The guitar riff was sampled for The Rubberbandits' 2011 single "I Wanna Fight Your Father", with a more prominent feature of the riff in the Irish version "Ba Mhaith Liom Bruíon le d'Athair".
In September 2010, they were invited to speak at the Trinity College Philosophical Society – following previous guests such as Jonathan Swift and Nelson Mandela.
Limerick rap duo The Rubberbandits achieved success online with their lampoon record "A Song for Willie O'Dea".