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"Dead Ringer for Love" is a song performed by American rock singer Meat Loaf and American singer-actress Cher from Meat Loaf's second studio album, Dead Ringer. The song was written by Jim Steinman and one of only two tracks on the album produced by Steinman and Jimmy Iovine.
The song "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" was written in direct response to actress Mimi Kennedy asking Jim Steinman whether he could write a simple song like Elvis Presley's "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You". [37] Todd Rundgren identifies how the song was influenced by the Eagles, who were successful at the time.
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- Paradise by the Dashboard Light. Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light. This was one of seven songs developed for the Bat Out of Hell album. Both Steinman and producer Todd Rundgren were influenced by Phil Spector and his 'Wall of Sound', with Rundgren creating arrangements translated from Steinman's vision.
- Dead Ringer for Love (with Cher) Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer for Love (Video) This was the almost-title track of Meat Loaf's second album Dead Ringer, and he teamed up with the one and only Cher.
- Life is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back. Meat Loaf – Life Is A Lemon And I Want My Money Back (Live In Orlando 1993) Quite possibly the best song title in rock history?
- Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through. Meat Loaf - Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through. This song was first featured on writer Jim Steinman's 1981 solo album Bad for Good, with lead vocals by an uncredited Rory Dodd.
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Like most songs on the album, the song was written about Peter Pan and the Neverland story. Steinman had intended for the song to appear on "a rock 'n roll sci-fi version of Peter Pan". Steinman finally completed the musical(which he started writing in 1968) in 2017. The song was also inspired by teenage tragedy songs such as "Leader of the Pack", ...
The song opens with an instrumental section lasting nearly two minutes, predominantly featuring piano and guitar. The lyrics begin to set the scene of evil, guns, knives and "blood shot streets." The song then focuses upon a "pure" girl, which Soundsmagazine commented is "always an important symbol". In the Bat Out of Hell Musical Steinman confirme...
The video intersperses shots of a motorcyclist riding through a graveyard, lit by a full moon, with shots of Meat Loaf and backing singers at microphones.
Despite being released more than a year after the album became available, the single reached number 15 in the UK in 1979, becoming his first top 20 UK hit and the highest-charting song off the Bat Out of Hell album and was reissued in December 1993 following the huge chart success of "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" in 1993. This ti...
Sounds magazine described it as "heavy metal thunder with Bruce Springsteen overtones (it's L-O-U-D, but this fellow sang with Ted Nugent...), a lyrical, white-noise tale of screaming sirens, silver black phantom bikes, the Ultimate Girl and her purity (always an important symbol), ending in the final death crash when his heart tears out of his che...
Meat Loaf - lead vocalsTodd Rundgren - backing vocals, electric guitar, keyboards, percussionRoy Bittan - piano, keyboardsThe love interest is a “dead ringer for love,” symbolizing a potential for a deep and meaningful connection beyond superficial indulgences. The lyrics convey a longing for a more substantial relationship and a desire to break free from routine and anonymity.
- Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 (1992)
- June 12, 1981
- Cher
- Jim Steinman
# 10 – Dead Ringer For Love. Opening our Top 10 Meat Loaf Songs list is the lead-off single from Meat Loaf’s 1981 Dead Ringer album. After the grueling live performances of Bat Out Of Hell, it took some time before Meat Loaf returned to the recording studio.
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Dead Ringer For Love Lyrics & Meanings: Every night I grab some money / And I go down to the bar / I got my buddies and a beer / I got a dream - I need a car / You got me begging on my knees / C'Mon and throw this dog a bone / A man he doesn't live by / Rock 'n'Roll and brew alone / / Baby, Baby / Rock 'n' Roll and brew / Rock 'n' Roll and brew ...
