It was also previously in the soundtrack to the film Orange County and featured in the episode "Milhouse of Sand and Fog" of The Simpsons.

[1] The song became a top ten hit in Austria, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, reaching numbers 3, 2, 9, and 10 in the respective countries.

Some websites refer to the Phantom Planet song as a cover of the Jolson tune.

It also bears some thematic and melodic resemblance to Joni Mitchell's "California" from her 1971 album Blue.

Canadian rapper k-os sampled the song on a track called "I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman", from his album Yes!.