|- |1982 |The Go-Go's |We Got the Beat |Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80sThis is a list of songs included in Guitar Hero: Definitive Edition. This is the final game of the Guitar Hero series with tracks coming from the past Guitar Hero and Rock Band games with DLC also in the books. All 100 tracks in the game are master recordings. Listed below are the songs by year and their artists.
List of songs
| Year | Artist | Title | Original game |
| 1976 | Boston | More Than a Felling | Guitar Hero |
| 1982 | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | I Love Rock & Roll | Guitar Hero |
| 1983 | ZZ Top | Sharp Dressed Man | Guitar Hero |
| 2004 | Franz Ferdinand | Take Me Out | Guitar Hero |
| 1962 | Dick Dale | Misirlou | Guitar Hero II |
| 1973 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Free Bird | Guitar Hero II |
| 1973 | Rick Derringer | Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo | Guitar Hero II |
| 1976 | Kansas | Carry On Wayward Son | Guitar Hero II |
| 1981 | Rush | YYZ | Guitar Hero II |
| 2005 | Avenged Sevenfold | Beast and the Harlot | Guitar Hero II |
| 2006 | Buckethead | Jordan | Guitar Hero II |
| 1982 | The Go-Go's | We Got the Beat | Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s |
| 1983 | Dio | Holy Diver | Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s |
| 1984 | Twisted Sister | I Wanna Rock | Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s |
| 1984 | Ratt | Round and Round | Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s |
| 1984 | Scandal | The Warrior | Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s |
| 1988 | Poison | Nothin' But a Good Time | Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s |
| 1972 | Alice Cooper | School's Out | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock |
| 1977 | Heart | Barracuda | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock |
| 1980 | Pat Benetar | Hit Me With Your Best Shot | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock |
| 1982 | Iron Maiden | The Number of the Beast | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock |
| 1983 | Stevie Ray Vaughn | Pride and Joy | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock |
| 1986 | Slayer | Raining Blood | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock |
| 1987 | Guns N' Roses | Welcome to the Jungle | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock |
| 1991 | Pearl Jam | Even Flow | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock |
| 2006 | The Killers | When You Were Young | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock |
| 2006 | Dragonforce | Through the Fire and Flames | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock |
| 1971 | The Who | Won't Get Fooled Again | Rock Band |
| 1975 | The Outlaws | Green Grass and High Tides | Rock Band |
| 1976 | The Ramones | Blitzkrieg Bop | Rock Band |
| 1976 | Kiss | Detroit Rock City | Rock Band |
| 1976 | Blue Öyster Cult | (Don't Fear) The Reaper | Rock Band |
| 1982 | The Clash | Should I Stay or Should I Go | Rock Band |
| 1991 | Metallica | Enter Sandman | Rock Band |
| 1978 | The Police | Roxanne | Rock Band (Wii) |
| 1995 | Oasis | Don't Look Back in Anger | Rock Band (Wii) |
| 2005 | The All-American Rejects | Dirty Little Secret | Rock Band (Wii) |
| 1976 | Aerosmith | Back in the Saddle | Guitar Hero: Aerosmith |
| 1981 | Rick Springfield | Jessie's Girl | Guitar Hero: On Tour |
| 1989 | Skid Row | Youth Gone Wild | Guitar Hero: On Tour |
| 1999 | Smash Mouth | All Star | Guitar Hero: On Tour |
| 1971 | Jethro Tull | Aqualung | Rock Band 2 |
| 1973 | Allman Brothers Band | Ramblin' Man | Rock Band 2 |
| 1977 | Fleetwood Mac | Go Your Own Way | Rock Band 2 |
