World Wide Live

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World Wide Live
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Live album by
Scorpions
ReleasedJune 14, 1985 (1985-06-14) [1]
RecordedLove at First Sting World Tour
23 January 1984 – 7 February 1985
Genre Heavy metal [2]
Length77:27
Label Harvest/EMI (Europe)
Mercury (US)
Producer Dieter Dierks
Scorpions live albums chronology
Tokyo Tapes
(1978)		World Wide Live
(1985)		 Live Bites
(1995)
Singles from World Wide Live
  1. "No One Like You"
    Released: June 1985
World Wide Live
Video by
Scorpions
Released1985
Recorded1984–1985 World Tour
Genre
Length60 min.
Label PMI / Castle
Director Hart Perry
Producer Marty Callner, Hart Perry
Scorpions video albums chronology
World Wide Live
(1985)		To Russia with Love and Other Savage Amusements
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [4]
Rolling Stone (mixed) [5]

World Wide Live is a live album by German rock band Scorpions, released in 1985. The original audio recording was produced by Dieter Dierks. A VHS was released at the same time with footage of Scorpions' world tour.

Contents

The live album was originally released as a 2LP vinyl set, in a gatefold-sleeve, and a cassette. The liner notes contain a crew member list, tour date information and when the shows were recorded:

The initial CD release featured 15 tracks (dropping "Another Piece of Meat", "Six-String Sting" and "Can't Get Enough", parts 1 & 2, due to time constraints), but the remastered edition of 1997 features the original album in full.

Track listing

Audio

Side one

  1. "Countdown" (Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs) - 0:41
  2. "Coming Home" (Rudolf Schenker, Meine) - 3:17 (original studio version appears on Love at First Sting , 1984)
  3. "Blackout" (Schenker, Meine, Herman Rarebell, Sonja Kittelsen) - 4:11 (original studio version appears on Blackout , 1982)
  4. "Bad Boys Running Wild" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) - 3:45 (original studio version appears on Love at First Sting)
  5. "Loving You Sunday Morning" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) - 4:41 (original studio version appears on Lovedrive , 1979)
  6. "Make It Real" (Schenker, Rarebell) - 3:51 (original studio version appears on Animal Magnetism , 1980)

Side two

  2. "Big City Nights" (Schenker, Meine) – 4:49 (original studio version appears on Love at First Sting)
  3. "Coast to Coast" (Schenker) – 4:40 (original studio version appears on Lovedrive)
  4. "Holiday" (Schenker, Meine) – 3:12 (original studio version appears on Lovedrive)
  5. "Still Loving You" (Schenker, Meine) – 5:44 (original studio version appears on Love at First Sting)

Side three

  1. "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) – 4:04 (original studio version appears on Love at First Sting)
  2. "Can't Live Without You" (Schenker, Meine) – 5:28 (original studio version appears on Blackout)
  3. "Another Piece of Meat" (Schenker, Rarebell) – 5:36 (original studio version appears on Lovedrive)
  4. "Dynamite" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) – 7:05 (original studio version appears on Blackout)

Side four

  2. "The Zoo" (Schenker, Meine) – 5:46 (original studio version appears on Animal Magnetism)
  3. "No One Like You" (Schenker, Meine) – 4:07 (original studio version appears on Blackout)
  4. "Can't Get Enough", Pt. 1 (Schenker, Meine) – 1:59 (original studio version appears on Lovedrive)
  5. "Six String Sting" (Matthias Jabs guitar solo) – 5:18
  6. "Can't Get Enough", Pt. 2 (Schenker, Meine) – 1:52 (original studio version appears on Lovedrive)

Video

  1. "Coming Home"
  2. "Blackout"
  3. "Big City Nights"
  4. "Loving You Sunday Morning"
  5. "No One Like You"
  6. "Holiday"
  7. "Bad Boys Running Wild"
  8. "Still Loving You"
  9. "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
  10. "Dynamite"
  11. "I‘m Leaving You" (Studio version which plays over credits)

Personnel

Scorpions

Production

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 4
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [8] 39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 47
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [10] 9
French Albums (SNEP) [11] 20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 4
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [13] 43
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [14] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 18
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 18
US Billboard 200 [17] 17

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [18] Platinum100,000^
France (SNEP) [19] Gold100,000*
Germany (BVMI) [20] Gold250,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [21] Platinum100,000^
United States (RIAA) [22] Platinum1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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