Just a few days after the GTA 6 trailer aired, Tom Petty's estate told Billboard that streams of the late music legend's 1989 hit, 'Love Is a Long Road', had jumped over 8,000%. If the power of a banging song being chosen to score a Grand Theft Auto game reveal didn't already speak for itself, then those incredible numbers surely did.
Since the GTA 6 trailer's shock reveal last week – following an internet leak that pushed Rockstar to jump the gun by 15 hours – our first look at Vice City has been viewed over 140 million times on the developer's official YouTube channel. Petty's iconic droll plays no small part in the final package, which is clearly reflected in the theme song's uptick in interest. But where does Petty's Love Is a Long Road rank in the grand pantheon of GTA reveal trailer backing tracks? That's a good question.
