No One Like You

"No One Like You"
Single by Scorpions
from the album Blackout
A-side "Now!' (Japan)
B-side "Now!" (worldwide)
Released 21 March 1982
Recorded 1981; Dierks Studio
(Stommeln-Cologne, Germany)
Genre Hard rock
Length 3:57
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Dieter Dierks
Scorpions singles chronology
"Make It Real"
(1980)		 "No One Like You"
(1982)		 "Can't Live Without You"
(1982)

"Make It Real"
(1980)		 "No One Like You"
(1982)		 "Can't Live Without You"
(1982)

"No One Like You" is a song by German rock band Scorpions. It was written by band members Rudolf Schenker (guitar) and Klaus Meine (lead singer), and released as the lead single from the band's eighth studio album Blackout (1982). The song was produced by Dieter Dierks and recorded at Dierks' own studio.

Background

"No One Like You" first appeared on the band's 1982 album Blackout. It was one of three hit singles from the record. The track also appeared on multiple greatest hits-type albums, including Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads, Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions and Box of Scorpions.

A video was shot for the song in San Francisco. It features Alcatraz Island, with one of the band members being the recipient of capital punishment.

The track was originally written in German and much of its meaning was changed in translation.

Reception

The song reached #65 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It also attained the #1 position on the US Billboard Rock Tracks chart. In Canada, the track peaked at number 49.[1]

In 1984, the Scorpions released a live version of the song as a taster for their forthcoming live album World Wide Live. The record's flipside also features a performance of their classic "The Zoo".

Covers and soundtracks

"No One Like You" was covered by Lagwagon on their 2000 album Let's Talk About Leftovers and by Roman Angelo on his 2014 debut album Entry Level. Cover versions of the track are also playable in the video games Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s and Rock Revolution.

The song is featured in the TV show Supernatural, the film Rock of Ages and video game Rock Band 4.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
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