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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, 1,167 charts, official, on the site since 7 September 2026

#SongArtistDifficulty (D)Calc TierBassKeysDrumsVocals
1Scatterbrain (Live)Jeff Beck23.0088%78.3846%—24.3195%—
2Done With Everything, Die For NothingChildren Of Bodom18.8078%613.2393%—22.0890%2.691%
3The Spirit Of Radio (Live)Rush18.2376%611.0682%—23.8595%23.6962%
4DemonDarkest Hour18.1375%611.1583%—25.4197%14.6614%
5Do You Feel Like We Do (Live)Peter Frampton18.1175%610.2674%—19.5279%26.5076%
621st Century Schizoid ManKing Crimson17.5773%614.1395%—32.3299%10.445%
7No One To Depend On (Live)Santana17.5773%611.1683%—18.3772%18.3230%
82 Minutes To MidnightIron Maiden16.4968%512.4790%—22.6392%25.8673%
9Black Dog (Live)Led Zeppelin16.2466%59.6467%—18.1870%30.6588%
10Sultans Of SwingDire Straits15.9264%57.7232%—21.2687%20.1241%
11Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)Elton John15.8264%59.8970%—17.7566%35.8196%
12American GirlTom Petty & The Heartbreakers15.7764%57.3626%—15.2136%19.9740%
13DeadboltThrice14.8959%510.0271%—19.0576%12.999%
14Lust For Life (Live)Iggy Pop14.7658%511.8387%—19.4179%24.2766%
15Younk FunkThe Derek Trucks Band14.7658%510.7479%—20.5284%—
16One Big HolidayMy Morning Jacket14.7558%57.2924%—19.6079%13.109%
17Wolf Like MeTV On The Radio14.0754%48.7653%—18.9876%21.0946%
18Looks That KillMötley Crüe13.7252%48.4146%—15.2237%21.6550%
19Runnin' Down A DreamTom Petty13.6952%48.2843%—16.7056%24.5467%
20SuperstitionStevie Wonder13.4250%412.1689%—16.4352%35.4595%
21Bring The Noise 20XXPublic Enemy Featuring Zakk Wylde13.3649%45.796%—14.0023%3.922%
22MedicateAFI13.3049%49.9270%—17.6666%24.5667%
23So LonelyThe Police12.7845%410.0471%—17.4764%36.3596%
2420th Century BoyT.Rex12.5743%47.9637%—14.0323%21.1046%
25You Give Love A Bad NameBon Jovi12.5643%48.6751%—13.0014%21.2047%
26GHWT MedleyVarious12.5343%49.9571%—18.1069%24.0565%
27Play That Funky MusicWild Cherry12.4442%49.7969%—13.3917%33.8593%
28Sweating BulletsMegadeth12.4342%410.5177%—17.6265%25.3471%
29Streamline WomanGov't Mule12.4142%410.9481%—17.7867%19.0434%
30Make It Wit ChuQueens Of The Stone Age12.2741%48.8454%—13.0414%19.5237%
31Dancing With MyselfBilly Idol12.2641%48.1440%—15.8845%19.7139%
32Lonely Is The NightBilly Squier12.2641%48.9055%—12.9314%27.7280%
33Sneak OutRose Hill Drive12.2541%410.2274%—16.9858%23.7362%
34Du HastRammstein12.2440%46.1710%—14.0123%8.533%
35Sympathy For The DevilThe Rolling Stones12.2040%412.8192%—8.201%37.4297%
36Bug Eyesdredg12.1239%35.766%—17.9568%18.4130%
37DisconnectedFace To Face12.0339%310.7179%—18.5774%15.6017%
38BrianstormArctic Monkeys11.9838%39.2460%—25.7397%23.3560%
39Back RoundWolfmother11.8637%310.8480%—20.9686%19.8740%
40Woman From Tokyo ('99 Remix)Deep Purple11.5835%37.7032%—20.5584%31.2190%
41Kryptonite3 Doors Down11.4733%34.702%—16.5654%15.6919%
42We're An American BandGrand Funk Railroad11.4733%38.6851%—17.7066%22.5354%
