Activision reveals all DJ Hero tracks

By Robert Purchese Published 6 October, 2009

Cypress Hill! J5! Vanilla Ice! Weezer.

Activision has uncovered the whopping pile of records being mixed for brand new rhythm game DJ Hero, out 30th October for PS2, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360.

All bases are covered, from Fedde Le Grand's massive "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" to Gang Starr's "Just to Get a Rep". Jay-Z wades in with raps like "Excuse Me Miss", and Little Richard belts out "Tutti Frutti".

Among the star DJs mixing the songs up are DJ Yoda, Cut Chemist, Daft Punk, Scratch Perverts and Grandmaster Flash.

Here's the list:

  • 2Pac - "All Eyez On Me" vs. The Aranbee Pop Orchestra - "Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)"
  • 50 Cent - "Disco Inferno" vs. David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
  • 50 Cent - "Disco Inferno" vs. InDeep - "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life"
  • Afrika Bambaataa - "Zulu Nation Throwdown" vs. Freedom Express - "Get Down"
  • Beastie Boys - "Here's A Little Somethin' For Ya" vs. DJ Shadow - "The Number Song (2009 Version)" (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
  • Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic" vs. Blondie - "Rapture"
  • Beastie Boys - "Lee Majors Come Again" vs. Daft Punk - "Da Funk" (Produced and mixed by Cut Chemist)
  • Beck - "Where It's At" vs. DJ Shadow - "Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)"
  • Bell Biv DeVoe - "Poison" Beat Juggle
  • Bell Biv DeVoe - "Poison" vs. Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic" (Produced and mixed by DJ AM)
  • Bell Biv DeVoe - "Poison" vs. Cameo - "Word Up!"
  • Benny Benassi - "Satisfaction" vs. Tiësto - "Elements Of Life"
  • Billy Squier - "The Big Beat" vs. N.E.R.D. - "Lapdance" (DJ-Guitar mix)
  • Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow" vs. Benny Benassi - "Satisfaction"
  • Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City" vs. 2Pac - "How Do You Want It"
  • Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City" vs. Connie Price & The Keystones - "Fuzz And Them"
  • Boogie Down Productions - "Jack Of Spades" vs. David Bowie - "Let's Dance" (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
  • Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - "Bustin' Loose" vs. The Zombies - "Time Of The Season" (Produced and mixed by DJ Shadow)
  • Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers - "Bustin' Loose" vs. Young MC - "Bust A Move"
  • Common - "Universal Mind Control (U.M.C.)" vs. Masta Ace - "Jeep A** Gutter (Aaron LaCrate & Debonair Samir RMX)" (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
  • Cypress Hill - "Insane In The Brain" vs. Classics IV - "Spooky"
  • Cypress Hill - "Insane In The Brain" vs. David Axelrod - "The Edge"
  • Daft Punk - "Around The World" vs. Young MC - "Bust A Move"
  • Daft Punk - "Da Funk" vs. N.A.S.A. - "Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB & Fatlip"
  • Daft Punk - "Megamix 1"
  • Daft Punk - "Megamix 2"
  • Daft Punk - "Robot Rock" vs. Hashim - "Al Naafyish (The Soul)" (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
  • Daft Punk - "Robot Rock" vs. Queen - "We Will Rock You"
  • Daft Punk - "Short Circuit" vs. Boogie Down Productions - "Jack Of Spades"
  • Daft Punk - "Technologic" vs. Gary Numan - "Cars"
  • Daft Punk - "Television Rules the Nation" vs. No Doubt - "Hella Good"
  • David Axelrod - "The Edge" vs. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President"
  • Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp" vs. DJ Shadow - "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)"
  • Dizzee Rascal - "Fix Up, Look Sharp" vs. Justice - "Genesis"
  • DJ Shadow - "Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)" vs. D-Code - "Annie's Horn"
  • Eminem - "My Name Is" vs. Beck - "Loser"
  • Fedde Le Grand - "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" vs. Sandy Rivera and David Penn - "I Can't Stop (David Penn Remix)"
  • Foo Fighters - "Monkey Wrench" vs. Beastie Boys - "Sabotage" (DJ-Guitar mix)
  • Foreigner - "Juke Box Hero" vs. DJ Z-Trip ft. Murs - "DJ Hero" (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
  • Foreigner - "Juke Box Hero" vs. DJ Z-Trip ft. Murs - "DJ Hero" (DJ-Guitar mix, produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
  • Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep" vs. Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones, Pt 2" (Produced and mixed by J. Period)
  • Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc." vs. Blondie - "Atomic"
  • Grandmaster Flash's - "Boom" vs. "Tap" (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
  • Grandmaster Flash, DJ Kool, DJ Demo - "Here Comes My DJ" vs. Gary Numan - "Cars" (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
  • Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl" vs. Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
  • Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl" vs. InDeep "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" (Produced and mixed by DJ AM)
  • Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl" vs. Rick James - "Give It To Me"
  • Herbie Hancock - "Rockit" Beat Juggle
  • Herbie Hancock - "Rockit" vs. N.E.R.D. - "Lapdance" (Produced and mixed by Grandmaster Flash)
  • InDeep - "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life" vs. Cameo - "Word Up!"
  • Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" vs. Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep" (Produced and mixed by DJ Yoda)
  • Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" vs. Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life" (DJ-Guitar mix)
  • Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" vs. Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
  • JAY-Z feat. Pharrell - "Change Clothes" vs. 2Pac - "All Eyez on Me"
  • JAY-Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" vs. Eminem - "My Name Is"
  • JAY-Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" vs. Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back"
  • JAY-Z - "Excuse Me Miss" vs. Rick James - "Give It To Me"
  • Jean Knight - "Mr. Big Stuff" vs. Masta Ace - "Born To Roll"
  • Jurassic 5 - "Jayou" vs. Billy Squier - "The Big Beat"
  • Jurassic 5 - "Jayou" vs. Herbie Hancock - "Rockit"
  • Kid Cudi - "Day 'N' Nite" vs. Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow"
  • Kool Moe Dee - "How Ya Like Me Now" vs. Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman - "I Like To Move It"
  • Little Richard - "Tutti Frutti" vs. Shlomo - "Beats" (Produced and mixed by DJ Yoda)
  • M.I.A. - "Paper Planes" vs. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President" (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
  • M.I.A. - "Paper Planes" vs. Wale - "Lookin' At Me"
  • Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" vs. David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
  • Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" vs. Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
  • Motörhead - "Ace Of Spades" vs. Noisia - "Groundhog" (DJ-Guitar mix)
  • N.A.S.A. - "Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB & Fatlip" vs. Isaac Hayes - "Theme From Shaft"
  • Noisia - "Groundhog" Beat Juggle (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
  • Paul van Dyk - "Nothing But You" vs. Sandy Rivera and David Penn - "I Can't Stop (David Penn Remix)"
  • Public Enemy - "Shut 'Em Down" vs. Beck - "Where It's At"
  • Public Enemy ft. Zakk Wylde - "Bring The Noise 20XX" vs. Justice - "Genesis" (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
  • Public Enemy featuring Zakk Wylde - "Bring The Noise 20XX" (DJ-Guitar mix)
  • Q-Tip - "Good Thang" vs. Billy Squier - "The Big Beat" (Produced and mixed by J. Period)
  • Queen - "Another One Bites The Dust" vs. Beastie Boys - "Brass Monkey" (Produced and mixed by DJ Z-Trip)
  • Queen - "Another One Bites The Dust" vs. Daft Punk - "Da Funk"
  • Rihanna - "Disturbia" vs. Kid Sister - "Control"
  • Rihanna - "Disturbia" vs. The Killers - "Somebody Told Me" (DJ-Guitar mix)
  • Rihanna - "Disturbia" vs. The Trammps - "Disco Inferno"
  • Shlomo - "Beats" vs. Billy Squier - "The Big Beat"
  • Street Sweeper Social Club - "Fight! Smash! Win!" vs. Beastie Boys - "Intergalactic" (DJ-Guitar mix)
  • Tears For Fears - "Shout" vs. DJ Shadow - "Six Days (Remix ft. Mos Def)"
  • Tears For Fears - "Shout" vs. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President" (Produced and mixed by DJ Jazzy Jeff)
  • Tears For Fears - "Shout" vs. Eric Prydz - "Pjanoo"
  • The Aranbee Pop Orchestra - "Bittersweet Symphony (Instrumental)" vs. LL Cool J - "Rock The Bells" (Produced and mixed by DJ Jazzy Jeff)
  • The Scratch Perverts Beats and Pieces (Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts)
  • The Killers - "Somebody Told Me" vs. Eric Prydz - "Pjanoo"
  • Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" vs. MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This"
  • Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" vs. Paula Abdul - "Straight Up"
  • Wale - "Lookin' At Me" vs. Black Eyed Peas ft. Tippa Irie - "Hey Mama"
  • Weezer - "Beverly Hills" vs. Evidence, The Alchemist, Aceyalone, Rakaa & 88 Keys - "Fresh Rhymes And Videotape" (DJ-Guitar mix)
  • Wild Cherry - "Play That Funky Music" vs. Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep" (DJ-Guitar mix)
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Comments (39) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • cianchristopher #1 2 years ago

    I dunno, this game does look cool...

