of the Games. The piece was also performed by the London Symphony Orchestra during the opening ceremony of the games, as part of a skit starring comedian Rowan Atkinson reprising his role as Mr. Bean, seen playing a repeated note on a synthesizer whilst using a cellphone, and later an umbrella to play the note while trying to grab a tissue to blow his nose, and then falling into a daydream parodying the opening "beach run" scene from the "Chariots of Fire" film itself. Other Jack Black references the song while in a record shop in the movie The Holiday (2006). It was played in the 2003 film Bruce Almighty and the 2005 film Madagascar. In a 2012 documentary Falklands' Most Daring Raid, Aircraft Electronics Officer Hugh Prior stated that upon the successful completion of Operation Black Buck 1, he "played it at full blast" in the cockpit of his Avro Vulcan. The song appears in the soundtrack of Gran Turismo 7, playing just before entering the World GT Series championship races. See also List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1982 (U.S.) List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1982 (U.S.) References External links [ Song Review] from AllMusic Film theme songs Vangelis songs 1981 singles 1982 singles 1980s instrumentals Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles Songs written for films Pop instrumentals Songs with music by Vangelis 1981 songs Polydor Records singles Songs involved in plagiarism controversies