The Rock Band series of music video games supports downloadable songs for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii versions through the consoles' respective online services. Users can download songs on a track-by-track basis, with many of the tracks also offered as part of a "song pack" or complete album at a discounted rate. These packs are available for the Wii only on Rock Band 3. Most downloadable songs are playable within every game mode, including the Band World Tour career mode. All downloadable songs released before October 26, 2010 are cross-compatible between Rock Band, Rock Band 2 and Rock Band 3, while those after only work with Rock Band 3. Certain songs deemed "suitable for all ages" by Harmonix are also available for use in Lego Rock Band.
The Wii version of Rock Band does not support downloadable content, but Rock Band 2 and Rock Band 3 do, with DLC first made available in January 2009. Songs from the back catalogue of downloadable content were released for the Wii weekly in an effort by Harmonix to provide Wii players with every previously available song.
Following the release of Rock Band 4 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, all previously purchased downloadable content for Rock Band 3 and earlier is forward compatible (with the exception of any downloadable content purchased for The Beatles: Rock Band) within the same system family at no additional cost.
List of songs released in 2011
The following table lists the available songs for the Rock Band series released in 2011. All songs available in packs are also available as individual song downloads on the same date, unless otherwise noted. New songs are released on Tuesdays for Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and Nintendo WFC, unless otherwise noted. Dates listed are the initial release of songs on Xbox Live. Starting May 20, 2008, all downloadable songs are available in both the North American and European markets, unless otherwise noted.
As of October 2009, over 800 songs have been made available as downloadable content (DLC). As of October 19, 2009, over 60 million downloadable song purchases have been made by players. The following is a list of the songs that have been released in 2011.
Some songs released before Rock Band 3 have been retrofitted to include Rock Band 3 features, including backing vocals, and the ability to buy an additional pack for Pro Guitar/Bass charts without having to buy the "RB3 Version" of the song. Certain songs have been marked "family friendly" by Harmonix; such songs released before Rock Band 3s launch on October 26, 2010 can be played in Lego Rock Band.
Since October 26, 2010 (with The Doors Pack 01), all new songs are only playable in Rock Band 3, due to a change in the file format. All songs released via downloadable content are playable in Rock Band 3, and support its new Pro Drum mode. Most songs released for Rock Band 3 include core features for keyboards, Pro Keyboards, and backing vocals in the core song, where they are appropriate. Additionally, some of these songs features charts for Pro Guitar and Bass that can also be purchased. Song titleArtistYearGenreSingle / Pack nameRelease dateFamily FriendlyAdditional Rock Band 3 Features|"Cry, Cry, Cry" |Johnny Cash |1955 |Country |Johnny Cash 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" |Johnny Cash |1958 |Country |Johnny Cash 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"Five Feet High and Rising" |Johnny Cash |1959 |Country |Johnny Cash 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"Folsom Prison Blues" |Johnny Cash |1955 |Country |Johnny Cash 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"I Got Stripes" |Johnny Cash |1959 |Country |Johnny Cash 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"I Walk the Line" |Johnny Cash |1956 |Country |Johnny Cash 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"Tennessee Flat Top Box" |Johnny Cash |1961 |Country |Johnny Cash 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"The Ballad of Ira Hayes" |Johnny Cash |1964 |Country |Johnny Cash 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"Visions" |Abnormality |2007 |Metal |Rock Band Free 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"Get