Real American was released in 1985 on The Wrestling Album and performed by Rick Derringer, soon becoming Hulk Hogan's signature entrance music in WWF. As Hulkamania swept 1980s pop culture, the song's flag-waving chorus became inseparable from Hogan's red and yellow image, bandana and crowd poses. Decades later the short sting still circulates in wrestling edits, sports montages and meme videos, where its earnest 80s rock patriotism works both as genuine hype and as ironic comedy for an over-the-top entrance.