Guitar Hero Smash Hits
Year Song Title Artist Genre Original Game Guitar Tier/Venue Band Tier/Venue Exportable to GH5/BH
1977 Back in the Saddle Aerosmith Rock Guitar Hero : Aerosmith 4 . London Sewerage System 4 . London Sewerage System No
1983 Bark at the Moon Ozzy Osbourne Metal Guitar Hero 7 . The Lost City of Atlantis 6 . Great Wall of China No
1977 Barracuda Heart Rock Guitar Hero III : Legends of Rock 3 . Polar Ice Caps 5 . The Sphinx No
2005 Beast and the Harlot Avenged Sevenfold Metal Guitar Hero II 6 . Great Wall of China ( Encore ) 7 . The Lost City of Atlantis No
1976 Carry On Wayward Son Kansas Prog Rock Guitar Hero II 4 . London Sewerage System 4 . London Sewerage System No
1987 Caught in a Mosh Anthrax Speed Metal Guitar Hero Encore : Rocks the 80s 6 . Great Wall of China 7 . The Lost City of Atlantis Yes
1990 Cherry Pie Warrant Classic Rock Guitar Hero II 2 . Grand Canyon 3 . Polar Ice Caps No
1991 Cowboys from Hell ( Live ) Pantera Metal Guitar Hero 6 . Great Wall of China 6 . Great Wall of China No
2007 Cult of Personality Living Colour Rock Guitar Hero III : Legends of Rock 6 . Great Wall of China 6 . Great Wall of China Yes
1982 Electric Eye Judas Priest Metal Guitar Hero Encore : Rocks the 80s 6 . Great Wall of China 5 . The Sphinx No
1973 Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd Southern Rock Guitar Hero II 7 . The Lost City of Atlantis 6 . Great Wall of China ( Encore ) Yes
2006 Freya The Sword Metal Guitar Hero II 5 . The Sphinx 5 . The Sphinx Yes
1977 Godzilla Blue Öyster Cult Classic Rock Guitar Hero 3 . Polar Ice Caps 2 . Grand Canyon No
1993 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana Grunge Guitar Hero II 1 . Amazon Rain Forest 1 . Amazon Rain Forest Yes
2005 Hey You The Exies Modern Rock Guitar Hero 2 . Grand Canyon 3 . Polar Ice Caps Yes
1980 Hit Me with Your Best Shot Pat Benatar Rock Guitar Hero III : Legends of Rock 1 . Amazon Rain Forest 1 . Amazon Rain Forest Yes
1982 I Love Rock ' n Roll Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Punk Guitar Hero 1 . Amazon Rain Forest 1 . Amazon Rain Forest Yes
1984 I Wan na Rock Twisted Sister Classic Rock Guitar Hero Encore : Rocks the 80s 3 . Polar Ice Caps ( Encore ) 2 . Grand Canyon Yes
1974 Killer Queen Queen Classic Rock Guitar Hero 1 . Amazon Rain Forest ( Encore ) 4 . London Sewerage System ( Encore ) No
1992 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine Alternative Guitar Hero II 3 . Polar Ice Caps 2 . Grand Canyon ( Encore ) No
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 . `` Freya '' and `` Cult of Personality '' are re-recordings performed by The Sword and Living Colour , respectively , 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 . [ 9 ] 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 . [ 14 ] 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 . [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The songs included in the game are as follows . [ 9 ] [ 11 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ]
Guitar Hero Smash Hits (titled Guitar Hero Greatest Hits in Europe and Australia) is a music rhythm game and the fourth expansion game to the Guitar Hero series. The game features 48 songs originally featured in five previous games in the series - Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, , and - redesigning the songs to be based on master recordings and to include support for full band play first introduced to the series in Guitar Hero World Tour. The game was developed by Beenox, published by Activision and distributed by RedOctane for release on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 systems and was released around the world in the second half of June 2009. The game reuses many elements from previous titles in the series, including Guitar Hero World Tour and . Beenox designed the game around playing the greatest songs of the series at venues located in the greatest places on Earth, and created venues based on various Wonders of the World for the game. While the game's soundtrack and expansion into a four-player band were well received by reviewers, the game was highly criticized for being a full-cost standalone title instead of being downloadable content for existing games in the series.