples the songs "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by The Stooges, Funkytown by disco band Lipps Inc, Crazy Horses, a 1972 hit by The Osmonds and the Twilight Zone theme tune.
A fictionalised version of Leopold, played by Paul Doucet, is one of the central characters in the 2010 Canadian film Funkytown.
The album also features "Teachers" (a track inspired by the Daft Punk song of the same name from their album Homework in which their musical influences are listed off) and "NY Lipps", a 2 Many DJ's-style mash-up of "NY Excuse" with Lipps Inc.'s 70's disco track "Funky Town".
The album includes a cover of the Lipps Inc. disco classic "Funkytown", the result of his latter-day interest in remaking unlikely 1970s tracks for live audiences.
In rock and popular music, examples of songs that "emphasize parallel keys," include Perfect Day, Grass Roots' "Temptation Eyes", Lipps Inc's "Funkytown" and Dusty Springfield's You Don't Have To Say You Love Me.