43JailbreakThin Lizzy11.4033%37.9537%—16.8657%14.0412%
44All The Pretty FacesThe Killers11.3532%38.7352%—19.0777%21.3747%
45Bleed AmericanJimmy Eat World11.3332%38.1540%—15.5941%17.5426%
46Maiden, Mother & CroneThe Sword11.3131%39.6567%—16.2950%17.3225%
47Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana11.1230%37.4928%—15.6342%20.7845%
48Nearly Lost YouScreaming Trees11.1130%37.9136%—17.0259%15.6218%
49The Rock ShowBlink 18210.9829%39.0757%—20.2381%24.7568%
50Wannabe In L.A.Eagles Of Death Metal10.8327%39.3161%—13.7921%30.0787%
51Bullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing Pumpkins10.7627%37.6130%—18.5073%28.2182%
52SevenSunny Day Real Estate10.5224%310.8580%—21.7689%12.668%
53Mirror PeopleLove & Rockets10.5124%37.3525%—15.7143%20.6644%
54Six Days A WeekThe Bronx10.5024%39.6066%—18.7975%16.4022%
55Blue DayDarker My Love10.4623%39.9871%—16.6655%16.8423%
56FameDavid Bowie10.4323%34.171%—11.355%32.9792%
57Sex On FireKings Of Leon10.4223%37.9437%—15.4039%13.7111%
58A-PunkVampire Weekend10.3422%310.1273%—14.9333%14.5013%
59GratitudeBeastie Boys10.2821%37.5128%—13.7419%2.221%
60In The MeantimeSpacehog10.0419%29.0757%—16.6054%38.6298%
61Sowing Season (Yeah)Brand New9.8217%26.4413%—13.0414%23.0959%
62IncinerateSonic Youth9.7516%27.6130%—20.9686%19.6238%
63Plug In BabyMuse9.4814%28.9856%—15.9747%23.3660%
64What I GotSublime9.4514%27.6030%—10.283%32.7292%
65Lithium (Live)Nirvana9.4414%27.4627%—14.2625%29.3485%
66Shout It Out LoudKiss9.4314%26.4613%—14.8932%21.4648%
67Ring Of FireJohnny Cash9.3013%25.345%—14.9633%19.8539%
68JudithA Perfect Circle9.2713%29.7668%—16.3952%20.1442%
69Hungry Like The WolfDuran Duran9.2312%28.2843%—17.5465%13.3110%
70Send A Little Love TokenThe Duke Spirit9.1912%27.3125%—13.8921%21.4348%
71ComedownBush9.1312%29.9470%—15.1335%20.0841%
72March of the PigsNine Inch Nails9.0611%212.6091%—13.6419%26.4175%
73Never Miss A BeatKaiser Chiefs9.0611%27.2524%—17.0959%20.0240%
74Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz8.9110%25.807%—12.6311%16.4422%
75Steady As She GoesThe Raconteurs8.8910%27.5930%—12.6712%23.0258%
76Under PressureQueen & David Bowie8.779%27.5329%—15.3238%29.9387%
77Hurts So GoodJohn Mellencamp8.709%25.515%—13.3316%18.0328%
78You & MeAttack! Attack!8.518%28.0638%—15.1736%18.0528%
79L.A.Elliott Smith8.286%16.9620%—11.967%23.7763%
80Ex-GirlfriendNo Doubt8.145%17.8836%—16.8557%20.2742%
81Gamma RayBeck7.995%16.9419%—17.4663%19.3737%
82Song 2Blur7.954%16.038%—12.118%21.5749%
83All Along The WatchtowerBob Dylan7.864%16.6015%—14.7030%15.5317%
84Blue OrchidThe White Stripes7.834%16.099%—9.912%23.9664%
85Cigarettes, Wedding BandsBand Of Horses7.363%16.6915%—11.285%22.0752%
86Why Bother?Weezer7.363%17.7533%—15.9947%25.7873%
87In My PlaceColdplay7.313%14.241%—10.263%15.9620%
88Only Happy When It RainsGarbage6.491%06.4112%—9.261%26.4075%
89They SayScars On Broadway6.331%05.786%—11.927%15.9420%
90I AloneLive0.330%00.330%—11.806%26.3575%

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