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The song's second verse, which refers to "heavy metal thunder," was said to have inspired the name of the emerging Heavy Metal Music Genre . The song has been covered by two icons of heavy metal, Slayer and Ozzy Osbourne , the latter featuring Miss Piggy on his recording.

This song was written by Mars Bonfire , also known as Dennis Edmonton. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 .

It was also featured on the soundtrack of '' Herbie Fully Loaded ''.