His chart topper has been re-recorded approximately a hundred times, and the rights to at least 60 versions of the song are owned by Swedish publisher Stig Anderson.
Also, contrary to what some magazines [2] and single and long play covers had the world believe, there is no kissing or "smooching" during the Finnish version of the dance.
The people participating in the dance form a Conga-like line (that can also be a circle) so that everyone holds the person in front of themselves by the shoulders or the waist.
Examples of non-Finnish letkis music include "La Yenka" (performed by Johnny & Charley Kurt, 1965), Gemelle Kessler's Lasciati Baciare Col Letkis, "Leaf Fall" (Russian: Листопад) by David Tukhmanov and Ploem Ploem Jenka by nl:Pieter Goemans.
Lindström's Letkajenkka was translated and covered in Japanese as Retto Kisu (Jenka) / レット・キス（ジェンカ）, performed by Kyu Sakamoto.
The movie Jamboree66 (Sampaguita Pictures, Philippines, 1966, directed by Luciano B. Carlos) features a scene where the song "Letkis" is being played at a club.
In another scene, Katerina Gogou and Alekos Tzanetakos are dancing a letkajenkka variation as a couple to letkis music.
[7] In the Hungarian movie Patyolat akció (1965), Mari Törőcsik and Gyula Bodrogi perform letkajenkka.
In the final scene of the Italian film Io la conoscevo bene (1965) directed by Antonio Pietrangeli, the protagonist Adriana (Stefania Sandrelli) plays the record of the version of Letkiss by Robert Delgado (Horst Wende).
In Cave Story, the side character Jenka is named after the letkajenkka dance, and her theme tune plays in her house and in the Labyrinth.
1393 persons in blue Nokia shirts stood in line forming the digits "150" when, in a surprise from the management, the music started to play.