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"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" is a song written by Jim Steinman. It was released in 1977 on the album Bat Out of Hell, with vocals by American musicians Meat Loaf and Ellen Foley. An uncommonly long song for a single, it has become a staple of classic rock radio [3] [4] and has been described as the "greatest rock duet". [5]
The length of the music video is 7:42, compared to the 10:15 single version. Actors include Robert Patrick as Kenny's father, Greg Trock as Kenny, Will Estes as the grieving friend (young Meat Loaf), Joshua Diaz as the childhood iteration of Meat Loaf, and an unidentified model as "The Beauty on the Edge of Town".
Foley gained public recognition through singing a duet with Meat Loaf on the hit single "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" from the 1977 album Bat Out of Hell. [6] [7] Foley's part was recorded individually and in one take with Meat Loaf present in the room so she could sing in character. [8]
Following the success of the next two singles, "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" and "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", the song was re-released in October 1978 with "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" as the B-side. This time it peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #42 on the Cash Box Top 100 over a year after the first release of the ...
He says you could "get away" with that lyric only "in a Meat Loaf song." [28] Ellen Foley, who appears on "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", first met Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman while they were all working together on the National Lampoon Road Tour, [38] so they had a history of performing over-the-top musical comedy sketches together. [39]
"Beep Beep" was written by Carl Cicchetti and Donald Claps, [2] also known as Chic Hetti and Donny Conn, [3] the band's arranger/pianist and drummer, respectively. [4]The song is built around accelerando: the tempo of the song gradually increases commensurate with the increasing speed of the drivers. [5]
I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) remains one of Meat Loaf’s most beloved songs, but the singer had a complex relationship with the track.
Hits Out of Hell is a 1985 compilation album by Meat Loaf. [2] It comprises seven Jim Steinman songs. The original release also contained the hit "Modern Girl" from Bad Attitude, which came out at about the same time.