Still Loving You

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"Still Loving You"
Scorpions-stilllovingyou1.jpg
Single by Scorpions
from the album Love at First Sting
B-side "Holiday"
ReleasedJune 1984 (US) [1]
Genre
Length6:26
Label Universal
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Dieter Dierks
Scorpions singles chronology
"Rock You Like a Hurricane"
(1984)		"Still Loving You"
(1984)		"Big City Nights"
(1984)
Music video
"Scorpions - Still Loving You (Official Video)" on YouTube

"Still Loving You" is a power ballad [5] by the German hard rock band Scorpions. It was released in June 1984 as the second single from their ninth studio album, Love at First Sting (1984). The song reached number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was most successful in Europe, reaching the top 5 in several countries.

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Background

Rudolf Schenker already composed parts of the melody around 1976, but the lead guitarist at the time, Uli Jon Roth, rejected the song as too commercial. It was not until 1983 that the composition was completed and singer Klaus Meine added the lyrics. In an interview with Songfacts, Schenker explained: "It's a story about a love affair, where they recognized it may be over - but let's try again". [6]

Music video

The music video was released on 3 July 1984, [7] and was filmed in Dallas, Texas, at Reunion Arena.[ citation needed ]

In the media

The song can be heard in the police procedural television series Cold Case , in the episode "It's Raining Men" (2004). "Still Loving You" is also featured in the television show Patinando por un sueño and Polish comedy film Gotowi na wszystko. Exterminator (2018).

Track listing

Original version (1984)

Single (Harvest 20 0329 7)

  1. "Still Loving You" - 4:48
  2. "Holiday" - 6:31 (taken from the album Lovedrive )

Remix (1992)

CD single (Harvest 1 C 560-204675-2)[ citation needed ]

  1. "Still Loving You" (Remix) – 6:12
  2. "Still Loving You" (Radio edit) – 3:58
  3. "Media Overkill" – 3:34 (taken from the album Savage Amusement )

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [23] Platinum1,000,000*
Italy (FIMI) [24]
Since 2009 		Gold35,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [25] Gold30,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

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