[3] In the movie, the song is performed in a night club scene by Mangano, though she is lip-syncing; the lyrics are actually sung by Flo Sandon's.
After the U.S. release of Anna in 1953, the Brazilian beat of "El Negro Zumbón" influenced American Pop music.
[4] A clip of the opening of this performance is featured in the film Cinema Paradiso (1988).
In Caro diario (1993), Nanni Moretti dances on a clip of this song broadcast on a TV set.
A sample of the song is used by the band The Avalanches at the end of their track Frontier Psychiatrist, from their 2000 album Since I Left You.