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- On the back cover of the original pressings of Scorpions'
first four albums, a telephone number is listed as
"Scorpions' telephone." The telephone number
was to Rudolph Schenker's home telephone. He answered the
phone in English: "Hello, Scorpions."
- Contrary to common usage, the band's name is
"Scorpions" and not "The Scorpions".
- In the film Little Nicky, the
song "Rock You Like a
Hurricane", was played after Nicky (Adam
Sandler) said to his mother "I'm gonna rock that
place like a hurricane!"
- Their 1975 power
ballad "In Trance" was covered by Progressive
Metal band Fates Warning as a hidden track
on the Japanese version of their 1998 live album
"Still Life."
- Their song "Don't Stop at the Top" was covered
by melodic death metal band Children
of Bodom as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of Something
Wild.
- "Rock You Like A Hurricane" is played before
the start of Carolina Hurricanes hockey games as the team
takes the ice.
- The band were given several mentions on the BBC Coverage
of the 2006 World Cup, a small featurette on the band was
shown as a tour of Hannover, their Home City was given by
the presenter. The song "Wind of Change" was
played to footage of the Berlin wall falling, much as it
was at the time.
- The band are strangely huge Olympiakos fans for the last 20
years and have membership to the club.
- Klaus Meine is a good friend of Israeli singer Liel Kolet.
In August 2006 they organzised a music event in Israel in
order to fund aid for the children residing in shelters
in northern Israel due to the conflict with Hizballah.
- The song "Still Loving You" was covered by Finnish Power Metal
band Sonata Arctica and released on two of their EPs, Successor
and Takatalvi.
- "Rock You Like A Hurricane" was featured in The
Simpsons' Season 7 episode "Sideshow Bob's Last
Gleaming" during the airshow.
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