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Guitar Hero 5 song list ranked by difficulty

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Every song in Guitar Hero 5 ranked by fretwork’s difficulty on Expert guitar, D, with the Calc Tier and the percentile among the site’s Expert Guitar charts, and the bass, keys, drums and vocals charts beside it. A song opens its page; a number opens that chart’s graph.

90 songs, 1,158 charts, official, on the site since 7 September 2026

#SongArtistDifficulty (D)Calc TierBassKeysDrumsVocals
1Scatterbrain (Live)Jeff Beck100.9788%612.8852%—24.3195%—
2Done With Everything, Die For NothingChildren Of Bodom72.3481%621.8184%—22.0890%0.671%
3The Spirit Of Radio (Live)Rush61.6375%517.8672%—23.8595%9.7866%
4DemonDarkest Hour59.0973%516.5769%—25.4197%6.3126%
5No One To Depend On (Live)Santana51.6868%522.5085%—18.3771%6.8232%
6DeadboltThrice50.5667%514.4459%—19.0576%4.086%
72 Minutes To MidnightIron Maiden49.6966%525.3488%—22.6392%12.1082%
8Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)Elton John48.0565%518.1674%—17.7566%15.1493%
9Black Dog (Live)Led Zeppelin47.1764%517.0270%—18.1870%13.9090%
1021st Century Schizoid ManKing Crimson46.7164%530.8394%—32.3299%3.895%
11Sultans Of SwingDire Straits46.2963%59.9435%—21.2687%8.0846%
12Do You Feel Like We Do (Live)Peter Frampton45.4562%512.5049%—19.5279%15.0493%
13One Big HolidayMy Morning Jacket40.5957%47.7723%—19.6079%5.5918%
14Younk FunkThe Derek Trucks Band40.5357%422.1185%—20.5283%—
15Looks That KillMötley Crüe39.5256%411.1341%—15.2236%9.4363%
16American GirlTom Petty & The Heartbreakers39.0956%410.7239%—15.2136%9.1459%
17Lust For Life (Live)Iggy Pop36.3552%421.8884%—19.4178%10.2570%
18SuperstitionStevie Wonder35.5151%426.9190%—16.4352%19.4398%
19MedicateAFI34.5250%417.2570%—17.6666%8.7655%
20Runnin' Down A DreamTom Petty33.0448%42.284%—16.7055%10.2570%
21Bring The Noise 20XXPublic Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde32.1747%45.6113%—14.0022%0.982%
22Play That Funky MusicWild Cherry31.5746%418.1274%—13.3917%11.7180%
23Sneak OutRose Hill Drive31.1145%420.2080%—16.9858%9.7766%
24So LonelyThe Police30.6844%414.7961%—17.4763%14.4691%
2520th Century BoyT.Rex30.6444%411.7845%—14.0323%7.7842%
26Streamline WomanGov't Mule30.2643%422.0684%—17.7866%8.8656%
27GHWT MedleyVarious30.1743%413.3054%—18.1069%8.7855%
28You Give Love A Bad NameBon Jovi29.7643%414.0758%—13.0014%7.0834%
29Make It Wit ChuQueens Of The Stone Age29.3642%415.4764%—13.0414%9.6565%
30Wannabe In L.A.Eagles Of Death Metal28.1940%319.5978%—13.7920%12.7285%
31Lonely Is The NightBilly Squier27.9639%313.6955%—12.9313%11.2777%
32DisconnectedFace To Face27.2738%318.3775%—18.5774%5.9523%
33Back RoundWolfmother27.0838%321.3482%—20.9686%8.9357%
34Kryptonite3 Doors Down26.9437%33.518%—16.5654%6.3727%
35Bleed AmericanJimmy Eat World26.7337%38.8428%—15.5940%6.5830%
36Sympathy For The DevilThe Rolling Stones26.4836%330.4993%——18.0297%
37Sweating BulletsMegadeth26.3636%317.5672%—17.6265%9.0358%
38Du HastRammstein25.7235%35.4212%—14.0122%2.343%
39Dancing With MyselfBilly Idol25.6135%34.129%—15.8845%7.1335%
40JailbreakThin Lizzy25.0234%311.8746%—16.8657%5.6619%
