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Mundian To Bach Ke

{{Short description|2002 single by Panjabi MC}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Mundian To Bach Ke

| cover = Mundian_to_bach_ke.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Panjabi MC

| album = Legalised {{noitalic|/}} Beware

| B-side = Mundian Breaks

| released = {{start date|2002|11|25|df=y}}

| recorded = {{nowrap|Birmingham, United Kingdom}}

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:49

| label =

| writer =

| producer = Panjabi MC

| prev_title = Backstabbers

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Jogi

| next_year = 2003

|misc={{External music video

| 1 = {{YouTube|id=x9WO2ieJMYk|title="Mundian To Bach Ke (Beware of the Boys)"}}

| type = single

}}}}

"Mundian To Bach Ke" ({{IPA|pa|mʊɳɖɪãː tõː bətːʃ keː|IPA}}), also titled "Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)" or "Beware", is a bhangra music song produced by British musician Panjabi MC, with vocals and lyrics by Punjabi artist Labh Janjua. The song was recorded by Panjabi MC in Birmingham, England, for his 1998 album Legalised.

Following its release as a single in November 2002, "Mundian To Bach Ke" achieved worldwide success, topping the singles charts in Italy and Wallonia and charting highly in many other countries. A remix of the song, released in 2003 and featuring American rapper Jay-Z, also charted highly in North America and Australia. The song sold an estimated {{nowrap|10 million}} copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.

Lyrics and music

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In addition to features of bhangra music, "Mundian To Bach Ke" also uses the bass line and part of the beat from "Fire It Up" (1997) by Busta Rhymes,{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/708/Panjabi-MC-Mundian-to-Bach-Ke-Busta-Rhymes-Fire-It-Up/|title=Panjabi MC's 'Mundian to Bach Ke' - Discover the Sample Source|website=WhoSampled.com}} which in turn is based around a sample from the television theme song for Knight Rider,{{cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/667/Busta-Rhymes-Fire-It-Up-Stu-Phillips-Theme-From-Knight-Rider/|title=Busta Rhymes's 'Turn It Up (Remix) / Fire It Up' - Discover the Sample Source|website=WhoSampled}} written by Glen A. Larson and Stu Phillips, as an underlying element and lyrics originally written by Channi Singh. The lyrics of the song are in Punjabi. The music video of this song was shot in the streets of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Chart performance

"Mundian To Bach Ke" was released as a single in Germany on 25 November 2002. It sold over 100,000 in the first two days alone and debuted at number two on the German Singles Chart.Amit Puri (2003). [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030908/login/music.htm Mundian toh bachke raheen Boom(s) with Punjabi MC]. The Tribune On the Italian Singles Chart, the song reached number one for three weeks. In the UK, it was issued through Instant Karma and debuted at its peak of number five on the UK Singles Chart; it was the first bhangra song to reach the UK top 10.{{cite news | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/music/stories/2003/01/panjabi-mc.shtml | title = Coventry-born Panjabi MC creates pop history | publisher = BBC | author = Satnam Rana | date = January 2003 | access-date = 12 June 2006}} The remix, featuring American rapper Jay-Z, also reached number 33 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 10 in Canada, and number 12 in Australia.

The Washington Post estimated that there may have been 10 million units sold worldwide. However, given that many of these copies may have been bootlegged, an exact number is not known, though sales are at least in the millions.{{cite news|first= Alona |last= Wartofsky |title= Rap's Fresh Heir |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= 13 July 2003 |access-date= 23 May 2012 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A36325-2003Jul10¬Found=true }}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Track listings

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German CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Mundian To Bach Ke|others=Panjabi MC|year=2002|type=German CD single liner notes|publisher=Superstar Recordings, Urban Records|id=0195152}}

  1. "Mundian To Bach Ke" (original mix) – 3:49
  2. "Mundian To Bach Ke" (Moonbootica mix) – 6:41
  3. "Mundian To Bach Ke" (Banks & Sullivan Oldskool mix) – 4:39
  4. "Mundian To Bach Ke" (instrumental mix) – 4:43

French CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Mundian To Bach Ke|others=Panjabi MC|year=2002|type=French CD single liner notes|publisher=Scorpio Music|id=SHT S0140-1}}

  1. "Mundian To Bach Ke" (original radio edit) – 3:24
  2. "Mundian To Bach Ke" (Motivo Hi-Lectro radio edit) – 3:25

UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Mundian To Bach Ke|others=Panjabi MC|year=2003|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Instant Karma|id=karma28cd}}

  1. "Mundian To Bach Ke" (radio edit) – 3:20
  2. "Mundian To Bach Ke" (Switch mix) – 6:19
  3. "Mundian Breaks" – 3:56

UK 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Mundian To Bach Ke|others=Panjabi MC|year=2003|type=UK 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Instant Karma|id=Karma28t}}

