Setlist in Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s

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Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s contains 30 songs on its on-disc setlist. As the title of the game suggests, these songs were originally released in the 1980s era of music and 25 of the 30 songs in the final game were covered by WaveGroup Sound.

List of songs

Main setlist

Year	Song title	Artist	Master recording?	Tier
1989	"18 and Life"	Skid Row	WaveGroup	1.5 !1. Opening Licks (encore)
1988	"Ain't Nothin' But a Good Time"	Poison	WaveGroup	5.1 !5. Relentless Riffs
1984	"Ballroom Blitz"	Krokus	WaveGroup	4.3 !4. Return of the Shred
1984	"Balls to the Wall"	Accept	WaveGroup	1.4 !1. Opening Licks
1983	"Bang Your Head !(Bang Your Head) Metal Health"	Quiet Riot	WaveGroup	1.1 !1. Opening Licks
1987	"Bathroom Wall"	Faster Pussycat	WaveGroup	5.3 !5. Relentless Riffs
2003	"Because, It's Midnite"	Limozeen	Yes	2.5 !2. Amp Warmers (encore)
1987	"Caught in a Mosh"	Anthrax	WaveGroup	6.4 !6. Furious Fretwork
1982	"Electric Eye"	Judas Priest	Yes	6.1 !6. Furious Fretwork
1982	"Heat of the Moment"	Asia	WaveGroup	2.3 !2. Amp Warmers
1981	"Hold on Loosely"	.38 Special	WaveGroup	3.3 !3. String Snappers
1983	"Holy Diver"	Dio	WaveGroup	3.1 !3. String Snappers
1982	"I Ran (So Far Away)"	Flock of Seagulls !A Flock of Seagulls	Yes	1.3 !1. Opening Licks
1984	"I Wanna Rock"	Twisted Sister	Yes	3.5 !3. String Snappers (encore)
1981	"Lonely Is the Night"	Billy Squier	WaveGroup	5.2 !5. Relentless Riffs
1980	"Los Angeles"	X	WaveGroup	5.4 !5. Relentless Riffs
1982	"No One Like You"	Scorpions	WaveGroup	2.1 !2. Amp Warmers
1981	"Only a Lad"	Oingo Boingo	WaveGroup	4.4 !4. Return of the Shred
1989	"Play with Me"	Extreme	WaveGroup	6.5 !6. Furious Fretwork (encore)
1980	"Police Truck"	Dead Kennedys	WaveGroup	6.2 !6. Furious Fretwork
1989	"Radar Love"	White Lion	WaveGroup	2.4 !2. Amp Warmers
1984	"Round and Round"	Ratt	WaveGroup	4.5 !4. Return of the Shred (encore)
1988	"Seventeen"	Winger	WaveGroup	6.3 !6. Furious Fretwork
1982	"Shakin'"	Eddie Money	WaveGroup	2.2 !2. Amp Warmers
1983	"Synchronicity II"	Police !The Police	WaveGroup	4.2 !4. Return of the Shred
1980	"Turning Japanese"	Vapors !The Vapors	WaveGroup	3.2 !3. String Snappers
1984	"Warrior !The Warrior"	Scandal	Yes	3.4 !3. String Snappers
1982	"We Got the Beat"	Go-Go's !The Go-Go's	WaveGroup	1.2 !1. Opening Licks
1980	"What I Like About You"	Romantics !The Romantics	WaveGroup	4.1 !4. Return of the Shred
1981	"Wrathchild"	Iron Maiden	WaveGroup	5.5 !5. Relentless Riffs (encore)

Notes:

^ Limozeen is a fictional 80s glam metal band featured in the Homestar Runner series of web cartoons; while the song was created in 2003, it parodies the style of these bands. ^ Judas Priest's "Electric Eye" includes "The Hellion", the preceding track on the Screaming for Vengeance album that segues right into "Electric Eye". ^ Poison's "Nothin' But a Good Time" is labeled in game as "Ain't Nothin' But a Good Time". ^ Twisted Sister's "I Wanna Rock" is featured as a re-recorded master track of the song, not the original album version. ^ The original version of "Ballroom Blitz" was recorded by the band Sweet and was actually released in 1973. ^ The original version of "Radar Love" was recorded by the band Golden Earring and was actually released in 1973.

Unreleased songs

• Other songs that were originally planned to be added to the game but were either dropped or rejected before final release were:
  • "I Want Candy" by Bow Wow Wow, but it was available in the May 18, 2007 demo as a WaveGroup cover and was the first song on the list in that demo.
  • "Mickey" by Toni Basil.
  • "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr. This song was later included in Lego Rock Band for home consoles and Nintendo DS.
  • "Beat It" by Michael Jackson, covered by WaveGroup Sound.
    • However, "Beat It" did later appear in Guitar Hero World Tour with a master recording.

Trivia

• There was a missing note in the song "Wrathchild" in the North American release. This was fixed in the European release.