"Glad All Over" featured Smith leading unison group vocals, often in call and response style, a saxophone line used not for solo decoration but underneath the whole song, and a big, "air hammer"[further explanation needed] beat that underpinned the wall of sound production known as the "Tottenham Sound".

[14] As part of Crystal Palace's run to the 1990 FA Cup final, the club released a cover version on 26 May 1990, sung by the squad at the time.

The cover, notably featuring a "Fab Four" of Alan Pardew, Andy Gray, Gary O'Reilly and Mark Bright, reached no.

[citation needed] As of 2014[update], Wigan Warriors rugby league team have used it at the end of a home game at the DW Stadium if they have won.

[citation needed] American heavy metal band Quiet Riot covered the song on their debut album, released exclusively in Japan in 1978.

In 1990, the squad of football club Crystal Palace released a cover version to celebrate their run to the FA Cup final that year.

[21] American punk rock band Descendents covered the song on their eighth studio album, 9th & Walnut, released in 2021.