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The song has appeared in numerous films, including The Wedding Singer (1998), Monster (2003),[9] Bedtime Stories (2008), Yogi Bear (2010), The Losers (2010) and Rock of Ages (2012), the film version of the Broadway musical of the same name. (2009-). It has also appeared in the 2009 pilot episode of Glee (see below), the 2003 Scrubs Episode "My Journey", the 2005 Family Guy episode "Don't Make Me Over", the 2002 Soul Food episode "In Transition" and the 2007 Christmas special Shrek the Halls.
In 2007, the song gained press coverage and a sharp growth of popularity for its use in the famous final scene of HBO's The Sopranos series finale "Made in America." Steve Perry was initially hesitant in allowing the song to be used in The Sopranos but later agreed.[10] Digital downloads of the song soared following the episode's airing and the exposure motivated the band members to overcome the struggles they were having at the time and find a replacement lead singer after Perry's departure.[11][12]
The song also served as the closing song in the Cold Case episode "Schadenfreude", from the show's second season.
In the Disney Channel series Gravity Falls, Mabel is challenged to a "Party Queen" contest. In order to propel herself over her rival, Pacifica Northwest, she tells Soos (the DJ), to give her "the 80s most crowd-pleasingest" song he has on hand. The music immediately kicks in, and Mabel sings a very similar song, "Don't Start Unbelieving."
Christian parody band ApologetiX did parody of the song called "Don't Stop 'Til Egypt" for their all-'80s parody album Wise Up and Rock.
The song is also the closing number for the Broadway show Rock of Ages, and serves as the finale for the 2012 film adaptation.
The song was released as downloadable content for the music video game series Rock Band on March 31, 2009.[13]
The song is referred to in the chorus of the song "This'll Be My Year" performed by Train on their album California 37, in which Pat Monahan sings "I stopped believin', although Journey told me 'don't'".[14][15]
A parody called "Knocked Up at Eighteen" was performed by adult film stars Tara Lynn Foxx and Tucker Slaine in This Ain't Glee XXX.