In 1992, "The Race" was released as a single a second time, to coincide with the greatest hits collection, Essential Yello.

In 2003, the Tomcraft remixes of "The Race" appeared on the single for "Planet Dada", released from their album, The Eye.

From 1988 onward, "The Race" was used as theme song for popular German video clip show Formel Eins.

It was additionally used in the early 1990s as menu music on Grandstand, the long-running weekly Saturday afternoon BBC sports programme.

The song was used in the third episode of the fourth series of ITV sitcom Benidorm, during a Grand Prix race between Madge Harvey and Mr.