41The Rock ShowBlink 18224.9433%311.0340%—20.2381%10.9975%
42Maiden, Mother & CroneThe Sword24.7433%318.0273%—16.2950%7.1235%
43We're An American BandGrand Funk Railroad24.6533%312.9952%—17.7066%10.3671%
44BrianstormArctic Monkeys23.9931%315.8365%—25.7397%8.3049%
45Nearly Lost YouScreaming Trees23.9731%312.0047%—17.0258%5.1415%
46All The Pretty FacesThe Killers23.9531%311.0540%—19.0776%7.8143%
47Bullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing Pumpkins23.7930%39.0830%—18.5073%11.4378%
48Six Days A WeekThe Bronx23.7930%318.6375%—18.7975%8.1847%
49Woman From Tokyo ('99 Remix)Deep Purple23.4530%34.4610%—20.5584%16.2294%
50Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana23.1229%39.0029%—15.6341%7.3037%
51Sex On FireKings Of Leon22.4427%32.715%—15.4039%5.1615%
52A-PunkVampire Weekend21.6925%320.9681%—14.9333%5.0314%
53FameDavid Bowie21.5325%30.590%—11.354%15.0593%
54SevenSunny Day Real Estate21.5325%320.3680%—21.7689%4.518%
55Ring Of FireJohnny Cash21.5125%36.7218%—14.9633%7.0234%
56What I GotSublime20.0121%312.7751%—10.282%15.9394%
57In The MeantimeSpacehog19.8220%315.5064%—16.6054%17.9497%
58Sowing Season (Yeah)Brand New19.7920%36.2216%—13.0414%8.6353%
59Lithium (Live)Nirvana19.3819%39.9835%—14.2625%12.8086%
60Blue DayDarker My Love19.0718%315.3863%—16.6655%8.4251%
61GratitudeBeastie Boys19.0318%311.9246%—13.7419%0.551%
62IncinerateSonic Youth18.4817%32.936%—20.9686%8.0145%
63Shout It Out LoudKiss18.3417%37.3020%—14.8932%8.0346%
64March of the PigsNine Inch Nails17.7115%231.6994%—13.6418%11.1377%
65Send A Little Love TokenThe Duke Spirit17.4015%22.344%—13.8921%9.3462%
66Plug In BabyMuse17.1314%217.3571%—15.9746%10.6573%
67Hungry Like The WolfDuran Duran16.7814%211.9847%—17.5464%4.307%
68JudithA Perfect Circle16.2513%218.3574%—16.3951%8.3250%
69Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz16.1913%26.4016%—12.6311%5.1815%
70Hurts So GoodJohn Mellencamp16.0412%25.0912%—13.3316%5.7820%
71Under PressureQueen & David Bowie15.7411%28.6727%—15.3238%12.3883%
72Bug Eyesdredg15.6111%22.133%—17.9567%6.3426%
73Never Miss A BeatKaiser Chiefs15.3210%23.046%—17.0959%8.0045%
74Steady As She GoesThe Raconteurs15.1610%211.8546%—12.6711%9.2360%
75ComedownBush14.199%218.4375%—15.1335%7.0234%
76Song 2Blur14.098%26.8418%—12.117%8.0045%
77All Along The WatchtowerBob Dylan14.038%28.6827%—14.7030%6.5830%
78L.A.Elliott Smith13.968%28.5927%—11.967%8.9657%
79Blue OrchidThe White Stripes13.688%28.0725%—9.912%11.5379%
80Ex-GirlfriendNo Doubt13.237%29.0730%—16.8557%6.2425%
81Mirror PeopleLove & Rockets12.926%28.1325%—15.7142%8.2548%
82You & MeAttack! Attack!12.396%210.5838%—15.1736%6.4027%
83Why Bother?Weezer12.005%29.6333%—15.9947%11.4979%
84In My PlaceColdplay10.834%13.066%—10.262%5.7420%
85Cigarettes, Wedding BandsBand Of Horses10.633%17.3420%—11.284%10.3972%
86Gamma RayBeck9.862%17.3120%—17.4663%9.4964%
87Only Happy When It RainsGarbage8.471%17.1019%—9.261%8.4952%
88Wolf Like MeTV On The Radio3.950%02.505%—18.9876%6.1224%
89They SayScars On Broadway2.300%04.7010%—11.926%5.9322%
90I AloneLive0.030%00.030%—11.806%9.4864%

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