eth " ▁cens ored ▁through ▁back mask ing . ▁Radio ▁stations ▁that ▁chose ▁not ▁to ▁edit ▁the ▁drug ▁reference ▁played ▁the ▁radio ▁edit . ▁A ▁third ▁edit ▁om its ▁the ▁entire ▁second ▁verse ▁and ▁second ▁ch orus , ▁and ▁is ▁usually ▁played ▁on ▁adult ▁contemporary ▁and ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁some ▁classic ▁hits ▁stations ▁to ▁avoid ▁the ▁drug ▁and ▁sexual ▁references ▁of ▁the ▁song . ▁ ▁The ▁music ▁video ▁also ▁short ened ▁the ▁song , ▁but ▁in ▁a ▁different ▁section . ▁The ▁song ▁was ▁cut ▁from ▁ 2 : 4 1 ▁through ▁ 3 : 0 9 , ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁album ▁version . ▁The ▁drug ▁references ▁were ▁either ▁int act ▁or ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁video , ▁depending ▁on ▁which ▁television ▁channel ▁the ▁video ▁a ired . ▁ ▁In ▁popular ▁culture ▁▁▁ ▁A ▁clear ▁clip ▁of ▁" S emi - Char med ▁Life " ▁is ▁heard ▁during ▁the ▁opening ▁shot ▁sequence ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁Contact ▁( 1 9 9 7 ) ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁j umble ▁of ▁modern ▁radio ▁transm issions ▁used ▁to ▁establish ▁the ▁setting ▁as ▁present ▁day . ▁ ▁The ▁song ▁is ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁A lic ia ▁Silver stone ▁film ▁Ex cess ▁B agg age ▁( 1 9 9 7 ). ▁ ▁The ▁song ▁is ▁also ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁D irty ▁Work ▁( 1 9 9 8 ). ▁ ▁The ▁song ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁American ▁Pie ▁( 1 9 9 9 ), ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁appear ▁on ▁the ▁sound track . ▁