Here you will find the setlist for every game in the Guitar Hero series.
Guitar Hero (2005)
Main Setlist
"I Wanna Be Sedated" - The Ramones
"Thunder Kiss '65" - White Zombie
"Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple
"Infected" - Bad Religion
"Iron Man" - Black Sabbath
"More Than a Feeling" - Boston
"You Got Another Thing Comin'" - Judas Priest
"Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand
"Sharp Dressed Man" - ZZ Top
"Killer Queen" - Queen
"Hey You" - The Exies
"Stellar" - Incubus
"Heart Full of Black" - Burning Brides
"Symphony of Destruction" - Megadeth
"Ziggy Stardust" - David Bowie
"Fat Lip" - Sum 41
"Cochise" - Audioslave
"Take It Off" - The Donnas
"Unsung" - Helmet
"Spanish Castle Magic" - Jimi Hendrix
"Higher Ground" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"No One Knows" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Ace of Spades" - Motörhead
"Crossroads" - Cream
"Godzilla" - Blue Öyster Cult
"Texas Flood" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Frankenstein" - The Edgar Winter Group
"Cowboys From Hell" - Pantera
"Bark at the Moon" - Ozzy Osbourne
Guitar Hero II (2006)
Main Setlist
"Shout at the Devil" - Mötley Crüe
"Mother" - Danzig
"Surrender" - Cheap Trick
"Woman" - Wolfmother
"Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" - Spinal Tap
"Strutter" - Kiss
"Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
"Message in a Bottle" - The Police
"You Really Got Me" - Van Halen
"Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas
"Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters
"Them Bones" - Alice in Chains
"Search and Destroy" - Iggy Pop and The Stooges
"Tattooed Love Boys" - The Pretenders
"War Pigs" - Black Sabbath
"Cherry Pie" - Warrant
"Who Was in My Room Last Night?" - Butthole Surfers
"Girlfriend" - Matthew Sweet
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" - The Rolling Stones
"Sweet Child o' Mine" - Guns N' Roses
"Killing in the Name" - Rage Against the Machine
"John the Fisherman" - Primus
"Freya" - The Sword
"Bad Reputation" - Thin Lizzy
"Last Child" - Aerosmith
"Crazy on You" - Heart
"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" - Stone Temple Pilots
"Rock This Town" - Stray Cats
"Jessica" - The Allman Brothers Band
"Stop" - Jane's Addiction
"Madhouse" - Anthrax
"Carry Me Home" - The Living End
"Laid to Rest" - Lamb of God
"Psychobilly Freakout" - Reverend Horton Heat
"YYZ" - Rush
"Beast and the Harlot" - Avenged Sevenfold
"Institutionalized" - Suicidal Tendencies
"Misirlou" - Dick Dale
"Hangar 18" - Megadeth
"Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (2007)
Main Setlist
"Slow Ride" - Foghat
"Talk Dirty to Me" - Poison
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" - Pat Benatar
"Story of My Life" - Social Distortion
"Rock and Roll All Nite" - Kiss
"Mississippi Queen" - Mountain
"School's Out" - Alice Cooper
"Sunshine of Your Love" - Cream
"Barracuda" - Heart
"Bulls on Parade" - Rage Against the Machine
"When You Were Young" - The Killers
"Miss Murder" - AFI
"The Seeker" - The Who
"Lay Down" - Priestess
"Paint It, Black" - The Rolling Stones
"Paranoid" - Black Sabbath
"Anarchy in the U.K." - Sex Pistols
"Kool Thing" - Sonic Youth
"My Name Is Jonas" - Weezer
"Even Flow" - Pearl Jam
"Holiday in Cambodia" - Dead Kennedys
"Rock You Like a Hurricane" - Scorpions
"Same Old Song and Dance" - Aerosmith
"La Grange" - ZZ Top
"Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns N' Roses
"Black Magic Woman" - Santana
"Cherub Rock" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"Black Sunshine" - White Zombie
