The radio stations in Grand Theft Auto III are a massive jump over the radio stations in Grand Theft Auto 2. Just like with GTA 2, radio stations can only be heard when in a vehicle. Majority of the stations play a mixture of music, DJ chat, and spoof advertising. GTA III has a variety of music genres and introduces a talk show radio. In law enforcement vehicles radio stations are disabled, however you can hear police chatter in the background instead.
The player can listen to the following radio stations:
Head Radio – (Pop Rock, Adult Contemporary)
Dil-Don’t – “Stripe Summer” (Craig Conner)
Whatever – “Good Thing” (Allan Walker, Craig Conner)
Craig Gray – “Fade Away” (Stuart Ross)
Conor & Jay – “Change” (Craig Conner, Julie Wemyss)
Frankie Fame – “See Through You” (Craig Conner)
Scatwerk – “Electronic Go Go” (Stuart Ross)
Dezma – “Life Is But A Mere Supply” (Craig Conner)
Double Clef FM – (Classical)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Non più andrai farfallone amoroso” (You won’t go anymore, loving butterfly) (1786)
Giacomo Puccini – “O mio babbino caro” (Oh, my dear daddy) (1918) (PS2 only)
Giuseppe Verdi – “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici” (Let’s drink from the jolly cups) (1853)
Gaetano Donizetti – “Chi mi frena in tal momento” (Who stops me at such a moment) (1835)
Giuseppe Verdi – “La donna è mobile” (Women are fickle) (1851)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Finch’han del vino” (Till they have got some wine) (1787)
K-Jah – (Reggae, Dub)
Scientist – “Dance of the Vampires” (1981)
Scientist – “Your Teeth In My Neck” (1981)
Scientist – “The Corpse Rises” (1981)
Scientist – “The Mummy’s Shroud” (1981)
Scientist – “Plague of Zombies” (1981)
Rise FM – (Trance, Rave, Dance)
Chris Walsh & Dave Beran – “Shake (Revolt Clogrock Remix)” (2001) (mixes in again at the end of the radio)
Shiver – “Deep Time” (2000)
R.R.D.S. – “Innerbattle” (2001)
Slyder – “Score (Original Mix) (2000)”
Slyder – “Neo (The One) (2000)”
Lips 106 – (Pop)
Marydancin – “Wash Him Off” (Craig Conner) (removed song, only heard briefly)
Fatamarse – “Bump To The Music” (Craig Conner)
April’s In Paris – “Feels Like I Just Can’t Take No More” (Craig Conner)
Lucy – “Forever” (Stuart Ross)
Boyz 2 Girlz – “Pray It Goes Ok?” (Craig Conner)
Da Shootaz – “Grand Theft Auto” (1997) (C.Conner, Robert DeNegro) (originally included in GTA)
Funky BJs – “Rubber Tip” (Stuart Ross)
Game FM – (Hip Hop/Rap, Gangsta Rap, Underground Hip-Hop)
Reef – “Scary Movies (Instrumental)” (1999)
Royce Da 5’9″ – “We’re Live (Danger)” (2001)
Nature – “Nature Freestyle” (2001)
JoJo Pellegrino – “JoJo Pellegrino Freestyle” (2001)
Royce Da 5’9″ & Pretty Ugly – “Spit Game” (2001)
Royce Da 5’9″ – “I’m the King” (1999)
Rush – “Instrumental Bed 1” (Andy Thelusma)
Black Rob – “By a Stranger” (2000)
Agallah & Sean Price – “Rising to the Top” (2001)
Rush – “Instrumental Bed 2” (Andy Thelusma)
MSX FM – (Drum ‘n’ Bass, Jungle)
TJ Rizing – “Agent 007” (2000) (Mentioned in the game’s manual, mixed with other songs on the set)
Calyx – “Quagmire” (2001)
Rascal & Klone – “Get Wild” (2000)
Ryme Tyme – “Judgement Day” (2000)
Hex – “Force” (2000)
Omni Trio – “First Contact” (2001)
Aquasky – “Spectre” (2001)
Rascal & Klone – “Winner Takes All” (2000)
Ryme Tyme – “T Minus” (2000)
nCode – “Spasm” (1999)
D. Kay – “Monolith” (2000)
Dom & Ryme Tyme – “Iceberg” (2000)
Flashback 95.6 – (80’s Music)
Debbie Harry – “Rush Rush” (1983)
Elizabeth Daily – “Shake It Up” (1983)
Amy Holland – “She’s On Fire” (1983)
Paul Engemann – “Scarface (Push It to the Limit)” (1983)
Elizabeth Daily – “I’m Hot Tonight” (1983)
Chatterbox FM – (Talk Radio)
Chatterbox FM is a talk radio station hosted by Lazlow, featuring calls from various citizens of Liberty City.
The following persons are credited for guest voices:
Lucien Jones, Karin Bykowski, Hank Stewart, Abbi Davis, Mellowvision.com, Paul Maloney, bernieS, Frank Fava, Kit Halsted, Joe Casalino, Dan Houser, Jay Crutcher, Frank Chavez, DJ Rush, A.M. Watson, Laura Bykowski, Navid Khonsari, Sherry Wohglmuth, Porkchop, Renaude Sebbane, Kyle Machlachlan, Sabby, Kim Schaefer, Debi Mazar, Nick Mandelos, David Connell, Reed Tucker, Jennifer Kolbe, Ami Plasse, Keith Broadus, Cameo Carlson, JD Leeds, Michael Madsen.
MP3 Player (PC only) – (User-Defined Track Player)
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CD Changer (Xbox only) – (Plays Songs Ripped From CD’s Stored On Hard Disk)
GTA III allows players to play their songs in the PC and Xbox ports of the game. This custom radio station is named “MP3 Player” in the PC port, and “CD Changer” in the Xbox port.
“MP3 Player” only supports .mp3 and .wav music formats. Tracks are played in alphabetical order according to their file names and cannot be skipped. Inserting custom music into “MP3 Player” consists simply of placing music files into the “mp3” folder located within the primary game folder (i.e. Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto III\mp3). For the Xbox version, a CD must be installed into the console’s hard drive.