Editing Metropolis (1927 film) (section)

==In popular culture==
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Following are mentions of the film in popular culture:
* The cover of 1970s British rock band [[Be Bop Deluxe]]'s 1977 album ''[[Live! In the Air Age]]'' is a still from the film.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}
* [[David Bowie]]'s 1974  album ''[[Diamond Dogs]]'' and its [[Diamond Dogs Tour|following tour]] were inspired by the film, with [[Amanda Lear]] recalling "He rented the film and ran it over and over again in his house. And that's where ''Diamond Dogs'' came from – the whole staging and album and everything, Bowie got from ''Metropolis''".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Russell |first=Calum |title=How Fritz Lang movie 'Metropolis' inspired a David Bowie album |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/how-fritz-lang-metropolis-inspired-a-david-bowie-album/ |work=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]]}}</ref>
* The German electronic group [[Kraftwerk]]'s 1978 album ''[[The Man-Machine]]'' contains the song "Metropolis".{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}
* The rock band [[Motörhead]]'s album ''[[Overkill (Motörhead album)|Overkill]]'' contains the song "Metropolis", which was written by [[Lemmy]], the band's lead singer and bassist, after he saw the film in 1979. It was written to fill space on the album which was short.<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Malcolm |last1=Wall |first2=Mick |last2=Dome |date=14 October 2019 |title=The story behind Motorhead's Overkill |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/motorhead-1979-the-inside-story-of-overkill-and-bomber |access-date=29 December 2022 |website=loudersound |language=en}}</ref>
* When designing the character of [[C-3PO]] for ''[[Star Wars]]'', [[Ralph McQuarrie]] was inspired by the aesthetic of the [[Maschinenmensch]], the two bearing a striking resemblance to one another.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allen |first=Joseph |date=7 November 2017 |title=Star Wars: 16 Things You Didn't Know About C-3PO |url=https://screenrant.com/c3po-star-wars-trivia-facts/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |website=Screen Rant |language=en-US}}</ref>
* The music video for [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'s 1984 song "[[Radio Ga Ga]]" uses imagery and clips from the movie.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Queen Promo Videos |url=http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/queen/videos/promo-videos.htm |access-date=24 July 2013 |publisher=Ultimatequeen.co.uk}}</ref> The four members of the band are inserted into clips, for example the face of [[Freddie Mercury]] is briefly superimposed over the robot's face. The video ends with the caption "Thanks to Metropolis". Mercury also contributed the song "[[Love Kills (Freddie Mercury song)|Love Kills]]" to the soundtrack of the Moroder version of the film, for which he received a [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Award]] nomination for [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song|Worst Original Song]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Daw |first=Stephen |date=15 November 2018 |title=5 Things You Didn't Know About Freddie Mercury's Solo Career |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/freddie-mercury-solo-career-things-you-didnt-know-8485190/ |access-date=29 December 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Madonna]]'s 1989 music video "[[Express Yourself (Madonna song)|Express Yourself]]" pays homage to the film and Fritz Lang.<ref>{{Citation |last=Michael |first=Mick St. |title=Madonna 'Talking': Madonna in Her Own Words |page=89 |year=2004 |url=https://archive.org/details/madonnainherownw0000stmi |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |isbn=978-0-7119-7734-1 |url-access=registration}}</ref>
* [[Whitney Houston]]'s 1994 music video "[[Queen of the Night (song)|Queen of the Night]]" also pays homage to Lang's film, with Houston wearing a metallic costume inspired by Maria robot. Likewise, the 1992 blockbuster ''[[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]]'' also uses clips from the movie, when Houston was singing this song at a night club and they appear on a multi-screen in the background.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=3 November 2022 |title=The Bodyguard review – Whitney Houston showstopper as resplendent as ever |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/03/the-bodyguard-review-whitney-houston-showstopper-as-resplendent-as-ever |access-date=13 January 2024 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Theguardian.com}}</ref> 
