Old Time Rock and Roll the 1983 film "Risky Business", starring Tom Cruise. Cruise's character, Joel Goodson, famously lip-syncs and dances in his underwear as this song plays after his parents leave him home alone. In 1986, the song was also featured in the TV series ""ALF"", in a caricature of the before mentioned Tom cruise scene, in which Alf has similarly been left home alone and trashed the house. Activision created a series of "" television commercials directed by Brett Ratner based on the scene, each featuring a different set of celebrities lip-sync to the lyrics while using the new instrument controllers. The first
Suburban Rock 'n' Roll Conrad Veidt from the film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", which Scott has referred to as his favourite film. Three singles were issued from "Suburban Rock 'n' Roll": "Zombies", "Suburban Rock 'n' Roll" and "20 Million Miles from Earth". "Suburban Rock 'n' Roll" was the only single that managed to chart, peaking at a lukewarm #67 in the UK, and the only one to receive an official music video, although an animated clip for "20 Million Miles from Earth" was released on the band's website. The album itself failed to chart altogether, and was met with a mixed reception from