Clean" |Anarchy Club |2009 |Metal |Rock Band Free 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"Night Lies" |Bang Camaro |2008 |Rock |Rock Band Free 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"Shoulder to the Plow" |Breaking Wheel |2008 |Metal |Rock Band Free 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"Welcome to the Neighborhood" |Libyans |2008 |Punk |Rock Band Free 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"A Jagged Gorgeous Winter" | |2008 |Indie Rock |Rock Band Free 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"Conventional Lover" |Speck |2007 |Pop-Rock |Rock Band Free 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"Supreme Girl" | |2006 |Pop-Rock |Rock Band Free 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"Rob the Prez-O-Dent" |That Handsome Devil |2008 |Rock |Rock Band Free 01 |Jan 4, 2011
|"Crawling" |Linkin Park |2000 |Nu-Metal |Linkin Park 01 |Jan 11, 2011
|"In the End" |Linkin Park |2000 |Nu-Metal |Linkin Park 01 |Jan 11, 2011
|"Numb" |Linkin Park |2003 |Nu-Metal |Linkin Park 01 |Jan 11, 2011
|"Somewhere I Belong" |Linkin Park |2003 |Nu-Metal |Linkin Park 01 |Jan 11, 2011
|"Waiting for the End" |Linkin Park |2010 |Nu-Metal |Linkin Park 01 |Jan 11, 2011
|"What I've Done" |Linkin Park |2007 |Nu-Metal |Linkin Park 01 |Jan 11, 2011
|"Made of Scars" |Stone Sour |2006 |Metal |Stone Sour 01 |Jan 18, 2011
|"Say You'll Haunt Me" |Stone Sour |2010 |Metal |Stone Sour 01 |Jan 18, 2011
|"Through Glass" |Stone Sour |2006 |Metal |Stone Sour 01 |Jan 18, 2011
|"Blue Jean" |David Bowie |1984 |Glam |David Bowie 02 |Jan 25, 2011
|"Fame" |David Bowie |1975 |Glam |David Bowie 02 |Jan 25, 2011
|"Modern Love" |David Bowie |1983 |Glam |David Bowie 02 |Jan 25, 2011
|"Young Americans" |David Bowie |1975 |Glam |David Bowie 02 |Jan 25, 2011
|"Ziggy Stardust" |David Bowie |1972 |Glam |David Bowie 02 |Jan 25, 2011
|"Freakshow"Song is only available through codes found on packages of Schick razors and is not available through the Music Store or console marketplaces.Song is an updated version of a song previously released through the Rock Band Network. |HourCast |2010 |Rock |Schick Promo Pack |Feb 1, 2011
|"Don't Feel Like That Anymore" |Johnny Cooper |2009 |Rock |Schick Promo Pack |Feb 1, 2011
|"Appetite" | |2010 |Rock |Schick Promo Pack |Feb 1, 2011
|"London Calling" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Brand New Cadillac" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Jimmy Jazz" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Hateful" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Rudie Can't Fail" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Spanish Bombs" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"The Right Profile" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Lost in the Supermarket" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Clampdown" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"The Guns of Brixton" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Wrong 'Em Boyo" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Death or Glory" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Koka Kola" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"The Card Cheat" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Lover's Rock" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Four Horsemen" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"I'm Not Down" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Revolution Rock" | |1979 |Punk |London Calling |Feb 1, 2011
|"Bend Down Low" |Bob Marley and the Wailers |1974 |Reggae/Ska |Bob Marley 01 |Feb 8, 2011
|"Burnin' and Lootin'" |Bob Marley and the Wailers |1973 |Reggae/Ska |Bob Marley 01 |Feb 8, 2011
|"Coming in from the Cold" |Bob Marley and the Wailers |1980 |Reggae/Ska |Bob Marley 01 |Feb 8, 2011
|"Kaya" |Bob Marley and the Wailers |1978 |Reggae/Ska |Bob Marley 01 |Feb 8, 2011
|"Lively Up Yourself" |Bob Marley and the Wailers |1974 |Reggae/Ska |Bob Marley 01 |Feb 8, 2011
|"No More Trouble" |Bob Marley and the Wailers |1973 |Reggae/Ska |Bob Marley 01 |Feb 8, 2011
|"Small Axe" |Bob Marley and the Wailers |1973 |Reggae/Ska |Bob Marley 01 |Feb 8, 2011
|"Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" |Bob Marley and the Wailers |1974 |Reggae/Ska |Bob Marley 01 |Feb 8, 2011
