Deadly Sting

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 1979 to 1988. The double-disc US release has 33 songs ranging from 1979 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.

1995 European release

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

French edition bonus tracks

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

1997 US release

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

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