called the song "something of a counterculture anthem". In 2012, NME named the track the 35th-best song of the 1960s. In 2021, it was ranked at No. 349 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Use in pop culture "Time of the Season" is frequently used in pop culture to represent the era of its release. It is featured in numerous films, including 1969, Awakenings, A Walk on the Moon, and Riding the Bullet, all of which depict 1969, The Conjuring, which depicts 1971, Cruella, which depicts 1970s Britain, and in All the Money in the World, which depicts 1973. The Zombies and "Time of the Season", as well as "She's Not There", are intensively used in Thomas Vinterberg's Dear Wendy (2006). The song was also featured in the South Park season 2 episode "The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka" during a flashback to the Vietnam War and again during another Vietnam flashback in season 14 episode, "201". Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Cover versions and samples The song has been covered many times by other bands in recordings, including: In 1969, Thyme covered "Time of the Season" for A-Square records. In 1981, Pino D'Angio included an Italian version of "Time of the Season" with different lyrics titled "Signorina" on his album ...Balla! Michael Damian covered the song as the title track of his 1994 LP. In 1997, Kurt Elling recorded a jazz version on the album The Messenger. In 2003, Ben Taylor recorded the song for his album Famous Among the Barns, later featured in the horror film Prom Night (2008). In 2005, The Guess Who released a cover of the song in the compilation album Let's Go. Dave Matthews Band had the song on the CD-DVD Weekend on the Rocks (2005) and Live Trax Vol. 9 (2007). Also in 2007, it was recorded by Tommy Shaw (of Styx) and Jack Blades (of Night Ranger) for their album Influence. America remade "Time of the Season" for their 2012 release Back Pages, a cover album. In 2018, Hawaiian ukulele artist Jake Shimabukuro covered the song on his album, The Greatest Day. It has been sampled many times, including in 2005 on the Necro album The Sexorcist in the opening track "Who's Ya Daddy?"; in 2009 by Melanie Fiona in her single "Give It to Me Right"; in 2011 on the ScHoolboy Q album Setbacks