If you're lucky enough to be able to whistle then wet your lips and get practicing because the haunting opening chords to Wind of Change will be resonating across Dubai tonight.
The chances are, though, that your whistling skills won't quite be up to the Scorpions's standards and you may prefer to sing along.
If that is the case, and you've never quite worked out the precise lyrics of those opening lines that Klaus Meine laments in that unique, half-throttled voice of his, here's one for free:
"I follow the Moskva, Down to Gorky Park, Listening to the wind of change".
You're welcome.
The German rockers are in town for the Dubai leg of their Humanity World Tour and as well as what must be considered their best-known cold war inspired song they will be bringing with them classics including Rock You Like a Hurricane and Still Loving You as well as tracks from their recent album.
Scorpions, otherwise known as Rudolf Schenker, Meine, Matthias Jabs, James Kottak and Pawel Maciwoda are a renowned live act and so they should be considering the band, in its various incarnations, have been around for nearly 40 years.
Founded in the mid 1960s by Schenker, vocalist Meine, and Schenker's younger, guitar-playing brother Michael joined up in 1970 and the rest, as they say, is history.
There has been a somewhat revolving door of band members over the years, with Michael joining popular British rock outfit UFO after meeting the group on the Scorpions's first Lonesome Crow tour, but the songwriting duo of Schenker-Meine has remained the rock-steady foundation of the band.
So far the Scorpions have released an astonishing 21 albums and have also had something like fifteen former members.
Collaborations
Lonesome Crow, the Scorpions' first album, hit shops in 1972, while their most recent offering, Humanity: Hour 1 was released in 2007.
Believe it or not they've been going longer than pop-fossil Madonna and, as far as anyone knows, have yet to work with Timbaland - and thank heaven for that.
That's not to say Scorpions don't collaborate. They have worked with orchestras and released an acoustic covers album but really, in their leather-clad little hearts, they are all about the rock.
And that's what their newest album, Humanity: Hour 1 is all about.
Desmond Child, a man who has worked with KISS, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi and, incongruously, Michael Bolton, Ricky Martin (he wrote Livin' la Vida Loca so now we know who to blame) produced the album which has been well-received by the critics.
But success was always something that Schenker and Meine planned for, even back in the day when they practiced in their parents homes in Hannover.
From the very beginning the Scorpions's lyrics were written in English by Meine in order to appeal to the international hard-rock market but it wasn't until the late 1970s and the album Lovedrive that the Scorpions found success around the world.
Worldwide success
With tracks including Loving You Sunday Morning, Always Somewhere, Holiday and the instrumental Coast to Coast proving instant hits with fans, the Scorpions' recipe of catchy rock and tuneful ballads was established.
Then in 1980 the band released hit album Animal Magnetism but was thrown into turmoil when Meine, who had been experiencing throat problems, required surgery on his vocal chords.
Initially there were doubts whether he would ever sing again, but obviously the history books show that he did.
The platinum-selling Blackout was released in 1982 and gave the band three hit singles, Dynamite, Blackout and No-one Like You.
But it was when the Love at First Sting album featuring Rock You Like a Hurricane and Still Loving You was released that the band emerged as rock royalty with the album going double platinum in the USA.
Wind of Change was from the 1990 Crazy World album and saw them invited to perform at Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters's The Wall concert in Berlin.
The band has now played concerts all over the world and tonight will be back in Dubai for the first time since 2004.
So if you fancy watching a piece of living rock history in action, head over to Dubai Festival City.
And it may be worth knowing while you're there and witnessing the band writhe around on stage, that its vocalist Meine is 60 on Sunday - perhaps you could sing him Happy Birthday.
Don't miss it
Where and when: Festival City, May 22.
Tickets: Dh250-Dh900 from www.boxofficeme.com. Also available on the gate.
Car parking for 12,000 vehicles in Festival City car park.
