[3] It became one of Judas Priest's signature songs along with "Electric Eye" and "Breaking the Law", and a staple of the band's live performances.

Meanwhile, a higher authority figure arrives to shut the group down due to the noise level only to have his head blown off and their pants fall off towards the end of the video as a result of the exceeding force of Halford.

Wayne Parry of the Associated Press called it, along with "Hell Bent for Leather" and "Living After Midnight", one of the "standards against which other metal tracks are measured".

[7] Greg Prato of AllMusic wrote that the song was what finally broke Judas Priest into the mainstream in the United States.

[10] The song shows up on several video games, for example, it is featured on the jukebox of the first level of Prey; in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City's radio station V-Rock; as downloadable content for Rock Band series (alongside the rest of the 1982 album Screaming for Vengeance), Rock Band Track Pack Volume 2; and a cover version is featured in Guitar Hero.

[11] The song is playing in Wayne Potts (Jeb Kreager)'s house in episode 5 "Illusions" of Mare of Easttown (2021).