"The Metal" - Tenacious D
"Pride and Joy" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Before I Forget" - Slipknot
"Stricken" - Disturbed
"3's & 7's" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Knights of Cydonia" - Muse
"Cult of Personality" - Living Colour
"Raining Blood" - Slayer
"Cliffs of Dover" - Eric Johnson
"The Number of the Beast" - Iron Maiden
"One" - Metallica
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s (2007)
Main Setlist
"Caught in a Mosh" - Anthrax
"We Got the Beat" - The Go-Go's
"I Ran (So Far Away)" - A Flock of Seagulls
"Balls to the Wall" - Accept
"18 and Life" - Skid Row
"No One Like You" - Scorpions
"Shakin'" - Eddie Money
"Heat Of The Moment" - Asia
"Radar Love" - White Lion (Golden Earring cover)
"Because, It's Midnite" - Limozeen
"Holy Diver" - Dio
"Turning Japanese" - The Vapors
"Hold On Loosely" - .38 Special
"The Warrior" - Scandal
"I Wanna Rock" - Twisted Sister
"What I Like About You" - The Romantics
"Synchronicity II" - The Police
"Ballroom Blitz" - Krokus (Sweet cover)
"Only a Lad" - Oingo Boingo
"Round and Round" - Ratt
"Ain't Nothin' But a Good Time" - Poison
"Lonely is the Night" - Billy Squier
"Bathroom Wall" - Faster Pussycat
"Los Angeles" - X
"Wrathchild" - Iron Maiden
"Electric Eye" - Judas Priest
"Police Truck" - Dead Kennedys
"Seventeen" - Winger
"Caught in a Mosh" - Anthrax
"Play With Me" - Extreme
Guitar Hero: On Tour (2008)
Main Setlist
"Do What You Want" - OK Go
"All The Small Things" - Blink-182
"Spiderwebs" - No Doubt
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" - Jet
"We're Not Gonna Take It" - Twisted Sister
"All Star" - Smash Mouth
"Breed" - Nirvana
"Jessie's Girl" - Rick Springfield
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" - Pat Benatar
"This Love" - Maroon 5
"Heaven" - Los Lonely Boys
"Helicopter" - Bloc Party
"China Grove" - The Doobie Brothers
"Rock and Roll All Nite" (Live) - Kiss
"What I Want" - Daughtry ft. Slash
"Jet Airliner" - Steve Miller Band
"Black Magic Woman" - Santana
"Stray Cat Strut" - Stray Cats
"La Grange" - ZZ Top
"Youth Gone Wild" - Skid Row
"I Don't Wanna Stop" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Anna Molly" - Incubus
"Knock Me Down" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Pride and Joy" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (2008)
Aerosmith Songs
"Dream On"
"Same Old Song and Dance"
"Sweet Emotion"
"Walk This Way" (with Run-D.M.C.)
"Train Kept A-Rollin'"
"Draw the Line"
"No Surprize"
"Livin' on the Edge"
"Rag Doll"
"Love in an Elevator"
"Janie's Got a Gun"
"Toys in the Attic"
"Back in the Saddle"
"Bright Light Fright"
"Nobody's Fault"
"Kings and Queens"
"Mama Kin"
"Rats in the Cellar"
"Movin' Out"
"Last Child"
Other Featured Tracks
"All Day and All of the Night" - The Kinks
"All the Young Dudes" - Mott the Hoople
"Cat Scratch Fever" - Ted Nugent
"Complete Control" - The Clash
"Hard to Handle" - The Black Crowes
"I Hate Myself for Loving You" - Joan Jett
"Personality Crisis" - New York Dolls
"She Sells Sanctuary" - The Cult
"Walk This Way" - Aerosmith
"King of Rock" - Run-D.M.C.
Guitar Hero: World Tour (2008)
Main Setlist
"About a Girl" (Unplugged) - Nirvana
"American Woman" - The Guess Who
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" - Lenny Kravitz
"Band on the Run" - Wings
"Beat It" - Michael Jackson
"Beautiful Disaster" - 311
"Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Dammit" - Blink-182
"Do It Again" - Steely Dan
"Everlong" - Foo Fighters
"Eye of the Tiger" - Survivor
"Feel the Pain" - Dinosaur Jr.
