The original Guitar Hero contains 47 playable songs. That total combines 30 main setlist tracks with 17 bonus songs available through the game’s in-game store.
The 30 main tracks are mostly cover versions of well-known rock songs, spanning roughly five decades of music. Examples include Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man,” Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out,” Jimi Hendrix’s “Spanish Castle Magic,” and Cream’s “Crossroads.” The bonus section adds master recordings from smaller or independent acts, including songs by The Slip, Freezepop, and Graveyard BBQ.
A common counting mistake is to answer 30 because that is the number of headline career songs, or to count only the songs available immediately. The full playable total is 47 once the bonus tracks are included. The number also applies to the original game’s core soundtrack, not later ports, regional variations, downloadable content, or the much larger songlists of subsequent Guitar Hero titles.