Big City Nights (song)
"Big City Nights" | ||||
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Single by Scorpions | ||||
from the album Love at First Sting | ||||
Released | August 1984 | |||
Format | Vinyl LP, Cassette, CD | |||
Recorded | 1984 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
Length |
4:08 3:56 (single remix) | |||
Label | Harvest/EMI | |||
Songwriter(s) | Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine | |||
Producer(s) | Dieter Dierks | |||
Scorpions singles chronology | ||||
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"Big City Nights" is a song by German hard rock band Scorpions. The song was released as the sixth track of their 1984 album Love at First Sting. Like many Scorpions songs, "Big City Nights" was composed by band members Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine. The song was also released as the third single from the album in 1984, with the B-side being "Bad Boys Running Wild". The guitar solo is performed by Rudolf Schenker.
The band created a music video for the song. The video is a live version of the song taken from concert footage of their 1984 Love at First Sting world tour. A different version can be seen on their world wide live concert documentary home video released in 1985.
Personnel
- Klaus Meine-lead vocals
- Matthias Jabs-rhythm guitar
- Rudolf Schenker-lead guitar
- Francis Buchholz-bass guitar
- Bobby Rondinelli-drums
Other versions
An orchestral version of the song was recorded by the band for the 2000s orchestral album Moment of Glory that features vocals split with Ray Wilson of Genesis.
They also re-recorded it in 2011 for the Japanese edition of Comeblack.
Covers
The song was covered on the Fozzy album Happenstance.