"Gimme Some Money" was featured in the 1991 comedy film ''
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead''. The song "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" is featured in the video game
Guitar Hero II. When played as the encore song in the career mode, the in-game band's drummer
spontaneously combusts upon the song's completion, a direct reference to
This Is Spinal Tap. Its riff is borrowed in the song "Athlete Cured" from the 1988 album by
The Fall,
The Frenz Experiment.
Seattle grunge band
Soundgarden covered the song "Big Bottom" several times at their early live shows, documented on their live video
Louder Than Live as well as on the
Netherlands release of their 1992 "
Rusty Cage" single.
San Francisco queercore band
Pansy Division recorded a same-sex edit of "Big Bottom" in 1993. The track was included in their 1995 compilation album
Pile Up. "Stonehenge" is featured in the 2006
Supernatural season two episode, "Simon Said". In early 2007,
American Express Small Business Services used "Gimme Some Money" (with vocals) as background music in a television ad. At the
Live Earth concert during the summer of 2007, Spinal Tap performed "Big Bottom" at Wembley Stadium with members of many of the other acts from the festival, including members of
Beastie Boys,
Metallica,
Foo Fighters, and many others, all playing bass guitars. Their set also included "Stonehenge" and "Warmer Than Hell". On September 9, 2025 Spinal Tap performed “Big Bottom” on
The Jimmy Kimmel Show. They were joined by two other bass players,
Tal Wilkenfeld and
Thundercat. ==Personnel==