With the presentation by Rockstar Games of the list of songs included in GTA The Trilogy: The Definitive Edition, the public was also able to find out which songs will be absent from the re-release of the three titles.
Not all songs originally featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will return to the new collection for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S and Nintendo Switch. Below, we present the complete list of songs that will not find space in the three titles:
GTA: Vice City – Songs missing from the Definitive Edition (and previous re-releases)
- Wow – Kate Bush
- Bark at the Moon – Ozzy Osbourne
- Rockit – Herbie Hancock
- Looking for the Perfect Beat – Afrika Bambaataa and The Soul Sonic Force
- The Smurf – Tyrone Brunson
- Wanna Be Startin ‘Somethin’ – Michael Jackson
- Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
- Running with the Night – Lionel Richie
- Añunga Ñunga – Irakere
GTA: San Andreas – Songs missing from the Definitive Edition (and previous re-editions)
- Yum Yum (Gimme Some) – Fatback Band
- You Dropped a Bomb on Me – Gap Band
- Running Away – Roy Ayers
- Runnin ‘Down a Dream – Tom Petty
- Woman to Woman – Joe Cocker
- Don’t Let It Go to Your Head – Black Harmony
- Ring My Bell – Blood Sisters
- I Don’t Give a Fuck – 2Pac feat. Pogo
- Express Yourself – NWA
- Hellraiser – Ozzy Osbourne
- Killing in the Name – Rage Against the Machine
- Express Yourself – Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
- Rock Creek Park – The Blackbyrds
- Funky President (People It’s Bad) – James Brown
- The Payback – James Brown
- The Grunt – The JB’s
There is also a portion of songs absent from the list proposed by Rockstar Games, but present in the previous re-editions of the two games. In this specific case, it is not entirely excluded that these songs can also find space in GTA: Vice City Definitive Edition and GTA: San Andreas Definitive Edition. The list below:
GTA: San Andreas
- Loopzilla – George Clinton
- Hot Pants – I’m Coming, I’m Coming, I’m Coming – Bobby Byrd
- Rock Me Again And Again – Lyn Collins
- Soul Power ’74 – Maceo & The Macks
- I Know You Got Soul – Bobby Byrd
GTA: Vice City
- Cum On Feel the Noize – Quiet Riot
- She Sells Sanctuary – The Cult
- Working for the Weekend – Loverboy
- God Blessed Video – Alcatrazz
- Fist Fury – Love Fist
- Cars – Gary Numan
- Poison Arrow – ABC
- Obsession – Animotion
- Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles
- Japanese Boy – Aneka
- Steppin ‘Out – Joe Jackson
- One Thing Leads to Another – The Fixx
- Pump Me Up – Trouble Funk
- Get It Girl – 2 Live Crew
- In Gozar With Mi Combo – Cachao
Waiting to return to the scenarios of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, on our pages you will find an interesting video comparison between the graphics of the originals and GTA The Trilogy: The Definitive Edition.