Kernkraft 400 was released in 1999 by Zombie Nation, the project of German producer Florian Senfter, and became a major dance hit across Europe in 2000. Its main riff reworks a melody from David Whittaker's soundtrack for the 1984 Commodore 64 game Lazy Jones. From clubs the track crossed into stadiums, where fans adopted its chantable hook for football, ice hockey and baseball games. That second life as a universal sports anthem has kept the sound in edits, memes and highlight reels decades after its release.