If you are a rock and roll fan or even a metal head then we are sure Rock You Like a Hurricane is in your list of songs that you need to learn on your guitar. It’s a song from a hard rock band called Scorpions that originated from Germany. This particular song is also considered to be their signature song, meaning the song for which they are known all over the world.
Rock You Like a Hurricane was released as a lead single for their ninth studio album called, Love at First String, which was released in 1984. The song was written by Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell, and Rudolf Schenker and the production of the song was handled by Dieter Dierks.
At the time of release, MTV put a heavy emphasis on the song by keeping it in regular rotation on their TV channel. Furthermore, this song was able to reach 25th position on US Billboard’s Hot 100. The band did the re-recording of the song in 2000 with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra backing the track, they changed the name of the song to Hurricane 2000. Then again, Scorpions did the re-recording of the song in 2001 and named it Hurricane 2001 when it was played on the follow-up Acoustica.
Rock You Like a Hurricane was used in a number of places; it was first used by Carolina Hurricanes as an intro for their team, and Stormy Plants also used the song when they were entering PNC Arena in 2006. VH1 music channel also ranked this song at 31st from the list of 40 Greatest Metal Songs of All Time. Then again, in 2009, VH1 gave it the 18th spot in the Greatest Hard Rock Song of All Time.
For such an instrumental song we need to bring in someone who is a rockstar himself, so there is no one better than Mike Walker who could teach how to play this legendary song from Scorpions. Mike has been helping students learn intricate techniques of guitar for more than 15 years now. With us, he has created 400 guitar song lessons, and he has contributed to the creation of guitar courses that are available on our platform.
So don’t hold yourself back; join Torrins now and make your dream of playing rock songs on guitar come true!!
