[1] The song reached even higher in Cash Box magazine's competing jukebox singles charts, attaining the #2 spot for the week of August 9, 1971.

In addition, it has been widely accepted that the song could more specifically refer to the tedious job of setting up power lines back in the early 1950s and 1960s.

in 1999 for the Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me soundtrack;[14] in Inside Deep Throat, a 2005 documentary about the 1972 pornographic film Deep Throat;[15] is heard in the sombre 2006 football drama We are Marshall,[16] in the My Name is Earl episode, "Robbed a Stoner Blind",[17] in CBS's crime drama Cold Case (episode 54),[15] and was featured in "Anthem," a familiar Mitsubishi commercial that debuted in October 2004.

The commercial shows a long line of cars and sport utility vehicles cruising past Mitsubishi mechanics all dressed in red coveralls.

[19] A looping sample of the main rhythm section of "Draggin' the Line" is used as the background for Book Of Love's "Turn the World", from their 1991 album Candy Carol.

[20] In various versions, "Draggin' the Line" has appeared on at least 41 studio albums, including covers by AC-Rock, Rusty Bryant, Crosswind Band, Barry Hay, R.E.M., The Squirrels, Vintage Buzz, The Wild Ones and Steve Wynn.