Big City Nights (song)

"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.

For the Black Stone Cherry song, see Hell and High Water (Black Stone Cherry song).
"Big City Nights"
Single by Scorpions
from the album Love at First Sting
ReleasedAugust 1984
Recorded1984
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length4:08
3:56 (single remix)
LabelHarvest/EMI
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dieter Dierks
Scorpions singles chronology
"Still Loving You"
(1984)		 "Big City Nights"
(1984)		 "Coming Home"
(1984)

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

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.

The song was parodied as "Bruschetta Nights" by Aqua Teen Hunger Force in the episode "Chicken and Beans".

Covers

The song was covered on the Fozzy album Happenstance.

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