The Zoo

~ Recording by Scorpions

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
Harvest (UK based sub‐label of EMI, re‐activated in 2013 under Capitol Music Group in Hollywood, CA)1A 062-45933
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
Harvest (UK based sub‐label of EMI, re‐activated in 2013 under Capitol Music Group in Hollywood, CA)1C 064-45 933
1.8The Zoo5:30ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
VadecaVEH 5010 Y
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
Harvest (UK based sub‐label of EMI, re‐activated in 2013 under Capitol Music Group in Hollywood, CA), Pathé Marconi EMI (record company, renamed EMI Pathé Marconi in 1986)2C 070 45933
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
Harvest (UK based sub‐label of EMI, re‐activated in 2013 under Capitol Music Group in Hollywood, CA)SHSP 4113
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)SRM 1-3825
1.8The Zoo5:30ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)RVP-6458
1.1The Zoo?:??ScorpionsThe ZooScorpionsSingle
Harvest (UK based sub‐label of EMI, re‐activated in 2013 under Capitol Music Group in Hollywood, CA)HAR 5212
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)822 566-2, 822 566-2 M-1
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Harvest (UK based sub‐label of EMI, re‐activated in 2013 under Capitol Music Group in Hollywood, CA)CDP 7 46734 2
1.8The Zoo5:27ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
  • JP1989-09-25
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)PPD-3065
1.12The Zoo5:31ScorpionsBest of Rockers ’n’ BalladsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1989-10-02
1.12The Zoo5:30ScorpionsBest of Rockers ’n’ BalladsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1989-12-21
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)PPD-1076
1.12The Zoo5:31ScorpionsBest Of Rockers 'N' BalladsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)842 002-2
1.12The Zoo5:31ScorpionsBest of Rockers ’n’ Ballads (american edition)ScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)842 002-2
1.12The Zoo5:30ScorpionsBest of Rockers ’n’ BalladsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)P2-42004
1.14The Zoo5:30ScorpionsBest of Rockers ’n’ BalladsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), EMI Electrola (more likely the company trademark of EMI Electrola GmbH than an imprint)7 93439 2, CDFA 3262, CDP 566 Y-7 93439 2, CDP 793439-2
1.12The Zoo5:31ScorpionsBest of Rockers ’n’ BalladsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)842 002-2
1.12The Zoo5:31ScorpionsBest of Rockers ’n’ Ballads (Club Edition)ScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)742833T, P2-42002
1.12The Zoo5:31ScorpionsBest of Rockers ’n’ BalladsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)842 002-2, D-163492
1.14The Zoo5:30ScorpionsBest of Rockers ’n’ BalladsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), ElectrolaCDP 566 Y-7 93439 2, CDP 566Y 793439 2
1.14The Zoo5:30ScorpionsBest of Rockers n' BalladsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), EMI Electrola (more likely the company trademark of EMI Electrola GmbH than an imprint)CDP 566 Y-7 93439 2
1.14The Zoo5:30ScorpionsBest Of Rockers N' BalladsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDEMD 1014, CDP 7 93439 2
1.2The Zoo5:33ScorpionsGiants of Rock: The Metal Decade, Volume 1: 1980–81Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
TELDEC2292-41899-2
1.11The Zoo5:31ScorpionsHurricane RockScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Connoisseur CollectionVSOP CD 156
3.14The Zoo5:30ScorpionsWorld Wide Live / Savage Amusement / Best of Rockers ’n’ BalladsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Electrola, Harvest (UK based sub‐label of EMI, re‐activated in 2013 under Capitol Music Group in Hollywood, CA)1C 3CD 598 7 97963-2
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
  • JP1993-10-21
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)PHCR-4116
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)822 556-2
1.5The Zoo5:30ScorpionsDeadly Sting: The Mercury YearsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-07-15
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)314 534 345-2, 314 534 346-2
1.5The Zoo5:30ScorpionsDeadly Sting: The Mercury YearsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-07-15
Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)314 534 344-2, D220114
1.5The Zoo5:30ScorpionsDeadly Sting: The Mercury YearsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1997-10-25
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)PHCR-4071/2
1.5The Zoo5:30ScorpionsDeadly Sting: The Mercury YearsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1997-10-25
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)PHCR-4071/2
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)314 534 785-2
1.5The Zoo5:30ScorpionsDeadly Sting: The Mercury YearsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.)P2-34344
1.3The Zoo5:33Scorpions20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of ScorpionsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-06-12
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)B0007826-02
1.14The Zoo5:30ScorpionsBest of Rockers ’n’ BalladsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2001-08-16
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 34693 2 0
1.8The Zoo5:32ScorpionsAnimal Magnetism (remaster, 2001)ScorpionsAlbum
