The history of the TMNT is marked with countless attempts at ripoffs masquerading as "parody" all the way back to the so-called 'black and white comics boom' of the mid 1980s, the same boom the sudden success and hype of the original TMNT comic helped kick off.
This song was featured on the original 90210 as an example of how dorky the dork kid was when he played it on his ex-dork friend's radio show without permission.