Scorpions - The Zoo ( S1.1 )

 

Reception

Although the song was released as a single in 1980, it commercially underperformed with limited chart success, peaking at #75 in the UK. Even so, it is a critically acclaimed heavy metal song, one critic noting that "The Zoo" is both "ominously slow and melodically accessible" with a key element being the "Berlin burlesque vocal melody". On this note, it is used by many strippers in their stage act.

Single by Scorpions
from the album Animal Magnetism
Released	March 1980
Recorded	December 1979 – February 1980
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	5:28
Label	Harvest/EMI (Europe) Mercury (US)
Songwriter(s)	Rudolf Schenker Klaus Meine
Producer(s)	Dieter Dierks
Scorpions singles chronology
"Lovedrive" (1979) "The Zoo" (1980) "Lady Starlight" (1980)