World Wide Live

World Wide Live is a live album by German rock band Scorpions released in 1985. The original audio recording was produced by Dieter Dierks. A VHS was released at the same time with footage of Scorpions' world tour.

World Wide Live
Live album by Scorpions
Released	20 June 1985
Recorded	Love at First Sting World Tour 23 January 1984 – 7 February 1985
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	77:27
Label	Harvest/EMI (Europe) Mercury (US)
Producer	Dieter Dierks
Scorpions live albums chronology
Tokyo Tapes (1978) World Wide Live (1985) Live Bites (1995)
Singles from World Wide Live
"No One Like You (live) / The Zoo (live)" Released: June 1985

World Wide Live
Video by Scorpions
Released	1985
Recorded	1984-1985 World Tour
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	60 min.
Label	PMI / Castle
Director	Hart Perry
Producer	Marty Callner, Hart Perry
Scorpions video albums chronology
World Wide Live (1985) To Russia with Love and Other Savage Amusements (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10[2]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)[3]

The live album was originally released as a 2LP vinyl set, in a gatefold-sleeve, and a cassette. The liner notes contain a crew member list, tour date information and when the shows were recorded:

• Bercy, Paris, France (1984-02-29)
• The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA (1984-04-24 & 1984-04-25)
• Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA (1984-04-26)
• Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA, USA (1984-04-28)
• Sporthalle, Cologne, West Germany (1984-11-17)

The initial CD release featured 15 tracks (dropping "Another Piece of Meat", "Six-String Sting" and "Can't Get Enough", parts 1 & 2, due to time constraints), but the remastered edition of 1997 features the original album in full.

Track listing

Audio

Side one

1. "Countdown" (Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs) - 0:41
2. "Coming Home" (Rudolf Schenker, Meine) - 3:17 (taken from Love at First Sting, 1984)
3. "Blackout" (Schenker, Meine, Herman Rarebell, Sonja Kittelsen) - 4:11 (taken from Blackout, 1982)
4. "Bad Boys Running Wild" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) - 3:45 (taken from Love at First Sting)
5. "Loving You Sunday Morning" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) - 4:41 (taken from Lovedrive, 1979)
6. "Make It Real" (Schenker, Rarebell) - 3:51 (taken from Animal Magnetism, 1980)

Side two

7. "Big City Nights" (Schenker, Meine) – 4:49 (taken from Love at First Sting)
8. "Coast to Coast" (Schenker) – 4:40 (taken from Lovedrive)
9. "Holiday" (Schenker, Meine) – 3:12 (taken from Lovedrive)
10. "Still Loving You" (Schenker, Meine) – 5:44 (taken from Love at First Sting)

Side three

1. "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) – 4:04 (taken from Love at First Sting)
2. "Can't Live Without You" (Schenker, Meine) – 5:28 (taken from Blackout)
3. "Another Piece of Meat" (Schenker, Rarebell) – 5:36 (taken from Lovedrive)
4. "Dynamite" (Schenker, Meine, Rarebell) – 7:05 (taken from Blackout)

Side four

5. "The Zoo" (Schenker, Meine) – 5:46 (taken from Animal Magnetism)
6. "No One Like You" (Schenker, Meine) – 4:07 (taken from Blackout)
7. "Can't Get Enough", Pt. 1 (Schenker, Meine) – 1:59 (taken from Lovedrive)
8. "Six String Sting" (Jabs) – 5:18
9. "Can't Get Enough", Pt. 2 (Schenker, Meine) – 1:52 (taken from Lovedrive)

Video

1. "Coming Home"
2. "Blackout"
3. "Big City Nights"
4. "Loving You Sunday Morning"
5. "No One Like You"
6. "Holiday"
7. "Bad Boys Running Wild"
8. "Still Loving You"
9. "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
10. "Dynamite"
11. "I‘m Leaving You" (Studio version which plays over credits)

Personnel

Scorpions

• Klaus Meine – lead vocals, rhythm guitar on "Coast to Coast"[4]
• Matthias Jabs – lead guitar, voice-box, backing vocals
• Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, lead guitar on "Big City Nights", "Coast To Coast", "Holiday" and "Still Loving You", backing vocals
• Francis Buchholz – bass, backing vocals
• Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

• Dieter Dierks – producer, audio mixing
• Mike Beiriger – engineer, mixing
• David Hewitt – engineer
• Gerd Rautenbach – engineer

Charts

Album Year Chart Position 1985 German Albums Chart[5] 4 Austrian Top 40 Albums[6] 4 Swedish Albums Chart[7] 9 Billboard 200 (US)[8] 17 UK Albums Chart[9] 18 Swiss Albums Top 100[10] 18 French Albums Charts[11] 20 RPM100 Albums (Canada)[12] 39 Japanese Albums Chart[13] 43 Dutch MegaCharts[14] 47

Singles Year Title Chart Position 1985 "No One Like You" German Singles Chart[15] 40

Certifications

Country	Organization	Year	Sales
USA	RIAA	1986	Platinum (+ 1,000,000) [16]
Canada	CRIA	1988	Platinum (+ 100,000)[17]
Germany	BVMI	1986	Gold (+ 250,000)[18]
France	SNEP	1986	Gold (+ 100,000)[19]

References

1. Weber, Barry. "Scorpions World Wide Live review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-1894959315.
3. Holmes, Tim (12 September 1985). "Album Reviews: Scorpions - World Wide Live". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
4. Liner notes
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12. "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 43, No. 2, September 21, 1985". Library and Archives Canada. 21 September 1985. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
13. "スコーピオンズのCDアルバムランキング、スコーピオンズのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
14. "Scorpions – World Wide Live (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
15. "Single – Scorpions, No One Like You". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
16. RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Scorpions. Retrieved on 22 February 2011.
17. "Gold Platinum Search for Scorpions". Music Canada. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
18. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Scorpions)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
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