song is sampled, as well as translated, in Quebecois singer and songwriter Jean Leloup's song "1990". The song ends with backup singers repeatedly chanting "hier soir le D.J. a sauvé mon âme avec cette chanson" ("last night the D.J. saved my soul with this song"). The song was sampled in the 2015 song "Hell of a Night" by Chris Brown contained in his mixtape Before the Party. The beat of the song was sampled in song "Nlogax" by Boards of Canada. The song is sampled in the 2009 single "I'm Just Here for the Music" by Paula Abdul. Other uses The song was remixed by DJ Kambel and MC Magika in 2002, appearing on Dancemania Speed 8 with the name "Last Nite Kambel Saved My Life". The song is featured in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on "Fever 105", one of the in-game radio stations accessed while driving. The song appears in the 2006 feature film Cashback. Italian band Mirage performed a remix of this song on the 2007 compilation After Dark, released by the Italians Do It Better record label. The song "Wrong Club" by The Ting Tings features an homage in the lyric "No DJ never saved my life". The song appears in the first episode of The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. The song appears in several mixes in the video game DJ Hero. In episode 3 of the Amazon Prime travelogue show James May: Our Man in Japan, a brief clip of James May singing this song in a karaoke room in Tokyo is shown "due to complex international music licensing laws". References 1982 debut singles Mariah Carey songs Post-disco songs 1982 songs Number-one singles in Zimbabwe