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In The Guardian, Joe Queenan argued that "no song in the history of rock'n'roll more jubilantly celebrates the downmarket socioeconomic roots of the genre" than "Johnny B. Goode". In Billboard, Jason Lipshutz stated that the song was "the first rock-star origin story", and that it featured "a swagger and showmanship that had not yet invaded radio."

When Chuck Berry was inducted during the first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on January 23, 1986, he performed "Johnny B. Goode" and " Rock and Roll Music ", backed by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The Hall of Fame included these songs and " Maybellene " in their list of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, for its influence as a rock and roll single.

The song was included on the 1973 American Graffiti soundtrack album.

"Johnny B. Goode" has been recorded by a wide variety of artists in different genres. In 1969, country musician Buck Owens 's version topped Billboard magazine's Hot Country Sides chart. In 1972, Jimi Hendrix had a posthumous hit with a live version, which peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. and number 13 on the New Zealand Top 50 in 1986. Peter Tosh 's rendition peaked at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 48 on the UK Singles Chart, number 10 in the Netherlands, and number 29 in New Zealand in 1983. In 1988, Judas Priest 's version reached number 64 on the UK Singles Chart. The Sex Pistols also covered it for their soundtrack The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle in 1979.

Devo paid homage to the Chuck Berry song with their own song Come Back Jonee on its debut album Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!.

The song is included, as the eleventh track of disc 1, in the Voyager Golden Record, traveling into deep space outside the solar system.

A cover version is featured in the film Back to the Future (1985), when the lead character Marty McFly, played by actor Michael J. Fox, performs it at a high school dance. This is heard by Marvin Berry, a fictional cousin of Chuck who calls him up and makes him listen to the song, telling him it's "the new sound you've been looking for", thus making it a bootstrap paradox. Fox explained his approach was to "incorporate all the characteristics and mannerisms and quirks of my favourite guitarists, so a Pete Townshend windmill, and Jimi Hendrix behind the back, and a Chuck Berry duckwalk. And we worked all that in."

The Grateful Dead often performed the song live, purportedly playing it 287 times.

Ninjago pays homage to Johnny B. Goode several times throughout the show with a track titled Dareth the Guitar Man (also known as Dareth The Man or Dareth's Blues), which features similar musical themes to Chuck Berry's song.