* In 1998, American [[nu metal]] band [[System of a Down]] released a music video called "[[Sugar (System of a Down song)|Sugar]]", which features footage from ''Metropolis''.<ref>Araya, Bastián Cifuentes (22 April 2020) [https://www.nacionrock.com/videografia-rock-sugar-system-of-a-down/ "Videografía Rock: «Sugar» – System of a Down"] ''Nacion Rock''</ref>
* [[Janelle Monáe]] based both her concept albums on the original film, including her EP, ''[[Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase)]]'', released in mid-2007, and ''[[The ArchAndroid]]'', released in 2009. The latter also included an homage to ''Metropolis'' on its cover, with the film version of the Tower of Babel among the remainder of the city. The albums follow the adventures of Monáe's alter-ego and robot, Cindi Mayweather, as a messianic figure to the android community of ''Metropolis''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metropolis, Suite 1: The Chase |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/metropolis-suite-i-the-chase-mw0000792387 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623092527/http://www.allmusic.com/album/metropolis-suite-i-the-chase-mw0000792387 |archive-date=23 June 2012 |access-date=17 February 2016 |publisher=All Music}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kot |first=Greg |title=Turn It Up: Janelle Monae, the interview: 'I identify with androids' |url=http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/05/janelle-monae-the-interview-i-identify-with-androids.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020021441/http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/05/janelle-monae-the-interview-i-identify-with-androids.html |archive-date=20 October 2013 |access-date=1 September 2014 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>
* Videos for songs by pop singer-songwriter [[Lady Gaga]] have made a series of references to Lang's film. Visual allusions to the film are noted most predominantly in the music videos for "[[Alejandro (song)|Alejandro]]" (2010), "[[Born This Way (song)|Born This Way]]" (2011), and "[[Applause (Lady Gaga song)|Applause]]" (2013).<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 2013 |title=Every Cultural Reference You Probably Didn't Catch In Lady Gaga's New Video |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/azafar/every-cultural-reference-you-probably-didnt-catch-in-lady-ga#.xnLKaWD5v7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824001235/http://www.buzzfeed.com/azafar/every-cultural-reference-you-probably-didnt-catch-in-lady-ga |archive-date=24 August 2013 |access-date=17 February 2016 |website=BuzzFeed}}</ref>
* The 2012 EP ''[[Metropolis Part I]]'' by the electronic music trio [[The M Machine]] is a conceptual work inspired by the film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://www.the-m-machine.com/about/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001216/http://www.the-m-machine.com/about/ |archive-date=16 November 2018 |access-date=15 November 2018 |website=The M Machine |language=en-US}}</ref>
* The Brazilian [[metal (music)|metal]] band [[Sepultura]] named their 2013 album ''[[The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart]]'' after a quote from the film.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Navas |first=Judy Cantor |date=24 September 2013 |title=Sepultura Talks 'Tricky' 'Mediator' Album, Tour Dates Announced |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/5721216/sepultura-talks-tricky-mediator-album-tour-dates-announced |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830003238/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/5721216/sepultura-talks-tricky-mediator-album-tour-dates-announced |archive-date=30 August 2014 |access-date=1 September 2014 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
* ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' graphic novel ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo Trilogy#Nemo: The Roses of Berlin|Nemo: The Roses of Berlin]]'' is set in Metropolis in 1941, in the midst of Adenoid Hynkel (from ''[[The Great Dictator]]'')'s Nazi-like regime.<ref>Lehoczky, Etelka (22 March 2014) [https://www.npr.org/2014/03/22/286266406/extraordinary-ladies-battle-across-berlin-in-roses "Extraordinary Ladies Battle Across Berlin In 'Roses'"] ''[[National Public Radio]]''</ref><ref>Nevins, Jeff [http://jessnevins.com/annotations/rosesofberlin.html "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo: Roses of Berlin annotations"] ''League of Extraordinary Annotators''</ref><ref>Murphy, To, (2 April 2014) [https://www.brokenfrontier.com/nemo-roses-of-berlin-alan-moore-kevin-oneill-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen/ "Nemo: The Roses of Berlin – A Quick Scoot Through Fritz Lang's Metropolis Marks the Weakest Chapter in Moore and O'Neill's Epic"] ''Broken Frontiers''</ref><ref>Brown, Michael (23 March 2014) [https://comicbook.com/news/nemo-the-roses-of-berlin-a-mediocre-entry-in-an-extraordinary-universe/ "Nemo: The Roses of Berlin: A Mediocre Entry in an Extraordinary Universe"] ''[[ComicBook.com]]''</ref>
