‘Still Loving You’ is a power ballad by the German hard rock band Scorpions. It was released in June 1984 as the second single from their ninth studio album, Love at First Sting (1984). The song reached number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was most successful in Europe, reaching the top 5 in several countries.
This is a very emotional song of love and pain and wishing for another chance. In our interview with Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker, he explained: "I came up with the composition's melody and everything. It took about six years of trying to get the song somehow on the album. Matthias Jabs came in with the guitar part, and the feeling was immediately right, so Klaus (Meine) noticed it was right. Therefore, he wanted to write something very special. He told me about how one day he went out into the fields in the snow, and it was then that he came up with the lyrics. He came back home and threw them down, and here we are. It's a story about a love affair where they recognized it may be over, but let's try again. It's the old story; always the old story. I mean, what can we use? We can't reinvent the wheel. What we always do, is say something which has already been said many times, in our own way."
This song hit the charts all over the world, but it was especially popular in France, where it went to #1. In fact, it was so popular that it may have increased the population of the country. Rudolf Schenker told us: "'Still Loving You,' the song of love, created a baby boom in France. But we didn't believe it, either, you know? We were on a TV show in France between recordings, and the host, a very famous guy that interviews us each year, goes, 'Hey, guys, you know that you are responsible for the baby boom in '85.' We were laughing like crazy! And yes, it's been measured by the government. It's unbelievable, I tell you."
The music video was released on 3 July 1984, and was filmed in Dallas, Texas, at Reunion Arena. The song can be heard in the television series Cold Case, in the episode "It's Raining Men" (2004). ‘Still Loving You’ is also featured in the television show Patinando por un sueño and Polish comedy film Gotowi na wszystko. Exterminator (2018).
Label – Universal
Songwriters – Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine
Producer – Dieter Dierks
SONG LYRICS
[Verse 1]Time
It needs time
To win back your love again
I will be there
I will be there
Love
Only love
Can bring back your love someday
I will be there
I will be there
[Verse 2]
Fight
Babe, I'll fight
To win back your love again
I will be there
I will be there
Love
Only love
Can break down the wall someday
I will be there
I will be there
[Chorus]
If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Pride has built a wall so strong
That I can't get through
Is there really no chance
To start once again?
I'm loving you
[Verse 3]
Try
Baby, try
To trust in my love again
I will be there
I will be there
Love
Our love
Just shouldn't be thrown away
I will be there
I will be there
[Chorus]
If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Your pride has built a wall so strong
That I can't get through
Is there really no chance
To start once again?
[Outro Chorus w/ Guitar Solo]
If we'd go again
All the way from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed our love
Yes, I've hurt your pride and I know
What you've been through
You should give me a chance
This can't be the end
I'm still loving you
I’m still loving you
I'm still loving you
I need your love
I'm still loving you
Still loving you, baby
I'm still loving you
I need your love
I'm still loving you
I need your love
I'm still loving you
I need your love
I need your love