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“Big City Nights” by Scorpions

From the album Love at First Sting (1984)

“Big City Nights” by Scorpions appears on 22 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1990 and 2024. It was first released in 1984 on the album Love at First Sting. Its best result is #185 on the KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,073 classic rock song of all time.

22countdowns

10stations

#185best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1990–2024years charted

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Scorpions - Big City Nights (Official Video)

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"Big City Nights" sits sixth on Scorpions' 1984 album Love at First Sting and went out that year as the record's third single, backed with "Bad Boys Running Wild". Rudolf Schenker wrote the music and Klaus Meine the words, the partnership behind so many of the German band's songs, and it's a hard-driving rocker built for arenas. Schenker takes the guitar solo himself, Matthias Jabs adds slide, Francis Buchholz and Herman Rarebell hold down the bottom, and the whole band piles onto the backing vocals behind Meine. Dieter Dierks produced and arranged it.

The video is pure stage footage, shot on the Love at First Sting world tour, and a different live take turned up on the World Wide Live concert film in 1985.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Classic Rock

#1,073 of all time

Hard Rock & Metal

#718 of all time

All Rock Formats

#2,425 of all time

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1990	375	Z-Rock	Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990)	1000
1996	831	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996)	1000
1997	293	104.5 KZEP	KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997)	500
1998	624	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998)	1000
1999	719	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999)	998
2002	389	KISW	KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002)	999
2010	277	97.9 The Loop	The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010)	500
2013	876	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013)	1000
2014	886	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014)	1000
2015	884	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015)	1007
2016	883	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016	1007
2017	273	97.9 The Loop	97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017)	540
2019	415	106.7 WLLZ	WLLZ 500 (2019)	500
2020	922	102.5 KZOK	KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020)	1025
2020	470	106.7 WLLZ	WLLZ 500 (2020)	500
2021	322	106.7 WLLZ	WLLZ 500 (2021)	500
2022	371	106.7 WLLZ	WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022)	500
2022	267	99.1 PLR	99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022)	500
2022	919	102.5 KZOK	KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022)	1025
2023	185	KSHE 95	KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023)	500
2024	210	KSHE 95	KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024)	500
2024	191	KQRS	KQRS KQ 500 (2024)	499

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