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Rock You Like a Hurricane

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name	Rock You Like a Hurricane
type	single
cover	Rock You Like a Hurricane by Scorpions European artwork German release.png
caption	Artwork for the pressing "made in EEC", whose photograph was also used for the UK release
artist	Scorpions
album	Love at First Sting
B-side	Coming Home
released	30 January 1984
recorded	1983
genre	{{flatlist
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*hard rock<ref>{{cite web	url	https://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-classic-rock-artists/	title=Top 100 Classic Rock Artists	date=8 June 2016	website=Ultimate Classic Rock	access-date=16 June 2019}}
*heavy metal<ref>{{cite web	url	http://www.allmusic.com/album/hit-parader-salutes-20-years-of-metal-mw0000627032	title=Hit Parader Salutes 20 Years of Metal - Various Artists	publisher=AllMusic}}
* pop metal<ref name	"Molanphy 2018"}}
length	4:11
label	*Harvest
composer	*Rudolf Schenker
lyricist	*Klaus Meine
producer	Dieter Dierks
prev_title	Can't Live Without You
prev_year	1984
next_title	Still Loving You
next_year	1984
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| B-side = Coming Home

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Mercury
Herman Rarebell "Rock You Like a Hurricane" is a song by the German hard rock band Scorpions, considered their signature song. It was released as the lead single from their ninth studio album, Love at First Sting (1984). It was written by Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, Rudolf Schenker and arranged/produced by Dieter Dierks. The lyrics of "Rock You Like a Hurricane" also reference the title of the album on which it originally appeared – Love at First Sting.

In 2015, "Sleazegrinder" of Louder included the song in his list of "The 20 Greatest Hair Metal Anthems Of All Time".

Chart performance

"Rock You Like a Hurricane" reached number 25 in the US Billboard Hot 100, greatly contributing to the album's success, and MTV put the video in heavy rotation.

Accolades

In 2002, the Carolina Hurricanes used "Rock You Like a Hurricane" alongside their mascot Stormy as an intro for their team and Stormy plants a storm warning flag into PNC Arena. In 2009 it was named the 18th greatest hard rock song of all time also by VH1. On 15 November 2010 it was named the fourth best riff of the 1980s. The racetrack depicted on the single's sleeve corresponds to the Circuito de Jerez, located in Spain.

Re-recordings

A new version was recorded in 2000 as "Hurricane 2000" on the album Moment of Glory, featuring Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra backing the track. In the same way, it was titled "Hurricane 2001" when played on the follow-up Acoustica. A third re-recording by the band features on their album Comeblack, released in 2011.

Personnel

Band members

Klaus Meine – lead and backing vocals
Matthias Jabs – lead guitar
Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Francis Buchholz – bass
Herman Rarebell – drums

Production

Dieter Dierks – producer, mixing
Gerd Rautenbach – engineer, mastering

Notable appearances

The 2011 Comeblack re-recording was featured in the 2014 ad for Fiber One cookies, the films Knight and Day, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, The Angry Birds Movie, Caught Stealing, and in an episode of the TV shows The Simpsons, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Stranger Things, The Big Bang Theory and Knuckles. A version recorded in Spanish by Steph Honde and Micki Milosevic under the name of Unprotected Innocence was featured in and on the score for the 2019 Hellboy film. Rachel Bloom recorded a version of the song for Trolls World Tour as her character Barb.

Charts

Chart (1984–1985)	Peak
position

Certifications

References

"'Rock You Like a Hurricane' / 'Coming Home'". EMI Electrola / Harvest.
"'Rock You Like a Hurricane' / 'Coming Home'". EMI Records.
(1995). "The Great Rock Discography". Canongate Press.
(4 December 2015). "Top 100 Classic Rock Artists".
(8 June 2016). "Top 100 Classic Rock Artists".
"Hit Parader Salutes 20 Years of Metal - Various Artists". [[AllMusic]].
Molanphy, Chris. (April 27, 2018). "You Give Rock a Bad Name Edition". [[Slate (magazine).
"Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane Lyrics {{!}} Lyrics.com".
(2015-12-04). "The 20 Best Hair Metal Anthems Of All Time Ever".
"Vh1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs".
"Start Me Up: The Top 10 Riffs of the 1980s". Gibson.com.

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