Also known as Guitar Hero Greatest Hits
| Artist | Song | Tier | Other Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joan Jett and The Blackhearts | I Love Rock 'n' Roll | 1.1 - Amazon Rain Forest | Click Here |
| KISS | Rock and Roll All Nite | 1.2 - Amazon Rain Forest | Click Here |
| Deep Purple | Smoke on the Water | 1.3 - Amazon Rain Forest | Click Here |
| Mötley Crüe | Shout at the Devil | 1.4 - Amazon Rain Forest | Saints Row: The Third, cover in Guitar Hero II |
| Pat Benatar | Hit Me With Your Best Shot | 1.5 - Amazon Rain Forest | Click Here |
| Nirvana | Heart-Shaped Box | 1.6 - Amazon Rain Forest | Guitar Rock Tour, Tap Tap Revenge: Nirvana, Rock Band 3 (DLC), Rocksmith 2014; cover in Guitar Hero II, Tap Tap Reloaded |
| Queen | Killer Queen | 1.7 - Amazon Rain Forest (Encore) | Guitar Hero 5 (DLC), Rock Band 3 (DLC), Rocksmith (DLC); cover in Guitar Hero |
| Franz Ferdinand | Take Me Out | 2.1 - Grand Canyon | Click Here |
| Boston | More Than a Feeling | 2.2 - Grand Canyon | Click Here |
| Wolfmother | Woman | 2.3 - Grand Canyon | Click Here |
| Warrant | Cherry Pie | 2.4 - Grand Canyon | cover in Guitar Hero II |
| The Police | Message in a Bottle | 2.5 - Grand Canyon | Rock Band (DLC), Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 2, Rock Band Unplugged, Rocksmith (DLC), Fantasia: Music Evolved; cover in Guitar Hero II |
| The Exies | Hey You | 2.6 - Grand Canyon | cover in Guitar Hero |
| Incubus | Stellar | 2.7 - Grand Canyon (Encore) | Rocksmith 2014 (DLC), Rock Band 4 (DLC); cover in Guitar Hero |
| Heart | Barracuda | 3.1 - Polar Ice Caps | Click Here |
| Priestess | Lay Down | 3.2 - Polar Ice Caps | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock |
| Rage Against the Machine | Killing in the Name | 3.3 - Polar Ice Caps | Click Here |
| Helmet | Unsung (Live) | 3.4 - Polar Ice Caps | cover in Guitar Hero |
| Alice In Chains | Them Bones | 3.5 - Polar Ice Caps | Click Here |
| Blue Öyster Cult | Godzilla | 3.6 - Polar Ice Caps | cover in Guitar Hero |
| Twisted Sister | I Wanna Rock | 3.7 - Polar Ice Caps (Encore) | Click Here |
| Kansas | Carry on Wayward Son | 4.1 - London Sewerage System | Click Here |
| AFI | Miss Murder | 4.2 - London Sewerage System | Click Here |
| White Zombie | Thunder Kiss '65 | 4.3 - London Sewerage System | cover in Guitar Hero |
| Danzig | Mother | 4.4 - London Sewerage System | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; cover in Guitar Hero II |
| Aerosmith | Back in the Saddle | 4.5 - London Sewerage System | Guitar Hero: Aerosmith |
| Queens of the Stone Age | No One Knows | 4.6 - London Sewerage System | Click Here |
| Ratt | Round and Round | 4.7 - London Sewerage System (Encore) | Click Here |
| Foo Fighters | Monkey Wrench | 5.1 - The Sphinx | cover in Guitar Hero II |
| Stone Temple Pilots | Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart | 5.2 - The Sphinx | cover in Guitar Hero II |
| The Sword | Freya | 5.3 - The Sphinx | Burnout Dominator; cover in Guitar Hero II |
| Poison | Nothin' But a Good Time | 5.4 - The Sphinx | Rock Band 3 (DLC), Rocksmith 2014 (DLC), Guitar Hero TV; cover in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s, Air Guitar Hero Rocker |
| The Donnas | Take It Off | 5.5 - The Sphinx | Downhill Domination, Rocksmith 2014 (DLC), Rock Band 4 (DLC); cover in Guitar Hero |
| Jane's Addiction | Stop! | 5.6 - The Sphinx | Guitar Hero II, Burnout Dominator, Burnout Paradise, Rock Band 4 (DLC) |
| Rush | YYZ | 5.7 - The Sphinx (Encore) | Rock Band 2 (DLC); cover in Guitar Hero II, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (beta) |
| Pantera | Cowboys From Hell (Live) | 6.1 - Great Wall of China | Rock Band 4 (DLC); original version in Operation Flashpoint: Red River, Guitar Hero Live; cover in Guitar Hero |
| Anthrax | Caught in a Mosh | 6.2 - Great Wall of China | Rock Band 3, Rocksmith 2014 (DLC); cover in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s |
| Judas Priest | Electric Eye [includes the intro song "The Hellion"] | 6.3 - Great Wall of China | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s |
| Lamb of God | Laid to Rest | 6.4 - Great Wall of China | Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood, Rock Band 2 (DLC), Rock Band Unplugged; cover in Guitar Hero II |
| Living Colour | Cult of Personality | 6.5 - Great Wall of China | Click Here |
| Iron Maiden | The Trooper | 6.6 - Great Wall of China | Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now, Grand Theft Auto IV (beta), Rocksmith 2014, Beatstar; cover in Guitar Hero II (X360) |
| Avenged Sevenfold | Beast and the Harlot | 6.7 - Great Wall of China (Encore) | Burnout Revenge, Rock Band 3, Rock Band 4 (DLC); cover in Guitar Hero II |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Bark at the Moon | 7.1 - The Lost City of Atlantis | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Rock Band 3 (DLC); cover in Guitar Hero |
| The Reverend Horton Heat | Psychobilly Freakout | 7.2 - The Lost City of Atlantis | cover in Guitar Hero II |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Free Bird | 7.3 - The Lost City of Atlantis | Click Here |
| Slayer | Raining Blood | 7.4 - The Lost City of Atlantis | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Skate, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Rock Band 3 (DLC) |
| Extreme | Play With Me | 7.5 - The Lost City of Atlantis | Rocksmith+; cover in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s |
| DragonForce | Through the Fire and Flames | 8 - Quebec City (Finale) | Click Here |