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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 ".
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" Meat Loaf [51] 30 December No Top 40 released: See also. 1978 in music; References This page was last edited on 5 November 2022 ...
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]
[Meat Loaf invited the two singers most associated with “Paradise,” Foley and DeVito, to come together and sing on the album’s 11-minute-plus epic, “Going All the Way (A Song in 6 ...
Foley, who was one of Meat Loaf's longtime collaborators and worked with him on the hit single "Paradise by the Dashboard Light," reflects on their friendship and looks back at his legacy."I ...
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.
Songs like 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light,' 'Two Out of Three Ain't Bad' and 'For Crying Out Loud' echoed the textbook teenage view of sex and life: irrepressible physical urges and unrealistic romantic longing." [14] Steinman's songs for Bat Out of Hell are personal but not autobiographical:
She is seen singing with Meat Loaf in the video clip of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and "Bat Out of Hell", synced to the original vocals by Ellen Foley. After completing this tour, she returned to theatre in an off-broadway version of Cole Porter's Jubilee and LaMama's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. [4]