The song's music video was shot in a disco and features Laxmi Chhaya as the dancer and Herman Benjamin the choreographer as the lead singer.
Popular culture
The song first entered American popular culture when The Cramps appeared on the Los Angeles TV show Request Video in the early 1990s, and aired a clip of "Jaan Pehechan Ho" during their appearance on the show. [3] It gained additional exposure through 1994 live performances of the song by Heavenly Ten Stems, an American experimental indie rock band that was based in San Francisco.[2]
The song appears in the opening credits of the 2001 movie Ghost World. In an interview, Ghost World writer Daniel Clowes mentions that he obtained his 20th generation copy of the scene from someone who had been housesitting for Peter Holsapple, guitarist and songwriter for The dB's, and he copied it from Peter's collection. Then they approached the sons of the producers and acquired the rights to use the song in the movie. The Ghost World DVD features the entire musical segment from the movie.[4]
The song was also used for Heineken's 2011 "The Date" commercial.[5][6]