Jimmy Swaggart

==In popular culture==
Swaggart's prostitution scandals inspired the [[Ozzy Osbourne]] song "Miracle Man" on Osbourne's fifth studio album ''[[No Rest for the Wicked (Ozzy Osbourne album)|No Rest for the Wicked]]'' (1988).<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Häger |editor-first=Andreas |title=Religion and Popular Music: Artists, Fans, and Cultures |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=koFnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73 |date=September 6, 2018 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-350-00371-2 |page=73 |chapter=Biblical Language in Ozzy Osbourne's Solo Albums}}</ref>

During his 1988 concerts, [[Bruce Hornsby]] would begin his song "Defenders of the Flag" from ''[[Scenes from the Southside]]'' with a tongue-in-cheek dedication to Swaggart.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 15, 1988 |title=Hornsby's Musicianship Wins Over Miami Crowd |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1988-07-15-8802110335-story.html |access-date=2020-11-08 |website=sun-sentinel}}</ref>

Similarities were noted between heel [[World Wrestling Federation]] character [[Bruce Prichard|Brother Love]] and Swaggart.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19881028&id=0vAvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A_wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1086,7233545|title=Wrestlers having grudge match|publisher=Lakeland Ledger|date=28 October 1988|access-date=2 December 2021}}</ref>

"[[Jesus He Knows Me]]", a 1991 song by [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], is a satire on televangelists such as Swaggart, [[Robert Tilton]], and [[Jim Bakker]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/genesis-jesus-he-knows-me/|title=When Genesis Skewered Televangelism With 'Jesus He Knows Me'|first=Corey |last=Irwin|date=April 9, 2023|website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref>

Canadian rock band [[the New Pornographers]] took their name from a 1986 speech by Swaggart in which he lambasted rock music as "the new pornography."<ref>{{cite web |title=The New Pornographers Mutual Appreciation Pop Society |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/new_pornographers-mutual_appreciation_pop |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=exclaim Canada}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-03-ca-1235-story.html |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |title=JIMMY SWAGGART BLASTS ROCK PORN|date=August 3, 1986 }}</ref>

Lingua Ignota released the EP ''Epistolary Grieving for Jimmy Swaggart'' on the 5th of November in 2021.