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==In popular culture==

In the 1936 book ''The Next 100 Years'', [[Clifford C. Furnas]] writes that the phenomenon of {{" '}}Keeping up with the Joneses' ... is descended from the spreading of the peacock's tail."<ref>[[Clifford C. Furnas|Furnas, C. C.]], ''The Next 100 Years''. Reynal and Hitchcock. Book. 1936</ref>

In the United Kingdom, when [[Princess Margaret]] married the fashionable photographer [[Anthony Armstrong-Jones]] in 1960, [[Wallis Simpson]] allegedly said: "At least we're keeping up with the Armstrong-Joneses".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hitchens |first1=Christopher |author1-link=Christopher Hitchens |title=The Trouble with HRH |url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v19/n11/christopher-hitchens/the-trouble-with-hrh |work=London Review of Books |date=5 June 1997}}</ref>

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''[[Jones in the Fast Lane]]'' is a [[life simulation game|life simulation videogame]] developed and published by [[Sierra Entertainment]] in 1990. The game's name and goals are a play on the concept of keeping up with the Joneses.

[[The Temptations]] recorded the song "Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down" on their 1969 album [[Puzzle People]]. The phrase is also referenced in the 1977 song "[[Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)]]" by Waylon Jennings. The Canadian band [[Spirit of the West]] referenced the phrase in a song about [[disability]] in society with the title "(Putting Up With) The Joneses" on the 1990 album ''[[Save This House]]''. The phrase is a line of the lyrics of the song "Life At The Top" by the band [[Bad English]], included in their 1991 album ''[[Backlash (Bad English album)|Backlash]]''. The phrase appears in the song "I Wanna Go Back" by Christian singer David Dunn on his 2017 album "Yellow Balloons".

The phrase is used as the title of a 2011–2014 [[Barbados|Barbadian]] comedy-series<ref>{{IMDb title|tt3562146|Keeping Up with the Joneses}}</ref> and also a 2016 American film ''[[Keeping Up with the Joneses (film)|Keeping Up with the Joneses]]''. The reality television show ''[[Keeping Up with the Kardashians]]'' takes it name from this phrase, replacing "Joneses" with "Kardashians".

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==See also==

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* [[Affluenza]]

* [[Anthropological theories of value]]

* [[Conspicuous consumption]]

* [[Fear of missing out]]

* [[Generation Jones]]

* [[Herd behavior]]

* ''[[The Joneses]]''

* ''[[Keeping Up with the Joneses (film)|Keeping Up with the Joneses]]''

* ''[[Keeping up with the Kardashians]]''

* [[Mimesis]]

* [[Relative deprivation]]

* ''[[Status Anxiety]]''

* [[Symbolic capital]]

* [[Transformative asset]]

* [[Veblen good]]

* [[Diderot effect]]

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