 The songwriter Phil Ochs wrote a song of the same title; he had intended it as title song for the film, but it was rejected by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Ochs had A&M Records issue the song as a single anyway.He hoped to publicly debut the song at the Los Angeles Thunderbirds' track during a Roller Games television taping at Los Angeles' Olympic Auditorium, for many of the Thunderbirds skaters had appeared in the movie as extras, and announcer Dick Lane had a small speaking role; however, Thunderbirds owner Bill Griffiths Sr. likewise rejected that idea.