Cover Versions
The song has been covered by various artists including:
- Canadian vegan straight edge band Chokehold_(band) for the 1994 album Prison Of Hope CD version.
- American ska punk band Less Than Jake for the 1997 punk rock compilation Where's the Beef (later compiled on their album Goodbye Blue & White).
- American band The Huntingtons for their 1998 album All the Stuff (And More)-Vol 1.
- American hardcore punk band A Global Threat on their 1999 album What the Fuck Will Change?
- Canadian rock singer Bif Naked for the Ready to Rumble soundtrack in 2000.
- American singer Joan Jett for a 2001 tribute album Twisted Forever - A Tribute to the Legendary Twisted Sister.
- All-female Finnish rock band Thee Ultra Bimboos on their 2003 single "Sleeping Dogs".
- German pop punk band Donots in 2002 (which became a minor hit in Germany, reaching 33 in the Singles Chart).
- Chilean band Los Mox! covered the song in Spanish for their album Los Mox Con Cover (Mox's title for the song in Spanish is "No Lo Aceptaremox").
- Mexican pop rock band Moderatto in Spanish ("No Lo Aceptaremos") which was released in 2007 for the Mexican Consejo de la Comunicación, the organization connected to the Ad Council, anti-corruption advertising campaign.
- Australian pop duo The Veronicas, which was available for download and also used in a 2008 birth control pill commercial called Yaz.
- Swedish trio Hellsongs on their 2008 album Hymns in the Key of 666 (used in Damages Season 3 Episode 3).
- Dutch rock band Mooi Wark for the album Wrieven, Pappen & Nat Hollen as "De Eerste Keer Dut Zeer".
- Holland rock and roll band Discipline on their 2008 album Old Pride, New Glory.
- Spanish Oi! band Oi! The Arrase for the album Anarkoi in 1997 with other lyrics but same music (the title of the song is "Somos de Mallorca").
- Swedish dansband Larz-Kristerz at Dansbandskampen 2008 and on the 2009 album Hem till dig.
- Kidz Bop Kids on Kidz Bop 80s Gold (this is their first heavy metal cover).
- The classic rock musical Rock of Ages, which premiered on Broadway in 2009, and the 2012 film version. In the musical, the song is sung in counterpoint with We Built This City. (Dee Snider appeared in the Broadway production, but did not sing this number.)
- Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish.
- American powerviolence band Charles Bronson primarily used this song on their track "Can't Take This".
- American street punk band Total Chaos on their 2001 album Punk Invasion.
- The song was featured in episode 1.02 of the reality show The Glee Project ("Theatricality") on Oxygen. Contestants filmed a music video of the song.
- American industrial metal band Powerman 5000 in the 2011 cover album Copies, Clones & Replicants.
- Billie Joe Armstrong of American punk rock band Green Day sang the start of the song during the band's infamous Woodstock '94 performance.
- Jimmy Fallon and the cast of Parks and Recreation sang the song in April 2010 on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in the Glee inspired series, 6-Bee.
- In the Regular Show episode "Karaoke Video", Mordecai and Rigby sing the song in a music video while insulting their friends in between breaks.
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