The eight-and-a-half minute tale of sexual awakening features drums by the E Street Band’s Max Weinberg and vocals from Ellen Foley, who help recount how the unlikely song came together.
Fabulous Flip Sides In Memoriam Meat Loaf Songwriter Jim Steinman
Remembering Jim Steinman, legendary songwriter for Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Air Supply, Barry Manilow, and Celine Dion
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Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman, 1977 promotional photo, Cleveland International Records
Dramatic songwriter Jim Steinman passed away on April 19 at the age of 73. Steinman wrote Meat Loaf’s
Bat Out of Hell, the seven song 1977 debut album for Steve Popovich’s Cleveland International Records. While FM rock radio played the title tune, “Paradise By the Dashboard Light” and “You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth,” AM radio settled on the big ballad, “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” which reached No. 11 in 1978, and became a gold single, with another ballad from the album, “For Crying Out Loud,” on its flip side.