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About When the Smoke Is Going Down by Scorpions
When the Smoke Is Going Down is credited to Scorpions on Blackout. This catalogue edition runs 3:52 and lists the song as track 9 of 13. The linked edition is dated 1982-03-29.
Catalogue artist credit: Scorpions.
Catalogue title: When the Smoke Is Going Down (2015 Remaster). Genre: Rock. The date above belongs to the linked edition; it is not a claim about the original release or the video upload date.
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Also represented from Blackout: No One Like You. Follow the related song pages to compare the recordings and their selected videos.
Selected video: Scorpions - When The Smoke Is Going Down (Visualizer). Published by Scorpions. Video length: 3:51.
Playback checked on 2026-10-19. Video edits and album recordings can have different running times.
Artist Information
Scorpions
Wind of Change and Still Loving You are slower entry points, while Rock You Like a Hurricane and No One Like You foreground the guitars. Send Me an Angel, Holiday and Always Somewhere offer a contrasting sequence for a quieter listening session.
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