 Cantopop singer Sally Yeh covered the song in Cantonese under the title "Two Hundred Degrees (200度)". The children's show Sesame Street did a loose parody of the song in 1989 with completely different lyrics called "Cereal Girl". The "music video" was about a monster girl who loves cereal after tasting a bowl of it. The Chipettes performed a cover version on the 1985 Alvin and the Chipmunks episode "Sisters". In 1998 the song was sampled for the number-two dance hit "If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better)" by The Tamperer featuring Maya. Industrial band KMFDM covered the song for the 1999 Virgin Voices: A Tribute To Madonna: Vol 1 tribute album. The same year, Britney Spears performed the song during her ... Baby One More Time Tour, calling Madonna and Janet Jackson her biggest inspirations. Deathgrind band Exhumed covered the song as part of a limited edition bonus CD for their 2004 album Platters of Splatter. Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered the song in lounge music style on his 2004 album I'd Like a Virgin.
