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In 2004, the song was placed 373rd in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's [[List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].
The song was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 2014.<ref>https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award#w</ref>
==Later versions==
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*[[Herman's Hermits]] had a major hit in the mid-1960s with an uptempo version of the song (omitting one verse) which reached number one in Canada,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Vol+3%2C+No.+19+-+Week+of+July+5th%2C+1965.pdf| title=RPM Top Magazine - July 5, 1965 - Page 9}}</ref> number four in the US, and number seven in the UK. The Hermits' version was, according to singer [[Peter Noone]] and guitarist [[Keith Hopwood]], done as a tribute to Cooke upon his death. In an interview with Hugh Brown prior to a 2020 concert in Edinburgh, Noone recalled that [[Jimmy Page]], later founder of [[Led Zeppelin]], played guitar on the track and was paid £12.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuojinVBizc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/iuojinVBizc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=PETER NOONE & HERMAN'S HERMITS - A LIFE IN MUSIC|date=April 4, 2020 |access-date=April 26, 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[Cash Box]]'' described it as having "an infectious, rhythmic blues-tinged warm-hearted style".<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=May 22, 1965 |page=12 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-05-22.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>
*[[Otis Redding]] recorded a version of the song on his 1965 album ''[[Otis Blue]]''.
*[[Johnny Nash]] recorded a version for his [[eponymous]] 1977 album ''What a Wonderful World''.
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==In popular culture==
The song is used in the 1978 film ''[[National Lampoon's Animal House|Animal House]]'' in the well-known lunchroom scene where Bluto ([[John Belushi]]) gathers food in preparation for a food fight.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZN4r8p6KbU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/DZN4r8p6KbU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Bluto's a Zit - Animal House (5/10) Movie CLIP (1978) HD|date=June 16, 2011 |access-date=April 26, 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The song was also included in the 1983 film ''[[Breathless (1983 film)|Breathless]]''. The original Sam Cooke version of the song comprised the title soundtrack of the 2005 film ''[[Hitch (film)|Hitch]]''.
After a Greg Chapman cover of the song was featured prominently in the 1985 film ''[[Witness (1985 film)|Witness]]'' in a scene where [[Harrison Ford]] dances with [[Kelly McGillis]], "Wonderful World" gained further exposure. Particularly in the United Kingdom, where a copy of the song, produced by [[Karl Jenkins]] and [[Mike Ratledge]] and with vocals sung by [[Barbadian people|Barbadian]] Tony Jackson, a backing singer for [[Paul Young]], appeared in "Bath", a well-remembered, Roger Lyons-directed 1985 advertisement for [[Levi Strauss & Co.|Levi's 501]] jeans.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Bryan Appleyard|author-link=Bryan Appleyard|title=Spectrum: I Sold It Through the Grapevine / Pop Music in Advertising|journal=[[The Times]]|date=August 22, 1986}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Sam Ingleby|title=Karl Jenkins: Fanfare for the Common Man|journal=[[The Independent]]|date=May 17, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ronroker.com/Latestreleases.htm |title=Latest Releases |publisher=Ron Roker |access-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127073157/http://ronroker.com/Latestreleases.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> As a result, the Sam Cooke version of the song became a hit in the UK, reaching No.2 and selling a certified 250,000 copies. In a 2005 poll by the UK's [[Channel Four]] the song was voted the 19th-greatest song ever to feature in a commercial.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coke theme is top of the pops|work=[[The Manchester Evening News]] |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/163/163787_coke_theme_is_top_of_the_pops.html|date=July 1, 2005|access-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref>
Cooke's version is also featured at the very beginning of the movie [[Hitch (film)]].
The song is featured in the [[Mafia III]]'s Official Soundtrack, published on October 7, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mafia 3's Excellent Soundtrack Revealed, Contains These 100-Plus Songs|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/mafia-3s-excellent-soundtrack-revealed-contains-th/1100-6442877/|website=GameSpot|language=en-US|access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref>
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