High-riding reggae and dancehall singer I-Octane says he is greatly encouraged by the many Youtube comments of listeners to his song,Topic of the Day, which is one of the new songs on the enhanced version of the extremely popular video game Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V).

While the song has been released a few years now, it was released on the enhanced soundtrack for the game in December. Since then, it has commanded the attention of a wide international audience.

When contacted by THE STAR, the singer said, "Listening to your own song being played in a game like Grand Theft Auto 5 is an overwhelming experience."

He further said, "When I went on Youtube and saw the comments all I could do was hold my head. Respect to everyone who worked on this project."

Octane's comments were influenced by the positive feedback to the song by gamers who were obviously feverishly scouring the Internet for Topic Of The Day.

One viewer declared, "GTA V brought me here!" and went on to sing praises for the song, which is played on Blue Ark FM in the game.

"Every time I hear this in GTA gotta put the volume to full and cruise around Los Santos," another gamer boasted.

In a release sent to THE STAR, a representative of team I-Octane stated that much of the credit for the inclusion of the song on the soundtrack must be given to The Royalty Network Inc, the New York-based music publishing and administration corporation which represents I-Octane's interests overseas.

The sales figures of the mega-successful GTA V actually sounds like a fairytale. Grand Theft Auto V broke industry sales records and became the fastest-selling entertainment product in history, earning US$800 million in its first day and US$1 billion in its first three days.

According to the Guinness World Records, the launch of GTA V broke all of six world records, including the highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours and the fastest entertainment property to gross US$1 billion.

Grand Theft Auto V is described as an open world, action-adventure video game and was developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It was released on September 17, 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, while an enhanced version was released on November 18, 2014 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is scheduled to be released on April 14 for Microsoft Windows.

The soundtrack features various radio stations that play different genres of music when the player enters vehicles in the game. There are 17 in-game stations - 15 of which are musical stations - with 240 licensed songs. The stations play different genres of music, including reggae, hip hop, pop and country, with The Blue Ark FM with DJ Lee 'Scratch' Perry selecting reggae, dancehall and dub. In September 2014, it was announced that new songs would be added to some of the radio stations in the next-gen releases of the game.

Reggae and dancehall artistes also featured on the enhanced version include Lee Scratch Perry, Demarco,Vybz Kartel, Busy Signal (featuring Damian Marley) and Danny Hensworth.