 The song was featured in the 1991 Full House episode "Gotta Dance".It was also featured in a 2013 episode of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", "The Gang Gets Quarantined", in which the main characters repeatedly rehearse an acapella version of the song in order to try to win a spot opening for Boyz II Men in concert while an influenza epidemic is sweeping the city of Philadelphia.Kids Incorporated covered "Mowtownphilly" in 1992 in the Season 8 episode "The Commercial".