GTA 6 Song Gives King Gizzard Their First Billboard Hot 100 Hit

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Grand Theft Auto VI’s launch-trailer song has just handed one of its guest bands a career first. Justice’s “Flower in a Hurricane” — featuring Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard — has debuted at No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving the Australian psych-rock band their first-ever entry on the chart after more than 15 years and 28 studio albums.

Quick answer: “Flower in a Hurricane” by Justice, featuring Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, debuts at No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 31 October 2026. It is King Gizzard’s first Hot 100 entry and the third song from Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album to reach the chart.

Key takeaways

• “Flower in a Hurricane” debuts at No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 31 October 2026.
• It is King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s first-ever Hot 100 entry, after 28 studio albums and more than 15 years together.
• The song earned 4.6 million US streams, 1 million in radio audience and 1,000 sales in the 16–22 October tracking week, according to Luminate data reported by Billboard.
• It is the third song from Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album to reach the Hot 100, after Morgan Wallen’s “Last Thing You Need” and Travis Scott’s “Rhyno”.
• The song soundtracks the GTA 6 launch trailer in full and is one of 34 tracks on The Album, due 19 November 2026 alongside the game.

What did “Flower in a Hurricane” debut at on the Billboard Hot 100?

“Flower in a Hurricane” debuts at No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 31 October 2026, Billboard reports. The song, released on 15 October 2026 alongside Rockstar’s official GTA 6 launch trailer, is credited to Justice featuring Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard.

Billboard’s chart is compiled from Luminate data covering streams, radio audience and sales. Consequence and Paste both reported the No. 62 debut on 27–28 October, and Billboard’s own chart report supplies the underlying numbers.

How big was the song’s first chart week?

In the tracking week of 16–22 October 2026, “Flower in a Hurricane” recorded 4.6 million official US streams, 1 million in radio airplay audience impressions and 1,000 US sales, according to Luminate figures cited by Billboard. Those numbers put a trailer song — not a radio single with a traditional promotional campaign — onto the main US singles chart.

The chart story does not stop at the Hot 100. Consequence reports that the song also gave King Gizzard their first appearance on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart, debuting at No. 39. Published chart listings also place it at No. 2 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, No. 52 on the Billboard Global 200 and No. 31 on the UK Singles Chart.

Why is this King Gizzard’s first Hot 100 hit after 28 albums?

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard formed in Melbourne in 2010 and have spent more than 15 years building one of modern rock’s most prolific catalogues — 28 studio albums spanning psychedelic rock, thrash metal, jazz fusion and electronic music. Despite that output, the band had never appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 before this GTA 6 collaboration.

That is what makes the debut notable: a band famous for operating outside the mainstream has reached the US singles chart as a featured guest on a video-game trailer song. Consequence notes the fitting timing — the band pushed further into dance music with August 2026’s Alien Metal album.

Which other GTA 6 Album songs have reached the Hot 100?

“Flower in a Hurricane” is the third song from Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album to reach the Billboard Hot 100. Morgan Wallen’s “Last Thing You Need” peaked at No. 9 and Travis Scott’s “Rhyno” reached No. 84, with both debuting on the chart dated 3 October 2026.

Billboard describes “Flower in a Hurricane” as the ninth release so far from the 34-song Album, which arrives on 19 November 2026, the same day as the game — see our GTA 6 Soundtrack & Album tracklist hub.

Where does “Flower in a Hurricane” sit in GTA 6’s music?

“Flower in a Hurricane” is the launch trailer’s song — it plays across the full 90-second trailer, a rare honour for a single track, since Rockstar usually stacks several songs over trailer footage. French electronic duo Justice, who composed GTA 6’s original score, lead the track, with Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard as featured artists.

Keep the three music projects separate. Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album is the 34-track soundtrack album out 19 November. Grand Theft Auto VI: Original Score is Justice’s separate score project — its “Pusher” track reached streaming on 28–29 October, and a store listing reported by Insider Gaming puts the 50-track score out on 11 December 2026, which Rockstar has not announced; see our Pusher and Original Score report.

What this means

This is the clearest proof yet that GTA 6’s marketing is itself a music-industry event. A launch trailer did not just sell a game — it carried an Australian band famous for staying outside the mainstream onto the Hot 100 for the first time, and gave the game’s soundtrack its third chart entry before the game is even out. For artists, a GTA 6 placement is now measurable in Billboard positions, not just trailer views.

Watch the next two dates. The Album lands with the game on 19 November — see our GTA 6 release date countdown — and the reported 11 December Original Score date would give Justice’s score its own chart moment, if Rockstar confirms it. Our launch-trailer song deep-dive has the full story of the track itself.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• Consequence — King Gizzard score first-ever Hot 100 spot thanks to GTA VI
• Paste — GTA VI earns King Gizzard their first chart spot
• Billboard chart report (syndicated) — King Gizzard earns first Hot 100 hit
• JamBands — King Gizzard EU/UK tour and Hot 100 debut
• Flower in a Hurricane — published chart listings (international peaks)
• Insider Gaming — GTA 6 Original Score 50 songs, 11 December listing

Every chart claim above was verified against Billboard’s chart data as reported by Consequence and Paste, with Billboard’s syndicated chart report as the independent second source for the No. 62 debut and the tracking-week figures. International peaks are taken from published chart listings. The 11 December Original Score date is reported from a store listing, not announced by Rockstar. No YouTube embed is included because the official video ID was not verified in this run.