Bat Out of Hell (song)

"Bat Out of Hell"
UK 12-inch red vinyl limited edition (1979)
Single by Meat Loaf
from the album Bat Out of Hell
B-side	"Heaven Can Wait"
Released	May 1978
Genre	Hard rock, progressive rock, heavy metal
Length	9:52 (album version) 7:19 (edit) 4:53 (single edit)
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Jim Steinman
Producer(s)	Todd Rundgren
Meat Loaf singles chronology
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (1977) "Bat Out of Hell" (1978) "Dead Ringer for Love" (1981)
I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993) Bat Out of Hell (1993) Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1993)
Music video
"Bat Out of Hell" on YouTube

"Bat Out of Hell" is a song written by Jim Steinman for the 1977 album Bat Out of Hell and performed by Meat Loaf. In Australia, the song was picked as the second single from the album in May 1978, accompanied by a music video. In January 1979, the song was released as a single in the UK and other European countries, and re-released in 1993.