  • XE2001-10-05
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 5 35154 2 3
1.8The Zoo5:32ScorpionsAnimal Magnetism (remaster, 2001: JP)ScorpionsAlbum
  • JP2001-11-28
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)TOCP-53205
1.3The Zoo5:33Scorpions20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of ScorpionsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)314 548 694-2
1.3The Zoo5:29ScorpionsBad for Good: The Very Best of ScorpionsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-03-28
Hip‐O Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)314 548 118-2, D144640
1.3The Zoo5:29ScorpionsBad for Good: The Very Best of ScorpionsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Hip‐O Records, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)314 548 118-2
1.3The Zoo5:29ScorpionsBad for Good: The Very Best of ScorpionsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Hip‐O Records314 548 118-2
1.14The Zoo5:30ScorpionsThe EssentialScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)07243 583219 2 0
1.14The Zoo5:30ScorpionsThe EssentialScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)07243 583219 2 0
2.6The Zoo5:28ScorpionsBox of ScorpionsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2004-05-31
Hip‐O Records, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)314 583 448-2
1.11The Zoo5:30ScorpionsThe Platinum CollectionScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-10-04
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)00946 340407 2 3
1.11The Zoo5:30ScorpionsThe Platinum CollectionScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)00946 343805 2 2, CDEMCJT (SEDL) 6272
1.14The Zoo5:30ScorpionsGoldScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-04-25
Hip‐O RecordsB000654502
1.14The Zoo5:30ScorpionsGoldScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Hip‐O RecordsB0006545-02
1.14The Zoo5:31ScorpionsThe Best of ScorpionsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008-02-14
Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)0075305951
1.14The Zoo5:30ScorpionsLegend of RockScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2009-07-14
Universal Music Canada0075319852
1.3The Zoo5:30ScorpionsIconScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2010-11-02
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)B001488402
1.19The Zoo5:30ScorpionsGolden CollectionScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2010
1.3The Zoo5:30ScorpionsIconScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)B0014884-02
1.8The Zoo5:30ScorpionsAnimal Magnetism (50th anniversary deluxe editions)ScorpionsAlbum
  • XE2015-11-06
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present)538159362
9.8The Zoo5:31Scorpions50th Anniversary Deluxe EditionsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present)[none]
10.8The Zoo5:32Scorpions50th Anniversary Deluxe EditionsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present)[none]
1.9The Zoo (1980)5:29ScorpionsFrom the First StingScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2025-10-17
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present)964161022
1.11The Zoo (1980)5:29ScorpionsFrom the First Sting (black with white spots)ScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2025-10-17
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present)964161050
1.11The Zoo (2015 remaster)5:29ScorpionsFrom the First StingScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2025-10-17
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present)
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbumColumbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)77749744466102, P2 22556
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbumMercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)314 534 785-2
Promotion
1.14The Zoo5:31ScorpionsBest of Scorpions: Green SeriesScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008-04-29
Bootleg
2.9The Zoo5:31ScorpionsGreatest HitsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
Star Mark16042-1/2
(unknown)
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbum
  • -2002
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), PolyGramnone
1.3The Zoo5:29ScorpionsBad for Good: The Very Best of ScorpionsScorpionsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2010-04-20
Hip‐O Recordsnone
1.8The Zoo5:31ScorpionsAnimal MagnetismScorpionsAlbumMercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)P2-34785

Relationships

engineer:Mike Beiriger
Dieter Dierks
David Hewitt (engineer)
producer:Dieter Dierks
mixer:Mike Beiriger
Dieter Dierks
acoustic guitar:Rudolf Schenker
bass guitar:Francis Buchholz
drums (drum set) and percussion:Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
electric guitar:Matthias Jabs
Rudolf Schenker
slide guitar and talkbox [talk-box]:Matthias Jabs
background vocals:Francis Buchholz
Matthias Jabs
Klaus Meine
Herman Rarebell (drummer, Germany)
Rudolf Schenker
lead vocals:Klaus Meine
arranger:Dieter Dierks
phonographic copyright (℗) by:The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1980)
recorded at and mixed at:Dierks Studios in Pulheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/0YpmF3aZXOIuyi8itZbpkp [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/4IDa0iTKk77YDJLczURA20 [info]
recording of:The Zoo

The Zoo

lyricist:Klaus Meine
composer:Rudolf Schenker
publisher:Arabella Musikverlag GmbH