Rock You Like a Hurricane

The song has been used in numerous shows and films, including Trolls World Tour, The Good Guys, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Simpsons, The Big Bang Theory, Hope & Faith, Trailer Park Boys, Jawbreaker, Knocked Up, a deleted scene from Rock of Ages (of which it is sung by Tom Cruise and Julianne Hough), Little Nicky, The Cleveland Show, Role Models,[8] and Scorpion. It is also frequently used in television commercials and other promos, including for Blades of Glory, The Iron Giant, Human Weapon, and Monsters vs. Aliens.

The song was featured at the end of the Scorpion episode, "A Cyclone". It was also used in The Simpsons Game at some points in the end of the game along with the credits. The song has been used in other video games including Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the in-game radio station "V-Rock", Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Portal: Prelude, and NHL 10. Most recently, the song was covered in Spanish by Micki Milosevic and Steph Honde under the band name "Unprotected Innocence" via Sony Music Entertainment in the Lionsgate movie Hellboy released in April 2019.

The song was featured on "Chapter 1: MADMAX", an episode of the Netflix series Stranger Things.

"Rock You Like a Hurricane" is commonly played at sporting events, becoming an unofficial anthem for numerous teams, such as the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Miami Hurricanes, Carolina Hurricanes, Buffalo Sabres (who use the 2000 orchestral version), and JYP. In 2006, the song caused a controversy when used by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleaders in their halftime routine during a game against the New Orleans Saints. Some attending the game saw the song as being played in poor taste, given the extensive damage caused to New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. Nick Evans of the New York Mets uses the song as his at-bat music, and it was formerly played when Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks scored a goal during home games.

"Rock You Like a Hurricane" is regularly played at home matches of the German football team Hannover 96, as Scorpions originated from the same city. The team formerly used the song as entrance music. Ed Herman also used it as his walk out song at UFC Fight Night: Zabit vs. Kattar.

The song is referenced in Dave Eggers' 2002 novel You Shall Know Our Velocity, in which the main characters attempt to anonymously distribute money on a round the world trip by taping parcels containing cash and bearing the line "Here I am Rock You Like a Hurricane" onto houses, animals and other objects. Also, in Ernest Cline's second novel, Armada, features "Rock You Like a Hurricane" in the music mix of the book.