Popular culture
- The song was stored in music box format in a permanent outdoor display in Cathedral Park under the St. John's Bridge in Portland, Oregon.
Permanent outdoor exhibit of a metal river at Cathedral Park, under the St. John's Bridge in Portland Oregon, installed with music box tune of Hoagy Carmichael's "Up A Lazy River", the year the bridge was dedicated. 
Close up of a sign describing exhibit of Drawing on the River at Cathedral Park, under the St. John's Bridge. - A bit of the song is played by Carmichael in the 1946 Oscar-winning film The Best Years of Our Lives.[7]
- "(Up A) Lazy River" can also be heard in the 1959 film Hey Boy! Hey Girl!.
- A cover of the song is featured in Shredder Orpheus.
