EO17 on GTA?!
 

According to nicksfix news, Edge of 17 plays on the radio of a stolen vehicle in the video game Grand Theft Auto. Does anyone have this game? I was curious whether it was more than a clip and if the software company had to get permission to use the song.

It's likely the whole song...

There's tons of songs in the game, 18 radio stations within of all different varieties... and I'm sure they've licensed the track - otherwise it wouldn't be part of the game...

i have the game & it plays the whole song~

Music licensing for video games has become a priority for the record industry, but not necessarily for the upfront cost. Video games like GTA, Rockband, and Guitar Hero have begun to occupy the spaces vacated by MTV and radio.

Grand Theft Auto IV - which was released last April - sold 3.6 million units on the first day of sale. Since then, it has grossed $500 million. It features the largest soundtrack for any video game so far. It is the first to include a feature that allows players to tag any song in the soundtrack for later purchase on Amazon.

When it comes to more music-driven games like "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band," publishers of hit songs are successfully demanding per-unit royalties instead of flat per-song rates. According to one publisher licensing music for both, rates range from a penny to 4 cents of each game sold, as well as 20% of the net proceeds from new songs that gamers can download that weren't included in the original game. This is in addition to upfront fees that can range from $5,000 t0 $20,000.

Stevie probably thinks GTA is some fun, car-racing game - or that's what her business team told her so they could sign the deal. The game is very controversial because of it's violent content, etc. She'd probably prefer Stand Back be used to sell deoderant than have Edge serve as the soundtrack to hooker beatdowns, murder and more.

If your song doesn't make a good accompaniment to hooker beat downs, then it ain't music!

Michele

My friend has the game and I MADE her let me play it for a long time JUSt so i could hear Stevie :laugh: Then i went for a joy ride...lol

Yes its the whole song

we bought the game for my son~ we had rented it a bunch & it's super fun~
they play stevie along w/ other classic rock on the radio station liberty city~ i have to always switch to that station when i play~ it plays joe walsh's "rocky mountain way" too, my son loves that song~

if you access your phonebook on your phone on the game, you scroll down to the bottom where it says zit & access zit it will say who is playing what song & the song title that is currently playing, i always do this too when playing so i can see it saying stevie nicks edge of seventeen:D~