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This article or section refers to content exclusive to the original DMA Design version for the PlayStation and PC release of Grand Theft Auto.
For a full list of content exclusive to this version, see here.
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For the radio stations in the Game Boy Color version, see Radio Stations in GTA (GBC).

GTA1CDCredits

The CD of GTA with the credits for the soundtrack listed.

The first Grand Theft Auto, also commonly called GTA, has seven radio stations and a police radio track, all of which can be heard once the player enters a car, setting a feature that would become a mainstay in the game series.

All the songs in this soundtrack are original creations produced by the Rockstar staff (none of them are licensed content).

Most of the names of songs or the radio station names are never mentioned in-game, the exceptions are Head Radio FM and The Fergus Buckner Show FM (also, the DJ of Radio '76 FM names his radio "Funk FM"). However, the soundtrack is listed in the booklet which comes with the game.

The radio stations that the player can listen in GTA are as follows:

Technical Info[]

On the PC version of the game disc, the radio station audio is stored in standard CD audio tracks. As a result, PC players can remove the CD once the game is loaded and replace it with an audio CD. The next time the character enters a vehicle, a song from the CD will randomly play.

The radio stations can also be played outside the game by putting the game disc into a normal audio CD player, as long as track 1 (which contains the game data) is skipped over.

Radio stations[]

The songs are listed in the same order as they appear in the game manual.
As all the songs are original creations, for all of them the year of release is that of GTA: 1997.
Authors of the songs, at the side, in superscript.

N-CT FM[]

N-CT FM plays hip-hop and gangsta rap.

  • Da Shootaz - "Grand Theft Auto" (Craig Conner/Robert DeNegro) (plays in the game's main menu)
  • Slumpussy - "This Life" (C.Conner/R. DeNegro)
  • CCC Featuring Robert DeNegro - "Blow Your Console" (C.Conner/R.DeNegro)

Radio '76 FM[]

Radio '76 FM plays funk. At one point, the DJ calls this station "Funk FM".

  • Ghetto Fingers - "On The Move" (Colin Anderson)
  • Ashtar - "Aori" (C.Anderson)
  • Stylus Exodus - "Pootang Shebang" (C.Anderson)

Head Radio[]

Head Radio is hosted by Eddie Symons and plays techno and contemporary rock.

  • Reality Bubble - "Days Like These" (C.Conner)
  • Meme Traders - "Automatic Transmission" (Grant Middleton)
  • Ohjaamo - "Complications" (C.Conner)

The Fix FM[]

The Fix FM plays house and dance.

  • Animal Testing Centre - "DSP" (C.Conner)
  • Rotorman - "Ride" (C.Conner)
  • Technophiliak - "Lagerstar" (G.Middleton)

It's Unleashed FM[]

It's Unleashed FM plays hard rock, alternative rock, and trance.

  • Stikki Fingers - "4 Letter Love" (C.Anderson/B.Baglow)
  • The Hounds - "Let It Out" (C.Conner)
  • Bleeding Stump - "Just Do It" (C.Anderson)

The Fergus Buckner Show FM[]

The Fergus Buckner Show FM is hosted by Fergus Buckner and plays country. Consisting of only 1 song, this is the shortest station in GTA, but only the fifth shortest in the Grand Theft Auto series.

  • Sideways Hank O'Malley (and The Alabama Bottle Boys) - "The Ballad of Chapped-Lips Calhoun" (C.Anderson/B.Baglow)

Brooklyn Underground FM[]

Brooklyn Underground FM plays drum & bass and techno.

  • Retrograde - "Benzoate" (C.Conner)
  • Government Listening Post - "E104" (C.Conner)
  • Trancefer - "Figiwhiz" (C.Conner)

Other songs[]

The following song is not included in the radios but is used as the game's title track, and also credits song:


Removed songs[]

  • During the Beta stages of the game, there was a version of the "The Star-Spangled Banner".
  • During the development of the game's soundtrack, two in-house musicians, Craig Conner and Grant Middleton, created a hardcore rave track around 180 BPM that was later decided unfit for the game.

