text: In popular culture "Wuthering Heights", a single from Kate Bush's 1978 debut album, The Kick Inside, is told from the perspective of a ghostly Catherine Earnshaw visiting an aged Heathcliff.
  In her song "David Duchovny," Bree Sharp refers to David Duchovny as "American Heathcliff, brooding and comely."
  In July 2008, the then British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, compared himself to the character, saying that he was "Maybe an older Heathcliff, a wiser Heathcliff." The comparison was mocked by some. For example, Andrew McCarthy, acting director of the Brontë Parsonage Museum, said that "Heathcliff is a man prone to domestic violence, kidnapping, possible murder and digging up his dead lover. He is moody and unkind to animals. Is this really a good role model for the prime minister?"
  The opening track to the UK melodic hard rock band Ten's eleventh studio album Albion, "Alone in the Dark", is based on Heathcliff's internal struggles as depicted in Wuthering Heights.
  The South Korean game studio Project Moon's 2023 title Limbus Company features a main character named after and based on Heathcliff. Portrayed as a brutish thug, his violent temper frequently creates problems for the rest of the game's cast.
  Mentioned in the song "No Myth", by Michael Penn.