to hear. Cash Box said of the single edit that "Rotten's vocals are rhythmic, double-edged and snarling but also cleaned up for airplay" and that it "is a straight forward rocker with upfront drumming, slashing guitar licks and a brash attitude." Record World called it "great rock 'n' roll." Legacy A live version of the track from Filthy Lucre Live was released as a single in 1996, and a 7-inch picture disc was released in 2012. Pretty Vacant was rerecorded for the in-game soundtrack for the 2007 skateboarding videogame Skate, and was included in 2008 rhythm game Guitar Hero: World Tour. Covers and samples "Pretty Vacant" was covered by Paul Jones in 1978. Joan Jett released a cover version on single, and Joey Ramone used the lead riff in his cover of "What a Wonderful World". The song was used in the 1981 film American Pop. An Irish-language version of the song, entitled "Folamh go Deas" (a literal translation), was also performed by Irish band Na Magairlí in 1981. In 1996 Black Grape released a cover version (very similar to the original) on their single "Fat Neck". South African pop group Shikisha also released a cover version of the song in 1996. The group the Ukrainians perform a Ukrainian language version of the song on their EP Anarchy in the UK and album Respublika. The French band Les Négresses Vertes, as well as grime MC Lady Sovereign, have both covered "Pretty Vacant" and performed live versions of the song. Lady Sovereign's version is featured in the popular TV show, The O.C. and the cover version is featured on one of the six The O.C. soundtracks called Music from The O.C.: Mix 6 – Covering Our Tracks. Kathy Hampson's Free Elastic Band feature a slow acoustic folk-music style version in their live shows. The song is also the opening theme for the Canadian short-lived comedy sketch show The Vacant Lot. Books Matlock, Glen with Silverton, Pete (1990). I was a teenage Sex Pistol. Omnibus Press Lydon, John (1993). Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs. Hodder & Stoughton Lydon, John (2014). Anger Is an Energy: My Life Uncensored. Simon & Schuster Sex Pistols (2017). Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, 1977: The Bollocks Diaries. Octopus Publishing Group Ltd References 1977 singles Sex Pistols songs Songs written by Paul Cook Songs written by Steve Jones (musician) Songs written by Glen