The song is also featured as the default music for the 'Modern' template in the iOS version of iMovie. It appears on the Test Drive Unlimited 2 soundtrack.

It was released as part of a Phoenix Track Pack for Guitar Hero 5 on April 8, 2010. The song was released for the Rock Band series on Janualong with ' Lisztomania'. Samples from the song were also used for the track 'Triple Double' from Girl Talk's fifth studio album, All Day. An edited version is also used as the theme tune for BBC Radio 5 Live's 6-0-6 football phone-in show. The song is featured in episodes of Friday Night Dinner, Gossip Girl, Melrose Place, The Vampire Diaries and Hellcats, the trailer for the film New York, I Love You, television advertisements for PlayStation and the 2010 Cadillac SRX, and appears on the soundtrack to the NHL 2K10 video game. The NME's Gavin Haynes praised the song's 'rave-like stop-go guitars,' while Evan Sawdey of PopMatters said it might be Phoenix's 'finest song to date.' Philadelphia Inquirer music critic Dan DeLuca described the song as 'joyously exultant riff-happy pop.' The song was ranked number two on Spin magazine's list of the '20 Best Summer Songs of 2009.' In popular culture In October 2009, '1901' ranked number 228 in Pitchfork's list of 'The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s,' the fifth-highest placement on the list amongst 2009 songs. The song has received very positive reviews from music critics, with Pitchfork Media's Jason Crock chose the song as a 'Best New Track' and added that it's 'just as smooth and spirited and dementedly catchy as any of their best singles.' The Village Voice 's Pazz & Jop critics' poll ranked '1901' at number two to find the best music of 2009, after Jay-Z 's ' Empire State of Mind'. Phoenix performed '1901' on television programs such as The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, Late Show with David Letterman, Saturday Night Live, and MTV's It's On with Alexa Chung. Mars said, 'Paris in 1901 was better than it is now. According to lead singer Thomas Mars, the song is about Belle Époque Paris. The single was re-issued in the UK in February 2010. Billboard Alternative Songs chart, where it later reached number one, becoming only the fourth independent label single to achieve the feat. A black-and-white music video for the song was released in May. It was released in February 2009 as the album's lead single, originally as a free download from the band's official website, but was issued as a retail single due to the song's popularity.

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