Parodies and References To The Song
- 1987: Henry Rollins did a parody of "We Will Rock You" titled "I Have Come to Kill You".
- 1991: Full House, in the episode "Happy Birthday Babies Part 2", when Becky is breathing to ease her contractions, she breathes to the stomp/clap rhythm, and Danny jokingly sings "We will, we will rock you."
- 2003: Blondie's song "Good Boys" uses the line "You got me on your face/A big disgrace."
- 2004: Scum of the Earth did a cover version on their debut album Blah...Blah...Blah...Love Songs for the New Millennium. However, the song title was changed to "Pornstar Champion" with modified lyrics.
- 2007: In "The Storm", an episode of Drake & Josh, all of the people in Drake and Josh's house start singing the song after the crank-able television breaks.
- 2010: The cast of the Off-Broadway musical Avenue Q performed covers of "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" in a video spoof of the Muppets' Bohemian Rhapsody.
- 2012: In "He Will Mock You", an episode of The Annoying Orange, a spoof of the song called "He Will Mock You" was sung when Orange, Pear, Midget Apple, and Marshmallow backfire after Orange gets mocked by a coconut, a lime, and a banana.
- 2012: In the edition of WWE Raw of 12 March, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson performed his version during the Rock Concert segment by adding references to Team Bring It and fans chanting "Cena Sucks" in the chorus while taking aim at John Cena before they square off at Wrestlemania XXVIII.
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