# Deadly Sting

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Deadly Sting is a compilation album of hits and previously unreleased material by the German hard rock band Scorpions. The songs were culled from their catalog on the Mercury label.

## Background

Deadly Sting was released both as a single disc in 1995 and an expanded double-disc version in 1997. The single-disc album has 15 or 18 tracks depending on the country of release, which span from 1978 to 1988. The double-disc US release has 33 songs ranging from 1978 to 1995, including several previously unreleased studio tracks.
The original cover art gained controversy, as it depicted a naked woman being stung by a column of scorpions. An alternative cover with the woman airbrushed out was printed, which was used for the double-disc version of the album, subtitled The Mercury Years.

## Track listings
### 1995 European release

* "Coming Home" - 4:59 (from the album Love at First Sting - 1984)
* "Rock You Like a Hurricane" - 4:12 (from the album Love at First Sting)
* "No One Like You" - 3:57 (from the album Blackout - 1982)
* "Lovedrive" - 4:49 (from the album Lovedrive - 1979)
* "Bad Boys Running Wild" - 3:55 (from the album Love at First Sting)
* "I'm Leaving You" - 4:17 (from the album Love at First Sting)
* "Passion Rules the Game" - 3:59 (from the album Savage Amusement - 1988)
* "China White" - 6:56 (from the album Blackout)
* "Walking on the Edge" - 5:07 (from the album Savage Amusement)
* "Coast to Coast" - 4:42 (from the album Lovedrive)
* "Loving You Sunday Morning" - 5:37 (from the album Lovedrive)
* "Another Piece of Meat" - 3:31 (from the album Lovedrive)
* "Dynamite" - 4:12 (from the album Blackout)
* "Can't Live Without You" - 3:46 (from the album Blackout)
* "Edge of Time" (Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine) - 4:17 (previously unreleased)

### French edition bonus tracks

* "Still Loving You" - 3:56 (from the album Love at First Sting)
* "Can't Get Enough (Part 1)" (live) - 2:06 (from the album World Wide Live - 1985)
* "Can't Get Enough" (Part 2)" (live)- 1:42 (from the album World Wide Live)

### 1997 US release
#### Disc one

* "Loving You Sunday Morning" - 5:37 (from the album Lovedrive)
* "Lovedrive (Remix)" - 4:53 (from the album Lovedrive)
* "Holiday (Remix)" - 6:49 (from the album Lovedrive)
* "Make it Real" - 3:50 (from the album Animal Magnetism - 1980)
* "The Zoo" - 5:30 (from the album Animal Magnetism)
* "Blackout" - 3:48 (from the album Blackout)
* "Can't Live Without You" - 3:47 (from the album Blackout)
* "No One Like You" - 3:58 (from the album Blackout)
* "China White" - 6:57 (from the album Blackout)
* "Dynamite" - 4:14 (from the album Blackout)
* "Bad Boys Running Wild" - 3:56 (from the album Love at First Sting)
* "Rock You Like a Hurricane" - 4:14 (from the album Love at First Sting)
* "Coming Home" - 5:00 (from the album Love at First Sting)
* "Big City Nights" - 4:11 (from the album Love at First Sting)
* "Still Loving You" - 6:29 (from the album Love at First Sting)
* "Coast to Coast" (live) - 4:53 (from the album World Wide Live)

#### Disc two

* "Don't Stop at the Top" - 4:04 (from the album Savage Amusement)
* "Rhythm of Love" - 3:49 (from the album Savage Amusement)
* "Passion Rules the Game" - 4:01 (from the album Savage Amusement)
* "Walking on the Edge" - 5:09 (from the album Savage Amusement)
* "Believe in Love" - 5:24 (from the album Savage Amusement)
* "I Can't Explain" - 3:22 (from the album Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads - 1989)
* "Tease Me Please Me" - 4:45 (from the album Crazy World - 1990)
* "Don't Believe Her" - 4:56 (from the album Crazy World)
* "Wind of Change" - 5:13 (from the album Crazy World)
* "Hit Between the Eyes" - 4:33 (from the album Crazy World)
* "Send Me an Angel" - 4:34 (from the album Crazy World)
* "Alien Nation" - 5:45 (from the album Face the Heat - 1993)
* "Under the Same Sun" - 4:54 (from the album Face the Heat)
* "Woman" - 5:58 (from the album Face the Heat)
* "In Trance" (live) - 4:13 (from the album Live Bites - 1995)
* "Over the Top" (Matthias Jabs) - 4:25 (previously unreleased)
* "Life Goes Around" (Klaus Meine) - 3:41 (previously unreleased)

## Charts

| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 39 |
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) | 13 |
| French Albums (SNEP) | 15 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 28 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 32 |