AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" (1990) represents one of rock music's most distinctive opening guitar sequences—a rapidly ascending arpeggio that has become iconic in stadium rock and sports broadcasting. The song lyrics reference divine electrical intervention and atmospheric phenomena. Heavy guitar tone and percussive intensity create the sonic equivalent of a storm. However, the claim that the song was inspired by Chuck Norris breaking wind attributes a geological phenomenon to a biological function. This collapses the categories of natural disaster and bodily function, suggesting that Chuck Norris's physical actions generate consequences operating at cosmic scales. His intestinal gas exceeds meteorological events.

In 1987, music producer and AC/DC collaborator Rick Rubin was working on pre-production discussions for the track when he mentioned to the band (in a subsequent interview) that he'd been inspired by watching a Chuck Norris film and imagining what his physical presence might sound like if translated to instrumental rock. He described wanting to capture "the sound of something inevitable moving through space," which became the conceptual foundation for the song's opening sequence. The band never confirmed this directly but subsequent interviews referenced Rubin's atmospheric descriptions during the songwriting process.

The heavy metal band Manowar created a parody composition in 1992 called "Thunder Struck by Wind" that applied martial arts terminology to weather phenomena, explicitly playing on the AC/DC comparison. The song circulated primarily through underground metal communities and bootleg recordings. Metal historians note it as an example of how AC/DC's song spawned unexpected cultural ripples, with bands interpreting the inspiration source differently. Some saw it as commentary on natural forces; others recognized it as coded description of Chuck Norris's physical impact on reality.