<P> During 1965 and 1966, the band performed the song on the television programs Hollywood A Go - Go, Shindig!, The Ed Sullivan Show, and Where the Action Is, as well as in the concert film, The Big T.N.T. Show . Additionally, the song would go on to become a staple of the Byrds' live concert repertoire, until their final disbandment in 1973 . The song was also performed live by a reformed line - up of the Byrds featuring Roger McGuinn, David Crosby and Chris Hillman in January 1989 . In addition to its appearance on the Turn! Turn! Turn! album, the song also appears on several Byrds' compilations, including The Byrds' Greatest Hits, History of The Byrds, The Original Singles: 1965--1967, Volume 1, The Byrds, 20 Essential Tracks From The Boxed Set: 1965 - 1990, The Very Best of The Byrds, The Essential Byrds and There Is a Season . </P> <P> The recording has been featured in numerous movies and TV shows, including 1983's Heart Like a Wheel, 1994's Forrest Gump, and 2002's In America . Following Joe Cocker's cover of "With a Little Help from My Friends", the song was the first to play on the first episode of the television series The Wonder Years . It was also used in a Wonder Years parody, during The Simpsons episode, "Three Men and a Comic Book". In 2003, it was used in the closing sequence of the Cold Case episode "A Time to Hate" (Season One, episode 7) and for the closing credits of episode 3 of Ken Burns' 2017 documentary The Vietnam War . </P> <P> The song has been covered by many other artists: </P> <Ul> <Li> The Seekers recorded it in 1966 for their Come the Day album . A video was also recorded for the song . </Li> <Li> Scottish singer Sheila Walsh recorded the song in 1983 for her album War of love . It was released that year as a single, produced by Cliff Richard and Craig Pruess . </Li> <Li> Dolly Parton recorded it in 1984 for her The Great Pretender album, and again in 2005 for Those Were the Days; on Parton's 2005 recording of the song, she was joined by McGuinn, who played guitar and provided harmony vocals . </Li> <Li> McGuinn, Parton, Marty Stuart, and Kathy Mattea performed the song together in the 2003 movie Our Country . </Li> <Li> Norwegian singer Kari Rueslåtten covered the song as "Turn, Turn, Turn" and released it as the lead single for her 2015 album To the North . A video was also recorded for the song . </Li> <Li> McGuinn, Emmylou Harris, and Ricky Skaggs cut a new version for the soundtrack and ending credits of the 2014 film, The Song . </Li> </Ul>

Words to the song heart of rock and roll