"Still Loving You" is a

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by the German

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band Scorpions. It was released in June 1984 as the second single from their ninth studio album, ''

Love at First Sting ''Love at First Sting'' is the ninth studio album by German rock band Scorpions. It was released on 27 March 1984 on Harvest/ EMI in Europe and Mercury in the US. The album contains "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Still Loving You", and " Big C ...

'' (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

In an interview with Songfacts, Rudolf Schenker explained, "It's a story about a love affair, where they recognized it may be over, but let's try again".

Music video

The music video was released on 3 July 1984, and was filmed in

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In the media

The song can be heard in the

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television series ''

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'', 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) # "Still Loving You" - 4:48 # "Holiday" - 6:31 (taken from the album '' Lovedrive'')

Remix (1992)

CD single (Harvest 1 C 560-204675-2) # "Still Loving You" (Remix) – 6:12 # "Still Loving You" (Radio edit) – 3:58 # "Media Overkill" – 3:34 (taken from the album '' Savage Amusement'')

Personnel

Klaus Meine Klaus Meine (born 25 May 1948) is a German singer and songwriter, best known as the longtime frontman of the hard rock band Scorpions. Meine and guitarist Rudolf Schenker are the only two members of the group to appear on every Scorpions album ...

- lead and background vocals * Rudolf Schenker - lead guitar *

Matthias Jabs Matthias Jabs (born 25 October 1955) is a German guitarist and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead guitarist in the hard rock band Scorpions. He has played on all but the first five Scorpions studio albums starting with '' Lovedri ...

- rhythm guitar *

Francis Buchholz Francis Buchholz (born 19 February 1954) is a German musician best known as the bass guitarist of German rock band Scorpions from 1973 until 1992. Since leaving Scorpions he has been a member of Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock. Biography Bo ...

- bass guitar * Herman Rarebell - drums, percussion

Charts and certification

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certification

Other versions

*A remixed version of the studio album version was included on Scorpions' 1992 album ''

Still Loving You "Still Loving You" is a power ballad 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 10 ...

''. The remixed version was also released as a single in Germany and some other European countries. *A

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version of the song, featuring the

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, was recorded for Scorpions' 2000 album ''

Moment of Glory ''Moment of Glory'' is an album by German hard rock band Scorpions. It was recorded in collaboration with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and released in 2000. The album features re-arranged songs from the Scorpions repertoire, as well as cla ...

''. *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 ''Sting in the Tail'' is the seventeenth studio album by German hard rock band Scorpions. It was released on 19 March 2010 in Europe (14 March in Greece) and on 23 March in North America. At the time it was intended to be a farewell album, relea ...

'', entitled "SLY", an acronym for "Still Loving You". *Two versions of the song were recorded for Scorpions' 2011 album ''

Comeblack ''Comeblack'' is a compilation of songs recorded by German hard rock band Scorpions; and is intended as a comeback album, following their farewell tour. Released after the successful 2010's '' Sting in the Tail'', half of the album features re-r ...

'': a regular version and a Frenglish version featuring

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References

External links

Lyrics at Scorpions' official website
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