For My Sunday Song #98, we take it back to the 80’s and hand it over to Scorpions with their ballad “Still Loving You” off the album ‘Love At First Sting” from 1984.  With “Rock You Like a Hurricane”, I became a Scorpion fan and this song sealed the deal for life.

The song was the second single from the album and it only reached #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 which is crazy considering this song hit #1 in France.  Yes, France.  The Scorpions are credited with starting a baby boom in France in 1985 because of this song.  I am not kidding!

The song is about a man who is in love with woman, but they fear the end of the relationship is fading and almost over. So what do they do, they try again to reignite that passion and flame and give it another shot.  France is the country about love so that might be why it did so well.

At around 6:30, the song isn’t your typical power ballad..well at least in length.  In style, it is exactly like every power ballad which is why it is a power ballad.  The song’s slow crescendo throughout the song is it’s magic.  The song keeps building and adding instruments and it gets more powerful and louder as it goes.

Klaus’ vocals are filled with heart and emotion and he truly feels the heartache and pain which draws you into the song and you feel it too.  And don’t forget Rudolf’s guitar work as it is fantastic. And Herman Rarebell’s drumming is also a driving factor into the power of this song.  It is all around perfection.

The song took six years to get on to a Scorpions as Rudolf had the song written for a long while and finally Klaus connected to it and wrote the lyrics and the rest is history.  I do find it odd that the song ended the album as it seems strange to end a song with a ballad.  Put the power of this ballad actually makes you want to start the album over and experience everything all over again.  So, in the end it worked having at the end.

Give it a listen and let me know what you think.  I hope you enjoy it and if anyone has any baby’s 9 months after listening to this song, please come back and let us know!!

Enjoy and Happy Sunday!!

“Still Loving You”