"I Wanna Rock" was used as a soundtrack for 2002's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
In 2009, the song was named the 17th VH1 Greatest Hard Rock Songs by VH1.
The song was used as a soundtrack for 2008's Burnout Paradise.
Its music video appears in an episode of Beavis and Butt-head.
The song was satirized in the The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.