Ghostbusters catchphrases "Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!" and "I ain't afraid of no ghost." The song was a huge hit, staying at number one for three weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and for two weeks on the Black Singles chart, and brought Parker an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. According to Bruce A. Austin (in 1989), the theme "purportedly added $20 million to the box office take of the film". In autumn of 1984, singer and songwriter Huey Lewis sued Ray Parker, Jr. for plagiarism, claiming that Parker copied the melody from his 1984 song "I Want
Ghostbusters (song) "Behind the Music". Parker subsequently sued Lewis for breaching confidentiality. The song is referenced in both the films and the cartoon series. The song appears in "". It is played fully in the end credits of the game (on the Wii, PlayStation 2, and PSP versions), and on the PS3 Cross Menu Bar screen when a user is on the disc icon for more than 3 seconds. The sketch comedy series "Key & Peele" parodied the song in a 2015 sketch in which Ray Parker Jr. advertises a CD box set, "Ray Parker Jr.'s Greatest Hits", consisting of theme songs