soundtrack. Pixar's Cars used a long recording of the original song (2006), and Disney California Adventure prominently incorporated it into the nightly neon lighting ceremony in the new Cars Land. The song is briefly featured in a Nexgard Chewables for Dogs commercial. The song was featured in a scene in Dolphin Tale (2011). A remixed version of the Crew Cuts cover by Junkie XL is featured during the end credits of the video game Destroy All Humans!. New York television personality Clay Cole wrote about the early years of rock 'n' roll and live television in his memoirs, Sh-Boom! The Explosion of Rock 'n' Roll (1953–1968), published by Morgan James Books. "Sh-Boom" was parodied by Stan Freberg. Another parody, as a singing Lucky Strike cigarette commercial by the Sportsmen Quartet, appeared on the October 31, 1954, Jack Benny radio show. Comic Ronnie Golden wrote a parody, "Shoe Bomb," on the subject of the British terrorist Richard Reid. The Crew Cuts version of the song appeared in the video game Mafia II (2010). The Crew Cuts version was heard in the game show Trapped! in the challenge Wicked Wardrobes. The Chords’ version is also featured in HBO’s Lovecraft Country (2020) and in the 2022 psychological thriller film Don't Worry Darling at the poolside scene and in the end credits. Voiceplay released a cover of their version on August 30, 2019. The song was in a meme that went viral, which showed footage of a CGI gorilla swimming underwater in a Donkey Kong Country commercial from 2003. It was also put to video of a chimpanzee being held by its hands and being swung around. Notes References External links A History Of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs, episode 18: “Sh-Boom” by the Chords 1954 singles The Crew-Cuts songs Doo-wop songs The Fleetwoods songs Mercury Records singles Number-one singles in the United States