In Popular Culture
- The song is featured on the soundtrack of the Steven Seagal film Out for Justice.
- The Canadian teen drama Instant Star named its second season premiere two-part episode after this song. The show is known for naming each of its episodes after a hit song.
- Comedian Christopher Titus sarcastically referenced the song in his 2001 comedy special Norman Rockwell is Bleeding when describing an event from his youth in which he was on drugs and License to Ill was playing "at a soothing billion-and-five decibels". He said of it, "Imagine that. A bunch of California white guys singing (in a mocking voice) 'No Sleep 'til Brooklyn'! Yeah, we rock."
- The song is a playable track in the 2008 music video game Guitar Hero World Tour.
- Rapper Tone Lōc sampled the riff for his song "Ace Is on the House", which was featured in the end credits of the 1994 film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
- The song was used as part of the opening sequence for the 2010 movie Cop Out.
- The song was released as downloadable content into the Rock Band series on August 2, 2011.
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