Referenced By / James Taylor

Literature

• In Call Me Sunflower, Scott sends Sunny's mom a singing card with a recording of himself playing guitar and singing "You've Got a Friend," which Sunny thinks of as a James Taylor song.

Live-Action TV

• An early episode of 7th Heaven has Eric serenading Annie whilst singing "Up on the Roof" as they sit on the roof of the house.
• An episode of Family Matters has Carl and Eddie bonding as they fix the family's roof and soon break out into a course of "Up on the Roof". The feel-good moment ends when the former (comically) slips and falls off of said roof.
• One episode of Roseanne is titled "Shower The People You Love With Stuff".

Western Animation

• The song "Your Smiling Face" was used for the trailer for Smiling Friends.
• Taylor guest-starred As Himself on The Simpsons episode "Deep Space Homer" and sung to Homer and the other seemingly-doomed astronauts "You've Got a Friend" and "Fire and Rain" to calm their nerves, whilst changing the lyrics to a verse in the latter song.
  Sweet dreams and flyin' machines, in pieces on the grou—uh... sweet dreams and flyin' machines, flyin' safely in the air...