Harmonix’s much anticipated third installment in the Rock Band franchise is releasing on October 26 with brand new peripherals, including a keyboard and a “pro” version guitar. As with any music game, however, the songs you can play with those peripherals are the real stars of the show. The song list for Rock Band 3 has been revealed bit by bit at demos, trade shows, and conventions throughout this year, but now the full 83 track list has been unveiled. Conspicuously missing from a game with highly publicized piano integration are any songs from the likes of Billy Joel or Ben Folds. The one included song by Elton John is “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting,” arguably one of his most piano-light hits. Rock Band 3 does bring a few songs with significant keyboard parts, however, including “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen and John Lennon’s “Imagine.” Even without a lot of piano-heavy songs, the track list looks awesome. Here’s the full list, organized by decade:
2000s:
- Amy Winehouse, “Rehab”
- At the Drive-In, “One Armed Scissor”
- Avenged Sevenfold, “The Beast & the Harlot”
- Dover, “King George”
- The Bronx, “False Alarm”
- The Flaming Lips, “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1”
- HIM (His Infernal Majesty), “Killing Loneliness”
- Hypernova, “Viva La Resistance”
- Ida Maria, “Oh My God”
- Juanes, “Me Enamora”
- Metric, “Combat Baby”
- Paramore, “Misery Business”
- Phoenix, “Lasso”
- Poni Hoax, “Antibodies”
- Pretty Girls Make Graves, “Something Bigger, Something Brighter”
- Queens of the Stone Age, “No One Knows”
- The Ravonettes, “Last Dance”
- Rilo Kiley, “Portions for Foxes”
- Riverboat Gamblers, “Don’t Bury Me…I’m Still Not Dead”
- Slipknot, “Before I Forget”
- The Sounds, “Living in America”
- Tegan & Sara, “The Con”
- Them Crooked Vultures, “Dead End Friends”
- Tokio Hotel, “Humanoid”
- The Vines, “Get Free”
- The White Stripes, “The Hardest Button to Button”
1990s:
- Faith No More, “Midlife Crisis”
- Filter, “Hey Man, Nice Shot”
- Jane’s Addiction, “Been Caught Stealing”
- Maná, “Oye Mi Amor”
- Marilyn Manson, “The Beautiful People”
- The Muffs, “Outer Space”
- Phish, “Llama”
- Primus, “Jerry Was a Racecar Driver”
- Rammstein, “Du Hast”
- Smash Mouth, “Walkin’ On The Sun”
- Spacehog, “In the Meantime”
- Stone Temple Pilots, “Plush”
- Swingin’ Utters, “This Bastard’s Life”
1980s:
- Anthrax, “Caught in a Mosh”
- Big Country, “In a Big Country”
- The Cure, “Just Like Heaven”
- Def Leppard, “Foolin’”
- Devo, “Whip It”
- Dio, “Rainbow in the Dark”
- Dire Straits, “Walk of Life”
- Echo & the Bunnymen, “The Killing Moon”
- Huey Lewis and the News, “The Power of Love”
- INXS, “Need You Tonight”
- J. Geils Band, “Centerfold”
- Joan Jett, “I Love Rock N’ Roll”
- Night Ranger, “Sister Christian”
- Ozzy Osbourne, “Crazy Train”
- The Police, “Don’t Stand So Close to Me”
- Roxette, “The Look”
- The Smiths, “Stop Me if You Think You’ve Heard This One Before”
- Tears for Fears, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”
- Whitesnake, “Here I Go Again”*
1970s:
- The B-52’s, “Rock Lobster”
- Blondie, “Heart of Glass”
- Bob Marley, “Get Up, Stand Up”
- Chicago, “25 or 6 to 4”
- Deep Purple, “Smoke on the Water”
- Doobie Brothers, “China Grove”
- Elton John, “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting”
- Foreigner, “Cold As Ice”
- Golden Earring, “Radar Love”
- John Lennon, “Imagine”
- Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Free Bird”
- Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody”
- Ramones, “I Wanna Be Sedated”
- Steve Miller Band, “Fly Like an Eagle”
- T. Rex, “20th Century Boy”
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “I Need to Know”
- War, “Low Rider”
- Warren Zevon, “Werewolves of London”
- Yes, “Roundabout”
1960s:
- Beach Boys, “Good Vibrations (Live)”
- David Bowie, “Space Oddity”
- The Doors, “Break on Through (To the Other Side)”
- James Brown, “I Got You” (I Feel Good) – Alternate Studio Version
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience, “Crosstown Traffic”
- The Who, “I Can See for Miles”
