Still Loving You#Remix (1992)

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{{About|the 1984 song|the album|Still Loving You (album){{!}}Still Loving You (album)|other uses|Still Lovin' You (disambiguation){{!}}Still Lovin' You}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Still Loving You

| cover = Scorpions-stilllovingyou1.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Scorpions

| album = Love at First Sting

| B-side = Holiday

| released = June 1984 (US){{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/721/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=721 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = *Glam metal{{Cite web|last=Bowar|first=Chad|title=Best 20 Hair Metal Ballads of the '80s and '90s|url=https://www.liveabout.com/best-hair-metal-ballads-1752387|access-date=24 February 2021|website=LiveAbout|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Every Rose Has Its Thorn: A Tribute to the Syrupy-Sweet Sounds of '80s Hair-Metal Ballads|url=https://www.spin.com/photos/hair-metal-ballads-tribute/|access-date=11 June 2021|website=SPIN}}

  • hard rock{{Cite web |date=15 August 2018 |title=30 Jahre 'Rhythm of Love' von den Scorpions - Henning Uhle |url=https://www.henning-uhle.eu/musik/30-jahre-rhythm-of-love-von-den-scorpions |access-date=16 September 2022 |language=de}}

| length = 6:26

| label = Universal

| composer = Rudolf Schenker

| lyricist = Klaus Meine

| producer = Dieter Dierks

| prev_title = Rock You Like a Hurricane

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Big City Nights

| next_year = 1984

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|7pOr3dBFAeY|"Scorpions - Still Loving You (Official Video)"}}}}

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"Still Loving You" is a power ballad{{cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/the-10-best-hard-rock-and-heavy-metal-love-songs-75834|title=The 10 best hard rock and heavy metal love songs|website=AXS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714181753/https://www.axs.com/the-10-best-hard-rock-and-heavy-metal-love-songs-75834|archive-date=14 July 2016}} 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.

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".{{cite web

| url = http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3158

| title = Still Loving You

| work = Songfacts.com

| access-date = 6 May 2010

}}

Music video

The music video was released on 3 July 1984,{{cite web |url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=24698 |title=Scorpions - "Still loving you" |publisher=mvdbase.com |access-date=13 August 2012 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172705/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=24698 |url-status=dead }} and was filmed in Dallas, Texas, at Reunion Arena.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

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|date=December 2015}}

  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

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=Weekly charts=

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Chart (1984–1987)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Argentina (CAPIF){{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E05fAAAAIBAJ&dq=discos+mas+populares+SCORPIONS&pg=PA20&article_id=1336,4848774|title=Las canciones más populares en Latinoamérica|newspaper=La Opinión (Los Angeles)|language=es|access-date=3 November 2023|date=20 April 1986|page=20}}

| 4

{{singlechart|Flanders|3|artist=Scorpions|song=Still Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2024}}
{{singlechart|France|3|artist=Scorpions|song=Still Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2024}}
{{singlechart|Dutch40|4|year=1987|week=14|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2024}}
{{singlechart|Dutch100|5|artist=Scorpions|song=Still Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2024}}
{{singlechart|Switzerland|3|artist=Scorpions|song=Still Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2024}}
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|64|artist=Scorpions|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2024}}
{{singlechart|Billboardmainstreamrock|36|artist=Scorpions|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2024}}
{{singlechart|West Germany|14|songid=1190|artist=Scorpions|song=Still Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2024}}

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Chart (1992)

!Peak
position

{{singlechart|Germany|87|songid=1190|artist=Scorpions|song=Still Loving You|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2024}}

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=Year-end charts=

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Chart (1985)

!Position

scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1985|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1985|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=26 November 2020}}

|17

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Chart (1987)

!Position

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1987|title=Jaaroverzichten 1987|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=26 November 2020}}

|40

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1987|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1987|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=26 November 2020}}

|24

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1987&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1987|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=26 November 2020}}

|20

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Chart (2012)

!Position

scope="row"|France (SNEP){{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?categorie=Top%20Single%20de%20l%E2%80%99ann%C3%A9e&annee=2012|title=Top de l'année Top Singles 2012|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=26 November 2020}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|title=Still Loving You|artist=Scorpions|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1984|certyear=1984|source=infodisc}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=Still Loving You|artist=Scorpions|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1984|certyear=2021|id=8905|access-date=30 August 2021|note=Since 2009}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|title=Still Loving You|artist=Scorpions|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1984|certyear=2025|id=scorpions-still-loving-you|access-date=23 February 2025}}

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Other versions

  • A remixed version of the studio album version was included on Scorpions' 1992 album Still Loving You. The remixed version was also released as a single in Germany and some other European countries.
  • A symphonic metal version of the song, featuring the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, was recorded for Scorpions' 2000 album Moment of Glory.
  • An unplugged version was recorded for Scorpions' 2001 album Acoustica.
  • A "sequel" of the song was recorded for Scorpions' 2010 album Sting in the Tail, entitled "SLY", an acronym for "Still Loving You".
  • Two versions of the song were recorded for Scorpions' 2011 album Comeblack: a regular version and a Frenglish version featuring Amandine Bourgeois.
  • In 2023, American singer Anastacia recorded a version of "Still Loving You" for her album Our Songs.{{cite web|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/anastacia-our-songs-album-review/|title=Anastacia – Our Songs|website=Retro Pop Magazine|date=18 September 2023|access-date=27 September 2023}}

References

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