| 1978 | Blondie | One Way or Another | Rock Band 2 |
| 1980 | Journey | Any Way You Want It | Rock Band 2 |
| 1982 | Survivor | Eye of the Tiger | Rock Band 2 |
| 1982 | Duran Duran | Hungry Like a Wolf | Rock Band 2 |
| 1986 | Bon Jovi | Livin' on a Prayer | Rock Band 2 |
| 1990 | Judas Priest | Painkiller | Rock Band 2 |
| 1991 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Give it Away | Rock Band 2 |
| 1997 | Foo Fighters | Everlong | Rock Band 2 |
| 2001 | Jimmy Eat World | The Middle | Rock Band 2 |
| 2007 | Paramore | That's What You Get | Rock Band 2 |
| 2008 | Motörhead | Ace of Spades '08 | Rock Band 2 |
| 1973 | Steve Miller Band | The Joker | Guitar Hero: World Tour |
| 1976 | Eagles | Hotel California | Guitar Hero: World Tour |
| 1980 | Ozzy Osbourne | Crazy Train | Guitar Hero: World Tour |
| 1982 | Michael Jackson | Beat It | Guitar Hero: World Tour |
| 1987 | Los Lobos | La Bamba | Guitar Hero: World Tour |
| 1987 | Joe Satriani | Satch Boogie | Guitar Hero: World Tour |
| 1993 | Lenny Kravitz | Are You Gonna Go My Way | Guitar Hero: World Tour |
| 2005 | System of a Down | B.Y.O.B. | Guitar Hero: World Tour |
| 1970 | Free | All Right Now | Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades |
| 1972 | Edgar Winter Group | Free Ride | Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades |
| 1991 | Pantera | Cowboys From Hell (Live) | Guitar Hero Smash Hits |
| 1968 | The Rolling Stones | Sympathy For the Devil | Guitar Hero 5 |
| 1972 | Stevie Wonder | Superstition | Guitar Hero 5 |
| 1973 | T. Rex | 20th Century Boy | Guitar Hero 5 |
| 1989 | Tom Petty | Runnin' Down a Dream | Guitar Hero 5 |
| 1991 | Nirvana | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Guitar Hero 5 |
| 1997 | Blur | Song 2 | Guitar Hero 5 |
| 1964 | Roy Orbison | Pretty Woman | Band Hero |
| 1967 | Turtles | Happy Together | Band Hero |
| 1970 | Jackson 5 | ABC | Band Hero |
| 1976 | Carl Douglas | Kung Fu Fighting | Band Hero |
| 1978 | Village People | Y.M.C.A. | Band Hero |
| 1979 | Cheap Trick | I Want You to Want Me (Live) | Band Hero |
| 1980 | Devo | Whip It | Band Hero |
| 1983 | Katrina & the Waves | Walking On Sunshine | Band Hero |
| 1997 | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | The Impression That I Get | Band Hero |
| 2008 | Love Story | Taylor Swift | Band Hero |
| 1984 | Ray Parker Jr. | Ghostbusters | Lego Rock Band |
| 1984 | Bryan Adams | Summer of '69 | Lego Rock Band |
| 1986 | Europe | The Final Countdown | Lego Rock Band |
| 2006 | Rascal Flatts | Life is a Highway | Lego Rock Band |
| 2008 | Pink | So What | Lego Rock Band |
| 1984 | Van Halen | Jump | Guitar Hero: Van Halen |
| 1975 | Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody | Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock |
| 1978 | Styx | Renegade | Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock |
| 1985 | Dire Straits feat. Sting | Money For Nothing | Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock |
| 1987 | Def Leppard | Pour Some Sugar On Me | Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock |
| 1991 | R.E.M. | Losing My Religion | Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock |
| 2008 | Slipknot | Psychosocial | Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock |
| 2010 | Megadeth | Sudden Death | Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock |
| 1985 | Huey Lewis & the News | The Power of Love | Rock Band 3 |
| 1987 | Whitesnake | Here I Go Again (1987 version) | Rock Band 3 |
| 1967 | Van Morrison | Brown Eyed Girl | Rock Band 4 |
| 2014 | Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars | Uptown Funk | Rock Band 4 |
| 2015 | Disturbed | The Sound of Silence | Rock Band 4 (DLC) |