Rock You Like a Hurricane
Rock You Like a Hurricane is one of the best known and most successful songs of the German hard rock band Scorpions. The music was once again written by guitarist Rudolf Schenker, the text of singer Klaus Meine and drummer Herman Rare Bell.
Publication
The song was first released in 1984 as the second title of the album Love at First Sting. The same year tapped as a single song has since been an integral part of live concerts of the band, the song usually marks the end of a Scorpions concert. Due to its popularity and commercial success Rock You Like a Hurricane also appeared on numerous other recordings of the band, as the following list shows:
Studio Version
Other version
- 2000: Moment of Glory ( band)
- 2001: Acoustica ( acoustic version )
- 2013: MTV Unplugged - in Athens ( New Arranged )
Live versions
Importance
The song quickly became the most famous rock song by the Scorpions. Even today, the song integral part of every concert the band 's world, where it is mostly played as the last song. Especially in the USA was the song synonymous with hard rock music of the 1980s and frequently in films has been used, such as in Little Nicky - Satan: Junior with Adam Sandler, Jawbreaker, role models, and in the Simpsons episode Sideshow Bob's revenge from the seventh season of the series. The song is part of computer games Guitar Hero III and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. The song is component of the Rock of Ages soundtrack, where he is sung by Tom Cruise and Julianne Hough. , In 2008, Rock You Like a Hurricane was elected to the VH1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs to 18th place. The television station RTL used the orchestral version of the song for his anniversary program on her 25th birthday and thus backed the TV spots about the programs. The sports broadcaster SKY used in 2010, the intro of the orchestral version in the transmissions of the Champions League. 2010, the song was used in a television advertising of beer Beck 's. In a list of the greatest guitar riffs of the 1980s, the Pulse magazine Rock You Like a Hurricane was elected on the 4th Place. (No. 1 reached Back in Black by AC / DC. ) Rock You Like a Hurricane is played regularly at the home games of the football team Hannover 96. At the games of NHL teams of the Carolina Hurricanes of the song is played when entering the player. The orchestral version Hurricane 2000 is played at the games of the NHL team Buffalo Sabres. The singer Kelly Hansen of Foreigner coverte together with Dokken guitarist George Lynch the song. Also from the band Green Day, there is a cover version. The Australian duo The Veronicas coverte the song also. The Japanese band Galneryus who covered the song and released it in 2011 on their album Voices From The Past III The band Bon Jovi coverte the song on their world tour in 2011, such as at a concert on June 12 in Munich's Olympic Stadium. Published in 2013 Herman Bell Rare Album Acoustic Fever, was sung on the Rock You Like a Hurricane by Bobby Kimball. Johannes Strate Revolverheld sang the song together with Klaus Meine at the MTV Unplugged - in Athens concerts.
Charts
Rock You Like a Hurricane reached number 25 on the Billboard charts in the U.S..