"Float On" - Modest Mouse
"Go Your Own Way" - Fleetwood Mac
"Heartbreaker" - Pat Benatar
"Hollywood Nights" - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
"Hot for Teacher" - Van Halen
"Hotel California" - Eagles
"The Joker" - Steve Miller Band
"The Kill" - 30 Seconds to Mars
"La Bamba" - Los Lobos
"Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
"Love Spreads" - The Stone Roses
"The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World
"Misery Business" - Paramore
"Mountain Song" - Jane's Addiction
"Mr. Crowley" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Obstacle 1" - Interpol
"One Armed Scissor" - At The Drive-In
"One Way or Another" - Blondie
"Overkill" - Motörhead
"Purple Haze" (Live) - Jimi Hendrix
"Ramblin' Man" - The Allman Brothers Band
"Re-Education (Through Labor)" - Rise Against
"Santeria" - Sublime
"Satch Boogie" - Joe Satriani
"Shiver" - Coldplay
"Soul Doubt" - NOFX
"Spiderwebs" - No Doubt
"Stillborn" - Black Label Society
"Sweet Home Alabama" (Live) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Toy Boy" - Stuck in the Sound
"Up Around The Bend" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Vicarious" - Tool
"Viva La Vida" - Coldplay
"Weapon of Choice" - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
"What I've Done" - Linkin Park
"You're Gonna Say Yeah!" - HushPuppies
Guitar Hero: Metallica (2009)
Metallica Songs
"All Nightmare Long"
"Battery"
"Creeping Death"
"Disposable Heroes"
"Dyers Eve"
"Enter Sandman"
"Fade to Black"
"Fight Fire with Fire"
"For Whom the Bell Tolls"
"Frantic"
"Fuel"
"Hit the Lights"
"King Nothing"
"Master of Puppets"
"Mercyful Fate" (Medley)
"No Leaf Clover"
"Nothing Else Matters"
"One"
"Orion"
"Sad But True"
"Seek & Destroy"
"The Memory Remains"
"The Shortest Straw"
"The Thing That Should Not Be"
"The Unforgiven"
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
"Wherever I May Roam"
"Whiplash"
Other Featured Tracks
"Ace of Spades" - Motörhead
"Albatross" - Corrosion of Conformity
"Am I Evil?" - Diamond Head
"Armed and Ready" - Michael Schenker Group
"Blood and Thunder" - Mastodon
"Demon Cleaner" - Kyuss
"Evil" - Mercyful Fate
"Hell Bent for Leather" - Judas Priest
"Mommy's Little Monster" - Social Distortion
"Stone Cold Crazy" - Queen
"War Ensemble" - Slayer
"Tuesday's Gone" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
And more.
Guitar Hero Smash Hits (2009)
A Selection of Featured Tracks
Guitar Hero Smash Hits compiled favorite tracks from previous Guitar Hero games, fully remastered to include all instrument tracks, not just guitar. Here's a selection:
"Killer Queen" - Queen
"I Love Rock 'N Roll" - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
"Bark at the Moon" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Them Bones" - Alice in Chains
"Killing in the Name" - Rage Against The Machine
"Message in a Bottle" - The Police
"Carry On Wayward Son" - Kansas
"Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Cowboys From Hell" - Pantera
"No One Knows" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Take It Off" - The Donnas
"Shout at the Devil" - Mötley Crüe
"Monkey Wrench" - Foo Fighters
"More Than a Feeling" - Boston
"Lay Down" - Priestess
"The Trooper" - Iron Maiden
"Psychobilly Freakout" - Reverend Horton Heat
"YYZ" - Rush