|"Obsession" |Animotion |1984 |New Wave |February Heartache Duets' Pack |Feb 11, 2011
|"Airplanes" |B.o.B (featuring Hayley Williams) |2010 |Hip-Hop/Rap |February Heartache Duets' Pack |Feb 11, 2011
|"Total Eclipse of the Heart" |Bonnie Tyler |1983 |Pop-Rock |February Heartache Duets' Pack |Feb 11, 2011
|"Don't You Want Me" | |1981 |Pop/Dance/Electronic |February Heartache Duets' Pack |Feb 11, 2011
|"Need You Now" |Lady Antebellum |2010 |Country |February Heartache Duets' Pack |Feb 11, 2011
|"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" |Meat Loaf |1977 |Classic Rock |February Heartache Duets' Pack |Feb 11, 2011
|"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" |Stevie Nicks |1981 |Classic Rock |February Heartache Duets' Pack |Feb 11, 2011
|"Fire and Ice" |Pat Benatar |1981 |Classic Rock |Pat Benatar 01 |Feb 22, 2011
|"Love is a Battlefield" |Pat Benatar |1983 |Classic Rock |Pat Benatar 01 |Feb 22, 2011
|"Shadows of the Night" |Pat Benatar |1982 |Classic Rock |Pat Benatar 01 |Feb 22, 2011
|"We Belong" |Pat Benatar |1984 |Classic Rock |Pat Benatar 01 |Feb 22, 2011
|"Invincible" |Pat Benatar |1985 |Classic Rock |Pat Benatar 01 |Feb 22, 2011
|"Promises in the Dark" |Pat Benatar |1981 |Classic Rock |Pat Benatar 01 |Feb 22, 2011
|"Terrible Lie" |Nine Inch Nails |1989 |Rock |Pretty Hate Pack 01 |Mar 1, 2011
|"Head Like a Hole" |Nine Inch Nails |1989 |Rock |Pretty Hate Pack 01 |Mar 1, 2011
|"Sanctified" |Nine Inch Nails |1989 |Rock |Pretty Hate Pack 01 |Mar 1, 2011
|"The Only Time" |Nine Inch Nails |1989 |Rock |Pretty Hate Pack 01 |Mar 1, 2011
|"Never Let Me Down Again" |Depeche Mode |1987 |Pop/Dance/Electronic |Depeche Mode 01 |Mar 8, 2011
|"Personal Jesus" |Depeche Mode |1990 |Pop/Dance/Electronic |Depeche Mode 01 |Mar 8, 2011
|"Policy of Truth" |Depeche Mode |1990 |Pop/Dance/Electronic |Depeche Mode 01 |Mar 8, 2011
|"I Will Possess Your Heart" |Death Cab for Cutie |2008 |Indie Rock | |Mar 8, 2011
|"Shooting the Moon" |OK Go |2010 |Pop-Rock | |Mar 15, 2011
|"Every Breath You Take" | |1983 |Rock | |Mar 15, 2011
|"So Lonely" | |1978 |Rock | |Mar 15, 2011
|"Spill the Wine" |WAR |1970 |R&B/Soul/Funk | |Mar 15, 2011
|"I Go to Extremes" |Billy Joel |1989 |Classic Rock |Billy Joel Piano Challenge |Mar 22, 2011
|"Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" |Billy Joel |1976 |Classic Rock |Billy Joel Piano Challenge |Mar 22, 2011
|"My Life" |Billy Joel |1978 |Classic Rock |Billy Joel Piano Challenge |Mar 22, 2011
|"Prelude/Angry Young Man" |Billy Joel |1976 |Classic Rock |Billy Joel Piano Challenge |Mar 22, 2011
|"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" |Billy Joel |1977 |Classic Rock |Billy Joel Piano Challenge |Mar 22, 2011
|"She's Always a Woman" |Billy Joel |1977 |Classic Rock |Billy Joel Piano Challenge |Mar 22, 2011
|"Somebody to Love" |Jefferson Airplane |1967 |Classic Rock |Days of Peace 01 |Mar 29, 2011
|"Spinning Wheel" |Blood, Sweat & Tears |1968 |Classic Rock |Days of Peace 01 |Mar 29, 2011
|"Black Magic Woman" |Santana |1970 |Classic Rock |Days of Peace 01 |Mar 29, 2011
|"Through the Fire and Flames" |DragonForce |2006 |Metal | |Mar 29, 2011
|"Operation Ground and Pound" |DragonForce |2006 |Metal | |Mar 29, 2011
|"The Loco-Motion" |Grand Funk Railroad |1974 |Classic Rock | |Apr 5, 2011
|"We're an American Band" |Grand Funk Railroad |1973 |Classic Rock | |Apr 5, 2011
|"Freeze-Frame" | |1981 |Rock | |Apr 5, 2011
|"Love Will Tear Us Apart" |Joy Division |1980 |New Wave | |Apr 5, 2011
|"Dreams"Song is no longer available for purchase. |Fleetwood Mac |1977 |Classic Rock |Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks 01 |Apr 12, 2011
|"Gold Dust Woman" |Fleetwood Mac |1977 |Classic Rock |Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks 01 |Apr 12, 2011
|"Landslide" |Fleetwood Mac |1975 |Classic Rock |Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks 01 |Apr 12, 2011
|"Rhiannon" |Fleetwood Mac |1975 |Classic Rock |Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks 01 |Apr 12, 2011
|"Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove)" |Stevie Nicks |1981 |Classic Rock |Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks 01 |Apr 12, 2011
|"Stand Back" |Stevie Nicks |1983 |Classic Rock