    Too expensive, though. But, I'm intrigued by the "guitar vs. dj" duels, I already have a plastic guitar...

  • kinky_mong #2 2 years ago

    Fedde Le Grand's massive "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit"

    Final nail in the coffin. Do not want.

  • VicViper #3 2 years ago

    Well I alreeady pre-ordered the game out of game stop hopefully they'll stick to thier £80 ish price point they told me about. The list looks pretty good, curious about the two Daft Punk megamixes as the site show the daft punk trailer when you click on the listen button.

  • YobRenoops #4 2 years ago

    Want! Don't care its going to cost an arm and a leg I still want. Was a Beatmania bitch back at the turn of the millenium (and that was gard living in the UK).

  • kangarootoo #5 2 years ago

    That is a damn good list. Shame the game + deck costs so much.

  • MiniAmin #6 2 years ago

    You can hear the tracks here.
    Edited by 2 at 06/10/09 @ 15:24

  • Bealsy #7 2 years ago

    Awesome looking track list, shame about the ridiculous price point :(

  • VandelayIndustries #8 2 years ago

    Oh :(
    Want it, but still too pricey, might wait until after Christmas.

  • Toothball #9 2 years ago

    I do quite like some of those names, but Black Eyed Peas rules it out entirely. Also I don't much like mash ups to begin with.

  • Sonic_D #10 2 years ago

    HOLY SHIT! What a track list:

    Daft Punk - "Robot Rock" vs. Hashim - "Al Naafyish (The Soul)"
    Herbie Hancock - "Rockit" Beat Juggle
    Gang Starr - "Just To Get A Rep" vs. Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones, Pt 2"
    Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby" vs. MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This"!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Why does it have to be so expensive?!

  • groovychainsaw #11 2 years ago

    I just want an album. i'll pay.... hmmm... £25 for a 4 disc set of CDs or mp3s. Do it! Its the best mix album i've seen for a very long time.Not interested in the game, looks ridiculously hard for one thing (scratching, button matching and sliders on the other hand? I struggle enough with guitar hero's 2 things at once, let along 3...), and its £110!!

  • Markusdragon #12 2 years ago

    The track list is great, unfortunately (or fortunately), listing to bits of them has reminded me that I really don't like this kind of music. Ah well, that's one chunk of plastic less for me to buy.

  • Scurrminator #13 2 years ago

    you know you can get it for 90 if you shop around ;-)

  • asphaltcowboy #14 2 years ago

    Fantastic track list. No chance of purchase for over £100 though! Haven't even splashed out on RB2 or GW5 yet!

  • skillian #15 2 years ago

    That is a fanfuckingtastic playlist, way better than I imagined when I first heard about the game. Very impressed.

  • shotgun44 #16 2 years ago

    I haven't read many of the previews so could someone please explain why the songs are all 'vs' and what it essentially means?

  • el_pollo_diablo #17 2 years ago

    Black Eyed Peas?

    Well now I can't buy it on principle.

  • Scurrminator #18 2 years ago

    The reason for the vs is that the songs are mashups.
    Usually the vocals from one track mixed with the instrumental from the other to create a 'new' track.

  • gaselite #19 2 years ago

    What's interesting about this is the way it taps into the mash-up zeitgeist with DJs that aren't really synonymous with that style.

    Some of these tracks will be awful (mainly, I suspect, those made by the team's 'in-house DJs', but some of these could be really compelling. I hope all the remixes are attributed to those that mixed them.

