A line in the Tom Waits song "Shiver Me Timbers" from the album The Heart of Saturday Night (1974) runs "I know Martin Eden's gonna be a-proud of me".
The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe includes references to a lost version of the painting.
Solomon wrote the song “Shiver” for Natalie Imbruglia which went onto be a #1 Pan European airplay hit and Paris Hilton's first single “Stars Are Blind” which was a worldwide top #5 single.
Their first single 'Shiver' charted on the German DAC charts with remixes from Assemblage 23 and Echo Image.