* Inspired by the movie, [[Peter Graham (composer)|Peter Graham]] wrote "Metropolis 1927" for brass band in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metropolis 1927 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmQ3uLadM-w |website=YouTube| date=10 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>Staff [https://www.allmusic.com/album/peter-graham-metropolis-1927-mw0003200629/credits "Peter Graham: Metropolis 1927"] ''[[AllMusic]]''</ref><ref>Staff [https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.573968 "Graham: Metropolis 1927"] [[Naxos Records]] website</ref><ref>Staff [https://www.4barsrest.com/reviews/products/cd643.asp "CD review: Peter Graham: Metropolis 1927"] ''4barsrest''</ref>
* The 2014 music video "[[Digital Witness]]" by [[St. Vincent (musician)|St. Vincent]] in collaboration with Chino Moya presents "a surreal, pastel-hued future" in she is a stand-in for Maria.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Locker, Melissa |date=5 February 2014 |title=Music Video of the Week: St Vincent, 'Digital Witness' |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/05/st-vincent-digital-witness-video/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206013823/http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/05/st-vincent-digital-witness-video/ |archive-date=6 February 2014 |access-date=17 February 2016 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>
* In the video game ''[[Layers of Fear 2]]'', parts of the chapter "Living Mannequins" take direct inspiration from the movie.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cz9ORYsr0w |title=Layers of Fear 2 {{!}} Full Game Longplay Walkthrough No Commentary |date=11 July 2019 |last=P.B. Horror Gaming |access-date=8 July 2024 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 May 2019 |title=Layers of Fear 2 Walkthrough and Guide: Living Mannequins |url=https://www.neoseeker.com/layers-of-fear-2/walkthrough/Act2-Living_Mannequins |access-date=8 July 2024 |website=neoseeker}}</ref>
* A lookalike of [[Hanson Robotics]] robot [[Sophia (robot)|Sophia]] was portrayed by drag queen Gigi Goode in the "Snatch Game" episode of the [[RuPaul's Drag Race season 12|twelfth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'']] (2020). Goode won the episode with her character "Maria the Robot", based heavily on Sophia and named after a robot featured in ''Metropolis''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Dylan B. |date=5 April 2020 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race recap: season 12, episode 6 – Snatch Game |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/apr/05/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-12-episode-6-snatch-game |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123220510/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/apr/05/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-12-episode-6-snatch-game |archive-date=23 November 2020 |access-date=11 May 2020 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020 |title=The strong queens of RuPaul's Drag Race season 12 meet their match in "Snatch Game" |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-strong-queens-of-rupaul-s-drag-race-season-12-meet-1842667623 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123220500/https://tv.avclub.com/the-strong-queens-of-rupaul-s-drag-race-season-12-meet-1842667623 |archive-date=23 November 2020 |access-date=11 May 2020 |work=TV Club (AV Club) |language=en-us}}</ref>
* "Monsters in Metropolis", a 2021 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish|audio play]] released by [[Big Finish Productions]], features the [[Ninth Doctor]] battling a [[Cyberman]] on the set of the film and includes many references both to the film itself and its legacy.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Doctor Who's Ninth Doctor to face Cybermen for the first time |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a35971352/doctor-who-christopher-eccleston-cyberman-episode-confirmed/ |access-date=20 January 2022 |work=Digital Spy}}</ref>