Trivia[]

  • The number of songs in this soundtrack is 19.
  • All songs are original creations.
  • There are only 2 DJs named: Fergus Buckner and Eddie Symons.
  • In a ranking of the shortest stations in the game series, The Fergus Buckner Show FM, from GTA, ranks as the fifth shortest in the series, and the shortest that is not from Grand Theft Auto: London.
  • The game uses a generic police radio track used in countless films, series and games ("5 George K, number 30 Broad street" is said in the track). This police track would also be used in Grand Theft Auto 2 and Grand Theft Auto III.
  • In GTA 2, in Head Radio while Phanny Joe Styles make her last speech, it plays Slumpussy's "Gangster Friday", the credits theme of GTA.
  • The main theme of GTA Advance is an instrumental version of a song from GTA: Slumpussy's "This Life".
    • This version can also be heard on the radio in some cars. It is the only song from GTA to do so, all the others songs are from GTA 2.

See Also[]

Navigation[]

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London 1969Protagonists | London | Characters | Missions | Vehicles | Weapons | Radio stations | Cheats
London 1961Protagonists | London | Manchester | Characters | Missions | Vehicles | Weapons | Radio stations | Cheats
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The Lost and DamnedJohnny Klebitz | Liberty City | Alderney | Characters | Gangs | Missions | Vehicles | Weapons | Radio stations | Achievements/Trophies | Cheats
The Ballad of Gay TonyLuis Fernando Lopez | Liberty City | Alderney | Characters | Gangs | Missions | Vehicles | Weapons | Radio stations | Achievements/Trophies | Cheats
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Grand Theft Auto VMichael De Santa | Trevor Philips | Franklin Clinton | Southern San Andreas (Los Santos (County) | Blaine County) | State of North Yankton (Ludendorff) | Characters | Gangs | Missions | Weapons | Vehicles | Radio stations | Achievements/Trophies | Cheats
Grand Theft Auto OnlineGTA Online Protagonist (Crews | Organizations | Motorcycle Clubs) | Southern San Andreas (Los Santos (County) | Blaine County) | The Caribbean (Cayo Perico) | Missions | Jobs | Gangs | Vehicles | Weapons | Radio stations | Reputation (Arena Points | LS Car Meet) | Content Updates | Events | Achievements/Trophies | Awards
Grand Theft Auto VILucia | Unnamed male accomplice | State of Leonida (Vice-Dale County | Kelly County | Leonard County) | Characters | Missions | Vehicles | Weapons | Radio stations | Achievements/Trophies | Cheats
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[ ve ]Grand Theft Auto
LocationsLiberty City (and New Guernsey) | San Andreas | Vice City
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ContentMissions | Kill Frenzies | Crane Bonuses | Vehicles | Weapons | Power-ups | Radio Stations | Respray and Bomb Shops
Information100% Chapter Completion | Cheats | Mission Pack #1: London 1969 | Mission Pack #2: London 1961
[ ve ]Radio Stations in the 2D Universe
Grand Theft Auto
N-CT FMRadio '76 FMHead RadioThe Fix FMIt's Unleashed FMThe Fergus Buckner Show FMBrooklyn Underground FM
Radio Stations in the Game Boy Color version
Grand Theft Auto:
London 1969 and 1961
Bush SoundsHeavy Heavy Monster SoundBlow UpradioKaleidoscopeSound of SohoRadio PenelopeRadio AndorraWestminster WirelessRadio 7GTA PompGTA Spy ThemeAustin Allegro Chase
Grand Theft Auto 2
Head RadioRockstar RadioKREZLo-Fi FMFuturo FMFunami FMLithium FMKing 130.7Osmosis FMHeavenly RadioKGBH
Radio Stations in the Game Boy Color version
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