Nye played Sylvia Grantham in the classic 1982 horror film Creepshow.
Rolfe claimed that it was inspired by "Weird NJ magazines, the TV series The Twilight Zone and anthology films like Creepshow" but when James started making the web series The Angry Video Game Nerd, it became a large hit, and he found that he would have to postpone later episodes to another time, not known at the moment.
Jonny Lang, the Brian Setzer Orchestra, Billy Idol, Joe Bonamassa, the Jordanaires, Canned Heat, James Durbin, .38 Special, Orion, Australian Crawl, My Morning Jacket, The Creepshow, The Boppers, David Gogo, Trisha Yearwood, Brian Hyland, Raul Malo, Straight No Chaser, Frantic Flintstones, Rick Saucedo, 45 R.P.M., Tom Green, and Wynonna Judd have also recorded the song.