Ace of Spades (song) - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • The song was featured in the popular skateboarding game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
  • The character Mordekaiser from the game League of Legends has an ability called "Mace of Spaces", a play on the song's title.
  • A cover version of "Ace of Spades", containing an extended guitar solo in the climax of the song, was featured in the 2005 music video game Guitar Hero for PlayStation 2. It was included in a downloadable 3-song pack for the Xbox 360 version of its successor, Guitar Hero II, as well.
  • A re-recording of the song, "Ace of Spades '08", is in the setlist of Rock Band 2, Rock Band Unplugged, Rock Band for iPhone, and Guitar Hero: Metallica.
  • "Ace of Spades" also appears in the PlayStation 2 karaoke game SingStar Amped.
  • A mixed version appears in the 2009 music video game DJ Hero.
  • In an episode of the Men Behaving Badly television sitcom, Gary and Tony play air guitar to the track.
  • In the Black Books episode Party (the last of series 3) the three main characters have a very drunken dancing competition to a portion of this song
  • The song was chosen to appear in the documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.
  • The song was used in Episode 1 of the fourth series of BBC's motoring show, Top Gear, that featured the Lotus Exige attempting to avoid missile lock from an AgustaWestland Apache helicopter.
  • The song was used at the beginning and end of the series 3 Skins episode, "Cook" (302), and Cook's younger brother is seen playing the song on Rock Band 2 towards the beginning of the series 4 Skins episode, "Cook" (403).
  • In the HBO series Entourage, the song can be heard in the episode "The Dream Team".
  • The band performed the song on episode 7 of The Young Ones.
  • The song was used in the movie Grosse Pointe Blank, during a gunfight in a convenience store between hitman Martin Blank (John Cusack) and another hitman sent after him, a teenager is playing an arcade game to the sound of Ace of Spades at maximum volume in his headphones and escapes unharmed, completely oblivious to the destruction unfolding around him.
  • The song is featured in the opening credits of Zombie Nightmare which was featured in the movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1994.
  • The song appears in the 2007 film Shoot 'Em Up during the shootout in Mr. Smith's hideout. It appears on the film's soundtrack as well.
  • Between 8 pm and 2 am on 9 November 2005 at The Boat nightclub in Toronto, the song was played 128 times consecutively.
  • In the play "The Lieutenant of Inishmore", the character Davey sings the song to drown out his sister Mairead's Irish rebellion song.
  • In the Achewood strip for 4 February 2009, Lyle Gabriel parodies the song with the phrase, "ACE OF GRADES!".
  • The song is used in the twentieth episode of the final season of House, during a scene in which Dr Wilson overtakes a funeral procession in a fast car.
  • The song is played on the stereo in Le Petit Chou during the second episode of Hungry!.

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