Feathers McGraw, listens to an instrumental cover of the song on the radio after settling into his new room. On the show Dinosaurs, in the episode "Driving Miss Ethyl" (first aired on 29 June 1994), several characters sing this song. In 1999, S Club 7 performed the song for their hit TV series Miami 7. It was featured in the second episode. In a 2005 episode of Las Vegas, Tony Orlando (guest-starring as himself) performs the song at the end of the episode before an audience that includes Don Knotts (also guest-starring as himself in one of his last acting roles.) Comedian Victor Lewis-Smith recorded a sketch on BBC Radio in which he claims to have an annoying song playing in his head, but he can't remember what the name of it is. "It goes... 'Tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree...' But WHAT'S IT CALLED?" The song is referenced in "The Ones That Didn't Make It Back Home," which hit #1 on Country airplay in 2019. On The Kids in the Hall, Kevin McDonald and Dave Foley, as the Sizzler Sisters, sing this as part of their lounge act. The song is featured in The Simpsons when sung by Disco Stu in a karaoke bar on "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" (season 27, episode 5). Association with the People Power Revolution In the Philippines, the song was best known for its use in the return of exiled politician Benigno Aquino Jr. in 1983, when supporters tied yellow ribbons on trees in anticipation of his arrival. However, Aquino was assassinated at Manila International Airport. This sparked protests and the People Power three years later that led to the overthrow of President Ferdinand Marcos' regime, and the accession of his opponent, Aquino's widow Corazón. Yellow was also the campaign symbol of their son, Benigno Aquino III, who eventually became president in 2010 following his mother's death the previous year. Association with the 2014 Hong Kong Protests During the 2014 Hong Kong Protests the song was routinely performed by pro-democracy protestors and sympathetic street musicians as a reference to the yellow ribbons that had become a popular symbol of the movement on site (tied to street railings) and on social media. Journalists covering the event described use of the tune as a protest song. See also Yellow ribbon List of number-one singles of 1973 (Ireland) List of Hot 100 number-one singles