:A1. "Mundian To Bach Ke" (main mix) – 4:02

:B1. "Mundian To Bach Ke" (Switch mix) – 6:19

:B2. "Mundian Breaks" – 3:56

UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Mundian To Bach Ke|others=Panjabi MC|year=2003|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Instant Karma|id=Karma28mc}}

  1. "Mundian To Bach Ke" (main mix) – 4:02
  2. "Mundian Breaks" – 3:56

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US CD single and 12-inch single 1{{cite AV media notes|title=Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)|others=Panjabi MC|year=2003|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=Sequence Records|id=SEQ 8012-2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)|others=Panjabi MC|year=2003|type=US 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Sequence Records|id=SEQ 8012-6}}

  1. "Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)" (Jay-Z remix)
  2. "Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)" (original version)
  3. "Beware Breaks (Mundian Breaks)"

US 12-inch single 2{{cite AV media notes|title=Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)|others=Panjabi MC|year=2003|type=US 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Sequence Records|id=SEQ 8011-6}}

:A1. "Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)" (radio edit)

:A2. "Beware Breaks (Mundian Breaks)"

:B1. "Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)" (Switch mix)

US 12-inch single 3{{cite AV media notes|title=Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)|others=Panjabi MC|year=2003|type=US 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Sequence Records|id=SEQ 8014-6}}

:A1. "Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)" (Twista remix)

:A2. "Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)" (original version)

:B1. "Beware Breaks (Mundian Breaks)"

Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Mundian To Bach Ke (Beware of the Boys)|others=Panjabi MC|year=2003|type=Australian CD single disc notes|publisher=Ministry of Sound|id=MOSCD5031}}

  1. "Mundian To Bach Ke (Beware of the Boys)" (Jay-Z remix radio edit) – 3:00
  2. "Mundian To Bach Ke (Beware of the Boys)" (original radio edit) – 3:21
  3. "Mundian To Bach Ke (Beware of the Boys)" (Triple X remix) – 7:53
  4. "Mundian To Bach Ke (Beware of the Boys)" (Motiva Hi-Lectro mix) – 5:40
  5. "Beware Breaks (Mundian Breaks)" – 3:56

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

"Mundian To Bach Ke"

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!Chart (2002–2003)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Austria|2|artist=Panjabi MC|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Flanders|3|artist=Panjabi MC|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|1|artist=Panjabi MC|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Denmark|5|artist=Panjabi MC|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2003/MM-2003-02-01.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=21|issue=6|page=11|date=1 February 2003|access-date=10 March 2020}}

|3

{{single chart|Finland|12|artist=Panjabi MC|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|France|15|artist=Panjabi MC|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Germany|2|artist=Panjabi MC|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|songid=5425|rowheader=true|access-date=5 December 2018|refname="ger"}}
scope="row"|Greece (IFPI){{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm|title=Top 50 Singles Εβδομάδα 27/05 – 03/06|publisher=IFPI|language=el|date=3 June 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030605080105/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm|archive-date=5 June 2003|access-date=6 December 2014}}

|1

{{single chart|Hungary|20|year=2003|week=15|rowheader=true|access-date=16 December 2019}}
{{single chart|Hungarysingle|1|year=2003|week=10|rowheader=true|access-date=16 December 2019}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|14|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|rowheader=true|access-date=16 December 2019}}
scope="row"|Ireland Dance (IRMA){{cite web|url=https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240004&arch=t&lyr=2003&year=2003&week=5|title=Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 30 January 2003|publisher=GfK Chart-Track|access-date=10 June 2019}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

|2

{{single chart|Italy|1|artist=Panjabi MC|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|rowheader=true|refname="ita"}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|13|year=2003|week=5|rowheader=true|access-date=5 December 2018}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|10|artist=Panjabi MC|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|rowheader=true|access-date=5 December 2018}}
{{single chart|Norway|18|artist=Panjabi MC|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2003.html|title=Topul anului 2003|publisher=Romanian Top 100|language=ro|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122205325/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2003.html|archive-date=22 January 2005|access-date=4 May 2020}}

|12

{{single chart|Scotland|12|date=20030125|rowheader=true|access-date=5 December 2018}}
{{single chart|Spain|15|artist=Panjabi MC|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Sweden|10|artist=Panjabi MC|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|4|artist=Panjabi MC|song=Mundian To Bach Ke|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UK|5|date=20030125|rowheader=true|access-date=5 December 2018|refname="uk"}}
{{single chart|UKdance|2|date=20020104|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2019}}
{{single chart|UKindie|1|date=20030201|rowheader=true|access-date=5 December 2018}}
{{single chart|UKrandb|1|date=20030125|rowheader=true|access-date=5 December 2018}}

"Beware of the Boys" (featuring Jay-Z)

