We Will Rock You - Appearances in Other Media

Appearances in Other Media

• The song is featured in a cold open sketch at the beginning of the 1980s sitcom Cheers episode 'Severe Crane Damage'.
• The song is prominently (and anachronistically) featured in the film A Knight's Tale as a crowd chant.
• The song is featured in the music video games Donkey Konga, Pro Evolution Soccer 2 and Lego Rock Band. For some reason, the stomp-stomp-clap part is listed as notes on Lego Rock Band, although that might be just so everyone can play, as the only parts otherwise would be Mercury's lyrics and Brian May's solo. It is also featured in the video game DJ Hero as part of a mashup with Daft Punk's "Robot Rock."
• The song is featured in commercial promotions for the 2010 Disney XD Original Series Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil.
• The song was used often as a crowd chant, on the UK TV show Gladiators.
• Sol Badguy from the video game series Guilty Gear wears a headband that reads "Rock You", one of several Queen references in the series.
• Diego Sanchez used this as his entrance song at UFC 95 and The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale.
• In the Drake & Josh episode "The Storm", near the end of the episode, Helen tells all the girls to pat twice repeatedly. Then, she tells the men to clap when the girls pause. After the "stomp stomp clap" is derived, Helen starts singing the first verse of the song while Drake does the second verse and Craig & Eric do the third.
• The beat of the song was used in an election ad by NDP candidate Jack Layton which attacked Stephen Harper for allowing alleged abuses by big business.
• The song was used in the commercial of TEAM Unity for the 2007 Philippine Senatorial Elections.
• Manny Pacquiao used this as his entrance song in the match against Oscar De La Hoya.
• A family in a Wal-Mart commercial sing the song.
• In Friends episode "The One Where Ross Moves In", Ross created a "customized" message for an answer machine that is basing on the song, the lyrics was changed to 'we will we will call you back'.
• A cover version is featured in the video game Madden NFL 11.
• The song is used in 2011 Super Bowl commercial for Kung Fu Panda 2. In the commercial, the footage of a battle is cut to the beat of the song such as each opening stomp accompanies a blow by the characters. Furthermore, the lyrics displayed on screen have the pun of "We will, we will, wok you," as Po wields a large wok on each hand against multiple assailants.
• In the "Elementary School Musical" episode of South Park, during a school basketball game the audience sings the song.
• Domino's Pizza used a modified version (changing the lyrics to "Gotta Be, Gotta Be Domino's") for a series of commercials between 1994 and 1996.
• At WrestleMania XXVII, Chris Masters and Yoshi Tatsu performed a brief humorous version of the chorus with Masters' pectorial muscles moving up and down to the beat in a parody of American Idol.
• The "stomp stomp clap" beat appeared in commercial of Regular Show on Cartoon Network.
• In the Disney film The Mighty Ducks, the crowd at the Ducks game chants a variant which goes "We will quack you".
• In the former Sentosa attraction, Magical Sentosa. A song from its soundtrack, It`s My World employs the "stomp-stomp-clap" beat replacing the stomp with a hyperbeat and clap with either a backbeat or a stomp at its chorus.
• In a Taco Bell commercial, a group of men imitate the beat of the song by slamming their elbows on the table and taking a bite of their crunchy taco. They then go "We will, we will" to an annoyed female customer who replies "Stop doing that." The commercial ends with one guy telling the other that he has cheese on his face, with another calling him a "big disgrace".
• The song was made available to download on December 7, 2010 for use in the Rock Band 3 music gaming platform in both Basic rhythm, and PRO mode which allows use of a real guitar / bass guitar, and MIDI compatible electronic drum kits / keyboards in addition to vocals.