<Ul> <Li> For a 1986 Designing Women episode, main character Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter) has one of her famous tirades, defending her beauty queen sister Suzanne against catty remarks made by a young woman, concluding with "And that, just so you will know, and your children will someday know, was the night the lights went out in Georgia!" </Li> <Li> It is a prime example of a twist ending in a song, and in the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs, the mobster named Nice Guy Eddie (played by Chris Penn) says, "...this is the first time I ever realized that the girl singin' the song is the one who shot Andy ." </Li> <Li> The opening motif is sampled in "The Time Is Now", which is currently used as American professional wrestler John Cena's entrance music; specifically, the song samples Pete Schofield and The Canadians' rendition . </Li> <Li> In 2011, a book was released titled "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia," written by Jeremy G.T. Reuschling and casually based on the McEntire version of the song and the music video . </Li> <Li> Melinda Schneider and Beccy Cole covered the song on their album Great Women of Country (2014). </Li> <Li> Comedy group The Credibility Gap recorded a parody version, "The Night That The Lights Stayed On In Pittsburgh ." </Li> </Ul> <Li> For a 1986 Designing Women episode, main character Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter) has one of her famous tirades, defending her beauty queen sister Suzanne against catty remarks made by a young woman, concluding with "And that, just so you will know, and your children will someday know, was the night the lights went out in Georgia!" </Li> <Li> It is a prime example of a twist ending in a song, and in the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs, the mobster named Nice Guy Eddie (played by Chris Penn) says, "...this is the first time I ever realized that the girl singin' the song is the one who shot Andy ." </Li> <Li> The opening motif is sampled in "The Time Is Now", which is currently used as American professional wrestler John Cena's entrance music; specifically, the song samples Pete Schofield and The Canadians' rendition . </Li>

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