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This has been used in a lot of movies, including The Full Monty, Bedazzled, Duets, D2: The Mighty Ducks, and Boyhood. After Glitter's 2015 conviction, music supervisors steered clear of it until 2019, when it was used in the 2019 blockbuster film Joker, a controversial decision because it enriched Gary Glitter, who was serving time as a convicted pedophile. The song plays for about two minutes in the film during a key scene where the Joker (Joaquin Phoenix) dances down a set of steps. As both the co-writer of the song and the performer, Glitter likely earned substantial royalties; the film made $247 million worldwide its opening weekend. This was not the only controversy surrounding the film: In 2012, a gunman shot up a theater in Aurora, Colorado showing The Dark Knight Rises, a film that takes place in the same universe, but does not feature the Joker character. Five Aurora families released an open letter to the movie studio expressing concerns that Joker glorifies violence and is insensitive to those affected by the Aurora shooting.
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