Big City Nights (song)

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“Big City Nights”
Single by Scorpions
from the album Love at First Sting
Released 1984
Format Vinyl LP, Cassette, CD
Recorded 1984
Genre Hard Rock
Length 04:08
Label Mercury
Producer Dieter Dierks
Scorpions singles chronology
"Still Loving You"
(1984)
Big City Nights
(1984)
"Coming Home"
(1984)

"Big City Nights" is a famous song by German hard rock band Scorpions.
The song was released as the sixth track of their 1984 album Love at First Sting. As many of 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 (the B-side of it being "Bad Boys Running Wild") in 1984 and MTV gave the song a successful video the same year. Upon its release. "Big City Nights" became one of the most popular Scorpions song, is now considered a classic and is still played live by the band.

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.