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"Short Change Hero", from the Heavy's second album, has been used in the film ''[[Faster (2010 film)|Faster]]''; The TV shows "[[The Outlaws (2021 TV series)]]", ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'', ''[[The Listener (TV series)|The Listener]]'', ''[[Suits (U.S. TV series)|Suits]], [[The Umbrella Academy (TV series)|The Umbrella Academy]], a''nd ''[[Killjoys (TV series)|Killjoys]]''; the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] documentary ''Best of Enemies''; the trailer for ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'', and in the promos for the first season of ''[[Haven (TV series)|Haven]]'' and second season of ''[[Longmire (TV series)|Longmire]]''. The song was also used as the theme song since the second season of ''[[Strike Back (TV series)|Strike Back]]''. The video game ''[[Borderlands 2]]'' featured "Short Change Hero" in the opening scene and "How You Like Me Now?" in the end credits. An instrumental jazz version of "Short Change Hero" later appeared in ''[[Poker Night 2]]'', which featured characters from ''Borderlands''. "What Makes A Good Man?" was later used in the credits of the next game released, ''[[Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel]]''. The band recorded the song "Put It On The Line" for the theme of ''[[Borderlands 3]]''. The song also features in the virtual reality rhythm shooter game ''[[Pistol Whip (video game)|Pistol Whip]]'' during the opening level of the campaign "Smoke and Thunder".
 
"What Makes A Good Man?", from their third album, was used for the launch trailer of ''[[Sleeping Dogs (video game)|Sleeping Dogs]]'', the official theme song for the [[2013 Royal Rumble]] pay-per-view event, was featured in the 2013 film [[Grudge Match]], the video game ''[[NHL 13]]'', the trailer for ''[[Dallas Buyers Club]]'' and [[Guinness]]' "Sapeurs" commercial, a production in collaboration with the advertisement agency, [[AMV BBDO]], which was hailed as one of the most successful example of brand-agency partnership as top-classed quality adverts have been consistently produced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/worlds-creative-partnerships-guinness-amv-bbdo/1399167 |title=World's most creative partnerships: Guinness & AMV BBDO |website=Campaignlive.co.uk |date=2016-06-21 |access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> In addition, the song also appeared in the [[H&M]] commercials featuring [[David Beckham]]. The band also made their second appearance on ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' on 28 August 2012 performing "What Makes A Good Man?" gaining their second encore on the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theheavy.co.uk/news/page/4/the-late-show-with-david-letterman|title=The Heavy - The Late Show with David Letterman!|website=Theheavy.co.uk|access-date=29 May 2015}}</ref> The song was also featured in an episode of [[The Grand Tour]] titled "Lochdown". <ref>{{Cite web |title=Music from The Grand Tour S4E03 |url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/the-grand-tour/season-4/115119 |access-date=2022-10-02 |website=Tunefind}}</ref>
 
The band was asked to record a cover of the song "[[And When I Die]]" for the fourth season finale of ''[[True Blood]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/2011/08/kcrw-exclusive-the-heavy-cover-blood-sweat-tears-for-true-blood-finale/ |title=KCRW Exclusive: The Heavy Cover Blood Sweat & Tears for True Blood Finale &#124; KCRW Music Blog |publisher=Blogs.kcrw.com |date=2011-08-26 |access-date=2012-03-24}}</ref> It also appeared on the third ''True Blood'' soundtrack.