Soundtrack
All 48 tracks in the game are master recordings of songs previously featured in the first five published games of the Guitar Hero series: Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. "Cult of Personality" is a re-recording performed by Living Colour for Guitar Hero III, while two other songs are taken from live concert recordings; all other songs are based on original studio recordings. Although the game supports user-created songs through the "GHTunes" service (common to Guitar Hero World Tour and Guitar Hero: Metallica), other existing downloadable content does not work with Smash Hits. Songs in either the Career single player or band mode are arranged in tiers roughly in order of difficulty for the particular instrument, with different orders for each of the five Career paths. However, all songs are playable from the game's "Quickplay" mode without completing any Career goals. Twenty-one of the songs were exportable to both Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero for a small fee, with music licensing limiting which songs could be exported. The songs included in the game are as follows.
Year | Song Title | Artist | Genre | Original Game | Band Tier/Venue | Exportable to GH5/BH |
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1977 | "Back in the Saddle" | Aerosmith | Hard Rock | 5 !Guitar Hero: Aerosmith | 4.2 !4. London Sewerage System | No |
1983 | "Bark at the Moon"+ | Ozzy Osbourne | Metal | 1 !Guitar Hero | 6.4 !6. Great Wall of China | No |
1977 | "Barracuda" | Heart | Classic Rock | 4 !Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | 5.4 !5. The Sphinx | No |
2005 | "Beast and the Harlot"+ | Avenged Sevenfold | Metal | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 7.5 !7. Atlantis | No |
1976 | "Carry On Wayward Son" | Kansas | Prog Rock | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 4.1 !4. London Sewerage System | No |
1987 | "Caught in a Mosh"+ | Anthrax | Thrash Metal | 3 !Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s | 7.3 !7. Atlantis | Yes |
1990 | "Cherry Pie" | Warrant | Glam Metal | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 3.2 !3. Polar Ice Caps | No |
1991 | "Cowboys from Hell"+ (Live) | Pantera | Metal | 1 !Guitar Hero | 6.3 !6. Great Wall of China | No |
2007 | "Cult of Personality" | Living Colour | Metal | 4 !Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | 6.2 !6. Great Wall of China | Yes |
1982 | "Electric Eye" | Judas Priest | Metal | 3 !Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s | 5.1 !5. The Sphinx | No |
1973 | "Free Bird" | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Southern Rock | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 6.7 !6. Great Wall of China (Encore) | Yesa |
2006 | "Freya" | Sword !The Sword | Rock | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 5.3 !5. The Sphinx | Yes |
1977 | "Godzilla" | Blue Öyster Cult | Classic Rock | 1 !Guitar Hero | 2.4 !2. Grand Canyon | No |
1993 | "Heart-Shaped Box" | Nirvana | Grunge | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 1.2 !1. Amazon Rainforest | Yes |
2005 | "Hey You" | Exies !The Exies | Rock | 1 !Guitar Hero | 3.4 !3. Polar Ice Caps | Yes |
1980 | "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" | Pat Benatar | Rock | 4 !Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | 1.3 !1. Amazon Rainforest | Yes |
1982 | "I Love Rock 'n Roll" | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts | Rock | 1 !Guitar Hero | 1.1 !1. Amazon Rainforest | Yes |
1984 | "I Wanna Rock" | Twisted Sister | Glam Rock | 3 !Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s | 2.1 !2. Grand Canyon | Yes |
1974 | "Killer Queen" | Queen | Classic Rock | 1 !Guitar Hero | 4.7 !4. London Sewerage System (Encore) | Nob |
1992 | "Killing in the Name" | Rage Against the Machine | Alternative | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 2.7 !2. Grand Canyon (Encore) | No |
2004 | "Laid to Rest"+ | Lamb of God | Thrash Metal | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 6.6 !6. Great Wall of China | No |
2006 | "Lay Down" | Priestess | Metal | 4 !Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | 2.5 !2. Grand Canyon | No |
1979 | "Message in a Bottle" | Police !The Police | Rock | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 4.5 !4. London Sewerage System | Yes |
2006 | "Miss Murder" | AFI | Pop Punk | 4 !Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | 3.6 !3. Polar Ice Caps | Yes |
1997 | "Monkey Wrench" | Foo Fighters | Alternative | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 4.3 !4. London Sewerage System | Yes |
1976 | "More Than a Feeling" | Boston | Classic Rock | 1 !Guitar Hero | 1.6 !1. Amazon Rain Forest | No |
1988 | "Mother" | Danzig | Hard Rock | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 4.4 !4. London Sewerage System | No |
2002 | "No One Knows" | Queens of the Stone Age | Rock | 1 !Guitar Hero | 5.6 !5. The Sphinx | Yes |
1988 | "Nothin' but a Good Time" | Poison | Glam Rock | 3 !Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s | 3.7 !3. Polar Ice Caps (Encore) | Yes |
1989 | "Play with Me" | Extreme | Rock | 3 !Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s | 7.2 !7. Atlantis | Yes |
1990 | "Psychobilly Freakout" | Reverend Horton Heat | Punk | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 6.1 !6. Great Wall of China | Yes |
1986 | "Raining Blood"+ | Slayer | Thrash Metal | 4 !Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | 7.4 !7. Atlantis | No |
1976 | "Rock and Roll All Nite" | Kiss | Hard Rock | 4 !Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | 1.4 !1. Amazon Rainforest | Yesc |
1984 | "Round and Round" | Ratt | Glam Rock | 3 !Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s | 3.1 !3. Polar Ice Caps | No |
1983 | "Shout at the Devil"+ | Mötley Crüe | Glam Rock | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 3.3 !3. Polar Ice Caps | Yes |
1973 | "Smoke on the Water" | Deep Purple | Classic Rock | 1 !Guitar Hero | 4.6 !4. London Sewerage System | No |
2000 | "Stellar" | Incubus | Alternative | 1 !Guitar Hero | 1.7 !1. Amazon Rainforest (Encore) | No |
1990 | "Stop!" | Jane's Addiction | Alternative | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 5.5 !5. The Sphinx | No |
2002 | "Take It Off" | Donnas !The Donnas | Rock | 1 !Guitar Hero | 2.6 ! 2. Grand Canyon | No |
2004 | "Take Me Out" | Franz Ferdinand | Indie Rock | 1 !Guitar Hero | 1.5 !1. Amazon Rainforest | No |
1992 | "Them Bones" | Alice in Chains | Grunge | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 2.3 !2. Grand Canyon | No |
2006 | "Through the Fire and Flames"+ | DragonForce | Speed Metal | 4 !Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | 8 !8. Quebec City | No |
1992 | "Thunder Kiss '65" | White Zombie | Metal | 1 !Guitar Hero | 5.2 !5. The Sphinx | No |
1996 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | Stone Temple Pilots | Grunge | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 5.7 !5. The Sphinx (Encore) | No |
1983 | "Trooper" !"The Trooper" | Iron Maiden | Metal | 2 !Guitar Hero II (Xbox 360) | 7.1 !7. Atlantis | Yes |
1992 | "Unsung" (Live in Chicago) | Helmet | Hard Rock | 1 !Guitar Hero | 3.5 !3. Polar Ice Caps | No |
2006 | "Woman" | Wolfmother | Hard Rock | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 2.2 !2. Grand Canyon | Yes |
1981 | "YYZ"+d | Rush | Prog Rock | 2 !Guitar Hero II | 6.5 !6. Great Wall of China | Yes |
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