  • TitianWarrior #20 2 years ago

    mash-ups are largely terrible with a few exceptions. DJ P and Z-Trip do one with an instrumental of Pat Benetar - Love is a Battlefield and The Pharcyde - Passing me by. It is superb but those guys have an ear for this kind of thing. If as gaslite said the ones on here were put together with an inhouse team, they'll be shit.
    Edited by 1 at 06/10/09 @ 16:27

  • RobotRocker #21 2 years ago

    Bon Jovi - "Wanted Dead Or Alive" vs Limp Bizkit - "Rollin' (Urban Assault Vehicle)"

    Hahahahahahahah.

    No.

  • kangarootoo #22 2 years ago

    @MiniAmin

    Good link. Well found.

    Just listening through it now. They have done an absolutely sold gold job on those mixes (except the Foreigner one, which was a bit rough). The music really captures what twin deck mising is all about. If the kit was a bit cheaper I would buy this on release day, no doubt. I wasn't that impressed till now, but the tunes really make it for me.

    Edit: and the Eminem / BEck mix is a bit rubbish too. But so far 90% of it has been top notch.
    Edited by 1 at 06/10/09 @ 16:45

  • danathjo #23 2 years ago

    wow...amazing list there but I just want to listen to it, not play it
    how can I cock thrust in my undies to the telly with a turn table, just wouldn't be the same as a guitar :)

  • schnide #24 2 years ago

    How can you diss Weezer, even without the rest of the line-up that's a bit dodge? That joke's getting a bit old now.

  • VicViper #25 2 years ago

    @MiniAmin

    Nice link, the Daft Punk megamix 1 its as good as I hoped.

    Also on a side note someone is a bit excessive with the negative repping, DJ hero stealth hate I guess

  • paulf #26 2 years ago

    oh well with this and mw2 I guess thats my 4 week activision boycott gone then, besides I dont have enough plastic periphirals cluttering up my flat

  • kangarootoo #27 2 years ago

    "Also on a side note someone is a bit excessive with the negative repping, DJ hero stealth hate I guess"

    Looks like the wind has changed direction :)

  • kangarootoo #28 2 years ago

    @svd_grasshopper

    They used mashups because the gameplay is based around spinning two different tracks on two different desks... you know... the way DJs do.

  • MrChuckles #29 2 years ago

    I must be getting old, most of those tracks sounded quite annoying on the youtube link, or were they just playing DJ Hero badly?

    (Disappears in a sea of negative feedback!)

  • cam_guin #30 2 years ago

    *So* many mash-ups...its going to be soundtracked like a student disco circa 2001... :-/
    Edited by 1 at 06/10/09 @ 17:35

  • el_pollo_diablo #31 2 years ago

    From what I've heard you're not really doing your own scratches, you're trying to match those done by the real 'dj hero' - be that Cut Chemist or the titmouse from the black eyed peas.

  • The_Bloody_Kettle #32 2 years ago

    No thanks.

    Good tracks, but far too gimmicky for me!

  • Ryze #33 2 years ago

    Nice, but not getting £100 from me I'm afraid...!

  • bemaniac #34 2 years ago

    i just went dizzy this has pretty much some dream mixes and and has my 2 fave artists beck and weezr which is weird!

  • David_Richardson #35 2 years ago

    "djing is about mixing YOURSELF on the FLY, expressing your unique style. you know... the way djs do - not interacting with premixed tracks when prompted. bollocks!"

    Driving a car is about feeling YOURSELF behind the WHEEL, understanding the road. You know...the way racing drivers do - not moving the analogue stick when prompted. Bollocks!

    Shooting a gun is about putting YOURSELF on the BATTLEFIELD, fearing death. You know...the way soldiers do - not pushing the trigger when prompted. Bollocks!

    This argument has always been terrible.

  • JaysonG #36 2 years ago

    Have to buy it... Have to... Gah. So Expenisve.

  • galerian86 #37 2 years ago

    Vanilla Ice? Really?

  • el_pollo_diablo #38 2 years ago

    @ dave richardson

    svd_grasshopper is right. Your comparisons don't hold up because you're comparing a creative activity against two completely unrealted things.

    Edit: unrealted? Unrelated. Sorry.
    Edited by 1 at 07/10/09 @ 17:47

  • TheGoose126 #39 2 years ago

    I think this will be a great game, I have mentored dj's in hip hop scratching for nearly 20 years and think this will have a good impact.t there! As for mashups what is hip hop at it's essence, mc's rapping over old r&b beats lets think about mashups (Kayne west, Jay Z, ICE T, Cube, Eminem, Eric B & Rakim, NWA etc etc