Carey's version was met with critical acclaim and extended popularity, leading to it being shown more often than usual.
Electronic Games speculated in June 1983 that the game's home versions contributed to the arcade version's extended popularity, compared to the four to six months that the average game lasted.
Due to its extended popularity, "Hero" was covered by the 2008 UK X Factor finalists and released as a single, topping the charts in Ireland the UK and becoming one of the biggest selling songs in British history.
Highly successful showings in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom extended his popularity, with a 1961 exhibition at Harrods of London attracting more than 200,000 visitors.
But Barack Obama never figured out how to extend his popularity to other Democrats, which suggests the lessons from his success may be limited.
Racing is locked into a dialogue about how best to extend its popularity beyond the county set, urban aficionados and the inebriated day-trippers who form the human backdrop to a Festival.
Kathleen Hessert, whose company, Sports Media Challenge, advises athletes on how to extend their popularity online, says that cracking the suggested user list could become an important goal for some of her clients.
Elements of the coalition's programme will extend their popularity further: free universal health insurance, cheaper energy (Mr Ivanishvili says he intends to buy Telasi, the electricity company), and higher pensions.Whether Mr Ivanishvili will be able to run for office himself is unclear.
A month later, a band led by a 22-year-old Guyanese trumpeter Rannie Hart started to play regularly in the saloon bar of the Queens Hotel in Brixton and with them, hoping to extend the popularity of calypso, was their star, Lord Kitchener.
The effects of this Friendship Paradox may extend beyond popularity.
Of course it is difficult to overestimate the soccer star's status in his own country, but will he be able to extend his popularity power to his pupils?
