[4] In 2013, "Shooting Stars" was used on Australia's Got Talent by contestant Tommy Franklin, which led to the song re-entered the ARIA charts and peaking at number 38.

In 2015, the song was listed at number 29 in In the Mix's '100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time' with Dave Ruby Howe saying "[it] was a bright, euphoric tonic ... with an instantly-classic chorus".

[6] In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, Jack Glass, a member of the band, said that the single inspired him to create their self-titled album, claiming that "people loved Shooting Stars so much and we liked that direction of songwriting and developing a pop sensibility ourselves, too."

[7] After the death of Harambe the gorilla in May 2016, an animated tribute featuring the song, using clips from Ego's music video for "The Crazy Things We Do", spread on the internet.

The video that boosted the popularity of the meme was an upload on Reddit titled "Fat man does amazing dive".

[12] Chris Stracey, a member of the band, reacted to the meme, saying "At first we were like, ok this is funny I guess, but I didn't really get it so I thought "alright whatever".

[15] On 6 December 2017, Shooting Stars (along with the popular meme associated within the song) was featured in YouTube Rewind: The Shape of 2017.

[21][better source needed] In November 2022, Australian DJ, Flume and American singer, Toro y Moi covered the song for Triple J.