The song and its accompanying music video went viral in August 2012 and have influenced popular culture worldwide since then.

Folk and revolutionary songs influenced the Soviet mass songs.

The song later influenced one by the popular band Pink Floyd.

The singer defended herself saying that a song does not influence people to leave school, only to seize the gift of adolescence.

He would then write down which artists or songs influenced him.

Their music and songs have influenced artists all over the world - in every major musical genre - over the last 50 years .

I had no idea how much those songs had influenced me.

Johansson's songs, European folk tunes done in a jazzy style, have influenced the young musician a lot.

The song influenced several dance records after its release including two songs by Michael Jackson.

Lewis Carroll said that the song influenced public taste "towards refinement and purity".