GTA 6 Trailer Helps Tom Petty Song Surge 37,000% On Spotify

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Quite a few people listened to the song «Love Is A Long Road» after the GTA 6 trailer came out.

By Eddie Makuch on

Grand Theft Auto 6's announcement trailer used the 1989 Tom Petty song «Love Is A Long Road,» and that song has, unsurprisingly, seen a massive uptick in streams on Spotify this week.

According to IGN, Spotify said streams of the tune on its platform rose by 36,979% compared to this time last week. This is to say nothing of the growth in streams across all the other music services, in addition to anyone who might have bought the song or the album outright.

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Petty died in 2017. His estate said on social media that it was an «honor» to have Rockstar use «Love Is A Long Road» in the GTA 6 trailer. This wasn't the first Petty song used in a GTA game, as Petty's «Running' Down A Dream» was featured in GTA: San Andreas.

Rockstar is known to hide clues in its trailers, and many are wondering if the use of «Love Is A Long Road» might have a special meaning for GTA 6. The lyrics mention a woman trying to «make the world as it should be,» which fans believe is a reference to one of the main characters, Lucia. The lyrics also talk about giving her «one more chance to try and save my soul,» which some are connecting to the seemingly romantic relationship between Lucia and the other main character.

GTA 6 is set in the fictional state of Leonida, which is based on Florida. Petty was born in Gainesville, Florida in 1950, so the song works on multiple levels for GTA