Detroit Rock City - Popular Culture

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  • Its title was used for the 1999 motion picture of the same name.
  • Detroit Tigers often use the song when the team takes the field at the beginning of the game.
  • Detroit Red Wings play the tune right before the first face-off of a game and also during television and radio broadcasts.
  • Fictional venue—The Rock City Theater located in Detroit, Michigan—appeared in the music video game Guitar Hero II.
  • It is featured in the 2007 music video game Rock Band, in which the master track from the album version is used (without the car engine sounds).
  • Kiss played it on an episode of Gene Simmons Family Jewels.
  • It is featured in the 2008 music video game Rock Revolution.
  • Rock Band version of the song appears in the movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
  • It is featured in the 2008 movie Role Models.
  • It is featured in the 2009 music video game Dance Dance Revolution.
  • It is featured in the 2011 movie The Dilemma.

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