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!Chart (2003)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|12|artist=Panjabi MC feat. Jay-Z|song=Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)|rowheader=true|access-date=15 March 2018|refname="aus"}}
{{single chart|Australiaurban|5|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222434/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030707-0000/Issue697.pdf|urltitle=Issue 697|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2022}}
scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-canada-digital-song-sales/2003-06-07/|title=Canadian Digital Song Sales|magazine=Billboard|date=7 June 2003|url-access=subscription|access-date=26 October 2023}}

|10

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2003-05-17/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=17 May 2003|access-date=26 October 2023}}

|33

scope="row"|US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-dance-singles-sales/2003-05-10/|title=Dance Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|date=10 May 2003|url-access=subscription|access-date=26 October 2023}}

|3

scope="row"|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/2003-04-26/|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=26 April 2003|url-access=subscription|access-date=26 October 2023}}

|21

scope="row"|US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rhythmic-40/2003-05-31/|title=Rhythmic Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=31 May 2003|url-access=subscription|access-date=26 October 2023}}

|17

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=Year-end charts=

"Mundian To Bach Ke"

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!Chart (2003)

!Position

scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2003|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2003|language=de|access-date=10 June 2019}}

|20

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2003|title=Jaaroverzichten 2003|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=10 June 2019}}

|23

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2003|title=Rapports annuels 2003|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=10 June 2019}}

|23

scope="row"|France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2003|title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 2003|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=16 September 2020}}

|80

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control GfK){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2003|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 2003|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=10 June 2019}}

|35

scope="row"|Italy (FIMI){{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/documenti/artisti2003.pdf|title=Top of the Music – Mix e Singoli|publisher=FIMI|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510010334/http://www.fimi.it/documenti/artisti2003.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2006|access-date=14 December 2020}}

|10

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2003&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2003|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=10 June 2019}}

|88

scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100)

|43

scope="row"|Sweden (Hitlistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2003&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 2003|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=4 May 2020}}

|64

scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2003|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2003|language=de|access-date=10 June 2019}}

|33

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2003.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2003|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=5 December 2018}}

|73

"Beware of the Boys" (featuring Jay-Z)

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!Chart (2003)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2003/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2003|publisher=ARIA|access-date=16 September 2020}}

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scope="row"|US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Year in Music: Hot Dance Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=52|page=YE-66|date=27 December 2003}}

|11

scope="row"|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2003/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2003|magazine=Billboard|access-date=6 March 2021}}

|98

scope="row"|US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Most-Played Rhythmic Top 40 Songs|magazine=Billboard Airplay Monitor|volume=11|issue=51|page=26|date=19 December 2003}}

|94

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=single|award=Gold|title=Mundian To Bach Ke|artist=Panjabi MC|relyear=2002|certyear=2003}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|award=Platinum|title=Mundian To Bach Ke|artist=Panjabi MC|relyear=2002|certyear=2023|access-date=9 October 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|type=single|award=Gold|title=Mundian To Bach Ke|artist=Panjabi MC|relmonth=11|relyear=2002|certyear=2003|certref=}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=single|award=Gold|title=Mundian to back ke|artist=Panjabi MC|relyear=2002}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|award=Silver|title=Mundian To Bach Ke|artist=Panjabi MC|relyear=2002|certyear=2019|id=16059-5128-1}}

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Release history

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scope="row"|Germany

|25 November 2002

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scope="row"|United Kingdom

|13 January 2003

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|Instant Karma

|{{cite magazine|title=Reviews – For Records Out on 13 and 20 January 2003: Single of the Week 2|magazine=Music Week|page=19|date=11 January 2003}}

scope="row"|Australia

|9 June 2003

|CD

|Ministry of Sound

|{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue694.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 9th June 2003|publisher=ARIA|page=25|date=9 June 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030706140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030707-0000/Issue694.pdf|archive-date=6 July 2003|access-date=10 October 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In popular culture

