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* The track ''Countdown To Armageddon'' on ''Music/ItTakesANationOfMillionsToHoldUsBack'' by Music/PublicEnemy has a shout-out to this album.
* "The 6th Sense" by Music/{{Common}}, from the album ''"Like Water For Chocolate"'' states: ''The revolution will not be televised. The revolution is here.''
* Music/ElvisCostello referenced it in his song ''Invasion Hit Parade'' from his album ''Mighty Like A Rose'': "Incidentally the revolution will be televised/With one head for business and another for good looks/Until they started arriving with their rubber aprons and their butcher's hooks,"''
* Music/SarahJones provided a shout-out in ''Your Revolution'', attacking hatred of women in hiphop with the line: ''Your revolution will happen between these thighs.''
* Music/KRSOne re-imagined the song in his number ''Revolution''.
* In "Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach" by Music/{{Gorillaz}} from ''Plastic Beach'' guest singer Music/SnoopDogg raps: ''"The revolution will be televised"''.
* Music/{{Labelle}} covered the song in 1973.
* Music/{{Prince}}'s band The New Power Generation released a 1998 song with the line ''One, two, the revolution will be colorized''.
* The official trailer for ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' mashes up the title track with Vincent Staple's "Bagbak".

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