"Godzilla" - Blue Öyster Cult
"Frankenstein" - The Edgar Winter Group
"Stellar" - Incubus
"Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" - Pat Benatar
"I Wanna Rock" - Twisted Sister
"Thunder Kiss '65" - White Zombie
"Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple
"Through the Fire and Flames" - DragonForce
"Raining Blood" - Slayer
Guitar Hero 5 (2009)
Main Setlist
"All Along the Watchtower" - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
"American Girl" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Back Round" - Wolfmother
"Bleed American" - Jimmy Eat World
"Blue Day" - Darker My Love
"Blue Orchid" - The White Stripes
"Brianstorm" - Arctic Monkeys
"Bring the Noise 20XX" - Public Enemy ft. Zakk Wylde
"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"Cigarettes, Wedding Bands" - Band of Horses
"Comedown" - Bush
"Dancing with Myself" - Billy Idol
"Deadbolt" - Thrice
"Demon(s)" - Darkest Hour
"Disconnected" - Face to Face
"Done with Everything, Die for Nothing" - Children of Bodom
"Du Hast" - Rammstein
"Ex-Girlfriend" - No Doubt
"Fame" - David Bowie
"Feel Good Inc." - Gorillaz
"Gamma Ray" - Beck
"Gratitude" - Beastie Boys
"Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran
"Hurts So Good" - John Mellencamp
"In My Place" - Coldplay
"Incinerate" - Sonic Youth
"Jailbreak" - Thin Lizzy
"Judith" - A Perfect Circle
"Kryptonite" - 3 Doors Down
"L.A." - Elliott Smith
"Lithium" (Live) - Nirvana
"Lonely Is the Night" - Billy Squier
"Lust for Life" (Live) - Iggy Pop
"Make It wit Chu" - Queens of the Stone Age
"Medicate" - AFI
"Mirror People" - Love and Rockets
"Nearly Lost You" - Screaming Trees
"Never Miss a Beat" - Kaiser Chiefs
"No One to Depend On" (Live) - Santana
"One Big Holiday" - My Morning Jacket
"Only Happy When It Rains" - Garbage
"Plug in Baby" - Muse
"Ring of Fire" - Johnny Cash
"The Rock Show" - Blink-182
"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" - Elton John
"Scream" - Chris Cornell
"Send a Little Love Token" - The Duke Spirit
"Seven" - Sunny Day Real Estate
"Sex on Fire" - Kings of Leon
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
"Sneak Out" - Rose Hill Drive
"Song 2" - Blur
"Steady, As She Goes" - The Raconteurs
"Streamline Woman" - Gov't Mule
"Sultans of Swing" - Dire Straits
"Superstition" - Stevie Wonder
"Sweating Bullets" - Megadeth
"Sympathy for the Devil" - The Rolling Stones
"They Say" - Scars on Broadway
"Under Pressure" - Queen & David Bowie
"Wannabe in L.A." - Eagles of Death Metal
"We're an American Band" - Grand Funk Railroad
"What I Got" - Sublime
"Why Bother?" - Weezer
"Wolf Like Me" - TV on the Radio
"Woman from Tokyo" - Deep Purple
"You and Me" - Attack! Attack!
"You Give Love a Bad Name" - Bon Jovi
"21st Century Schizoid Man" - King Crimson
Guitar Hero: Van Halen (2009)
Van Halen Songs
"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"
"And the Cradle Will Rock..."
"Atomic Punk"
"Beautiful Girls"
"Cathedral" (solo)
"Dance the Night Away"
"Eruption" (solo)
"Everybody Wants Some!!"
"Feel Your Love Tonight"
"Hang 'Em High"
"Hear About It Later"
"Hot for Teacher"
"I'm the One"
"Ice Cream Man"
"Jamie's Cryin'"
"Jump"
"Little Guitars"
"Loss of Control"
"Mean Street"
"Panama"
"Pretty Woman"
"Romeo Delight"
"Running with the Devil"
"So This Is Love?"