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  • It was used on an episode of ER, when Gallant and Neela danced to a version of the song, which Gallant called a "Sikh rap".
  • "Mundian To Bach Ke" was used in America's Best Dance Crew Season 2 on week 9 of the Around The World challenge as part of the Indian dance section. It also appeared in an episode of the American television show Queer as Folk during a scene at the club Babylon. A version of this song was used as a background music in the Ginebra San Miguel "Bilog Ang Mundo" ad campaigns in 2003. The song was featured in an episode of Entourage. It was used twice in the pilot of the NBC comedy Outsourced.
  • "Mundian To Bach Ke" was featured in the 2003 film Bulletproof Monk.
  • "Mundian To Bach Ke" was the song used by Derek Hough and Shawn Johnson in their Knight Rider bhangra-themed dance in the semi-finals of Dancing with the Stars (All Stars Season).
  • The remix of "Mundian To Bach Ke", which featured American rapper Jay-Z, also on Dharma Records, was featured in the trailer for the 2012 American film The Dictator, as the film's main theme song.{{Cite web|date=2018-03-15|title=Baaghi 2 song Mundiyan embroiled in legal controversy; makers of film accused of plagiarism, copyright infringement|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/baaghi-2-song-mundiyan-embroiled-in-legal-controversy-makers-of-film-accused-of-plagiarism-copyright-infringement-4391127.html|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Firstpost|language=en}}
  • Sports-comedy Stick It featured the beginning of "Mundian To Bach Ke" in a scene where a group of teens escapes from the arriving police.
  • "Mundian To Bach Ke" was used in the dance games Dance Central 3 and Just Dance 4.
  • "Mundian To Bach Ke" was used in the Bollywood film Boom (2003).{{Cite web|date=2018-03-15|title=Baaghi 2 song Mundiyan embroiled in legal controversy; makers of film accused of plagiarism, copyright infringement|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/baaghi-2-song-mundiyan-embroiled-in-legal-controversy-makers-of-film-accused-of-plagiarism-copyright-infringement-4391127.html|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Firstpost|language=en}}
  • In 2009, German singer Peter Fox mashed this song with Seeed's song "Dickes B" during the tour for his solo album Stadtaffe.{{cite web|title=Peter Fox – Dickes B Live from Berlin|work=YouTube, LLC|publisher=Google, Inc.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Jzeacl0Wo}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}
  • In 2015, it was featured in series 2, episode 2 of the BBC sitcom Scot Squad as two officers did the 'clocking off' dance.
  • "Mundian To Bach Ke" was recreated in the Bollywood film Baaghi 2, with lyrics rewritten in Hindi.{{Cite web|date=2018-03-15|title=Baaghi 2 song Mundiyan embroiled in legal controversy; makers of film accused of plagiarism, copyright infringement|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/baaghi-2-song-mundiyan-embroiled-in-legal-controversy-makers-of-film-accused-of-plagiarism-copyright-infringement-4391127.html|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Firstpost|language=en}}
  • "Mundian To Bach Ke" was featured on Beyoncé and Jay-Z's joint On the Run II Tour, mashed up with Beyoncé's "Baby Boy".{{cite web|url=https://www.idiva.com/news-entertainment/beyonce-dancing-to-mundian-tu-bach-ke-rahi-is-the-perfect-way-to-start-friyay/17076859|title=Beyonce Danced To Everyone's Fave Punjabi Club Banger And It's Giving Us Life|date=6 July 2018 }}
  • "Mundian To Bach Ke" was used on the June 2019 Edexcel GCSE Music Paper. It featured on the Section B essay along with the track "Release" by Afro Celt Sound System.
  • "Mundian To Bach Ke", featuring Jay-Z, appears on the soundtrack of the 2021 Netflix movie The White Tiger.{{Cite web|date=27 January 2021|title=The White Tiger - 2021 Netflix Movie Features Panjabi MC & JAY-Z|url=http://www.panjabi-mc.com/1/post/2021/01/the-white-tiger-2021-netflix-movie-features-panjabi-mc-jay-z.html|access-date=6 June 2021|website=Panjabi MC|language=en}}
  • "Mundian To Bach Ke" was used as part of a dance scene within the Closing Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
  • "Mundian To Bach Ke" in the 21st century was a part of some internet memes, with a video uploaded on YouTube of the song in the extremely loud version titled "loud indian music". The video became popular and featured characters either singing the song or yelling the song. The song was also used in a music video of a cat wearing a keffiyeh, earning 14,000,000 views to date.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ngWIDkPP3o | title=Arabian cat - (Official Music VIdeo) ft.Panjabi MC | website=YouTube | date=8 November 2020 }}
  • ”Mundian To Bach Ke” is commonly used by internet personality Vikkstar123, as it was often played in his and other Sidemen members early vlogs, and has stuck as his “theme song” ever since. He would later use the song as the backing track for his diss track against fellow YouTuber Deji.

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Outside these examples above, its massive popularity lent to frequent stereotypical use in western media as a auditory shorthand for introducing South Asians and/or aspects of their culture on screen.{{cite news |newspaper=The Guardian |title=Look back in bhangra: Panjabi MC on becoming a pop icon |first=Ciaran|last=Thapar |date=7 April 2022 |quote=But the song is also uncomfortable for those who saw it appropriated. “When it comes on now, people in the Asian music industry will groan. But that’s not because of the tune. The tune is powerful,” says Friction. “It’s because for years it was played whenever anything Asian came on the television – anytime someone cooked a curry on Come Dine With Me. And that took a lot of the cultural meaning away. It showed south Asians how two-dimensional the rest of society saw us.”|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/07/how-panjabi-mc-became-a-british-asian-icon-bhangra }}

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