Thunder Island

Jay Ferguson's late-1970s hit Thunder Island was identified in GTA 6 Trailer 2, one of the earliest songs spotted in official material.

Artist

Jay Ferguson

Era

Late 1970s

Appears in

Trailer 2 (May 6, 2025)

Identified by

Fan trackers and radio-station catalogues

Thunder Island appears in Trailer 2, and it was among the first songs the community pinned down in official GTA 6 material, reported as a sighting in coverage shortly after the trailer landed and later settling into the confirmed list as identifications firmed up. The track is the late-1970s soft-rock hit of American singer Jay Ferguson, its breezy coastal shimmer landing naturally over footage of Leonida's water and sun.

Its status matches the rest of the confirmed soundtrack: audible in Rockstar's own published trailer, identified by ear by fan trackers and radio-station catalogues, with Rockstar itself publishing no track list. That distinction between confirmed placement and fan identification is worth keeping, since the GTA 6 music conversation is otherwise dominated by rumor.

Within the trailer's spread, Thunder Island holds down the classic-rock-adjacent end alongside Wang Chung's Everybody Have Fun Tonight, balanced against Tammy Wynette's country and Zenglen's konpa. If the eventual radio dial reflects the marketing, a song like this points toward the rock territory that the one confirmed station, V-Rock, historically occupied in the original Vice City, though where any specific track lands is unconfirmed.

Every confirmed song, the streaming spikes and the rumor ledger are tracked in our soundtrack article.