"Somebody Get Me a Doctor"
"Spanish Fly" (solo)
"Unchained"
"You Really Got Me"
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (2010)
Main Setlist
"Aqualung" - Jethro Tull
"Bat Country" - Avenged Sevenfold
"Black Rain" - Soundgarden
"Bloodlines" - Dethklok
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
"Burn" - Deep Purple
"Call Me the Breeze" (Live) - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Chemical Warfare" - Slayer
"Cherry Bomb" - The Runaways
"Children of the Grave" - Black Sabbath
"Dance, Dance" - Fall Out Boy
"Dancing Through Sunday" - AFI
"Fascination Street" - The Cure
"Fury of the Storm" - DragonForce
"Get Free" - The Vines
"Ghost" - Slash featuring Ian Astbury
"Graduate" - Third Eye Blind
"Hard to See" - Five Finger Death Punch
"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" - Megadeth
"I'm Broken" - Pantera
"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" - My Chemical Romance
"Indians" - Anthrax
"Interstate Love Song" - Stone Temple Pilots
"It's Only Another Parsec..." - RX Bandits
"Jet City Woman" - Queensrÿche
"Lasso" - Phoenix
"Listen to Her Heart" - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
"Love Gun" - KISS
"Machinehead" - Bush
"Modern Day Cowboy" - Tesla
"Money for Nothing" - Dire Straits
"Motivation" - Sum 41
"Move It On Over" - George Thorogood and The Destroyers
"Nemesis" - Arch Enemy
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" - Alice Cooper
"No Way Back" - Foo Fighters
"Paranoid" (Live) - Metallica & Ozzy Osbourne
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" (Live) - Def Leppard
"Psychosocial" - Slipknot
"Ravenous" - Atreyu
"Re-Ignition" (Live) - Bad Brains
"Renegade" - Styx
"Savior" - Rise Against
"Scumbag Blues" - Them Crooked Vultures
"Self Esteem" - The Offspring
"Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants" - The Dillinger Escape Plan
"Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes
"Sharp Dressed Man" (Live) - ZZ Top
"Slow Hands" - Interpol
"Speeding" (Vault Version) - Steve Vai
"Stray Cat Blues" - The Rolling Stones
"Suffocated" - Orianthi
"Theme from Spiderman" - The Ramones
"Tick Tick Boom" - The Hives
"Ties That Bind" - Alter Bridge
"Tones of Home" - Blind Melon
"Unskinny Bop" - Poison
"Uprising" - Muse
"Waidmanns Heil" - Rammstein
"We're Not Gonna Take It" - Twisted Sister
"What Do I Get?" - Buzzcocks
"Wish" - Nine Inch Nails
"2112 Pt. 1 - Overture" - Rush
"2112 Pt. 2 - The Temples of Syrinx" - Rush
"2112 Pt. 3 - Discovery" - Rush
"2112 Pt. 4 - Presentation" - Rush
"2112 Pt. 5 - Oracle: The Dream" - Rush
"2112 Pt. 6 - Soliloquy" - Rush
"2112 Pt. 7 - Grand Finale" - Rush
Guitar Hero Live (2015)
"Berzerk" - Eminem
"Chop Suey!" - System of a Down
"The Kill" - Thirty Seconds to Mars
"Paint It, Black" - The Rolling Stones
"My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" - Fall Out Boy
"Gold on the Ceiling" - The Black Keys
"Thunder" - Imagine Dragons
"Demons" - Imagine Dragons
"American Idiot" - Green Day
"Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes
"Sing" - Ed Sheeran
"Waking Up in Vegas" - Katy Perry
"Bangarang" - Skrillex ft. Sirah
Band Hero (2009)
Main Setlist
"ABC" - The Jackson 5
"American Pie" - Don McLean
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" - KT Tunstall
"Bring Me to Life" - Evanescence
"Dirty Little Secret" - The All-American Rejects
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" - Culture Club
"Don't Speak" - No Doubt
"Fascination" - Alphabeat
"Gasoline" - The Airborne Toxic Event (Band Hero exclusive)
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye
"I Want You to Want Me" (Live) - Cheap Trick
"If You Could Only See" - Tonic
"Just a Girl" - No Doubt
"Let's Dance" - David Bowie
"Lips of an Angel" - Hinder
"Love Story" - Taylor Swift
"Mr. Roboto" - Styx
"Our Lips Are Sealed" - The Go-Go's
"Paralyzer" - Finger Eleven
"Picture" - Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow
"Put Your Records On" - Corinne Bailey Rae
"Rio" - Duran Duran
"Sugar, We're Goin Down" - Fall Out Boy
"Take a Picture" - Filter
"Take Back the City" - Snow Patrol
"The Impression That I Get" - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls
"Y.M.C.A." - Village People
"You Belong with Me" - Taylor Swift
"You Had Me" - Joss Stone