Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It

"Loving You's A Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It"
Single by Bonnie Tyler and Todd Rundgren
from the album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire
B-side
  • "Under Suspicion"
  • "It's a Jungle Out There"
Released11 November 1985 (1985-11-11)[1]
Length
  • 7:48
  • 5:40 (7-inch)
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)Jim Steinman
Producer(s)Jim Steinman
Bonnie Tyler singles chronology
"Holding Out for a Hero"
(1984)
"Loving You's A Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It"
(1985)
"If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)"
(1986)
Todd Rundgren singles chronology
"Bang the Drum All Day"
(1983)
"Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It"
(1985)
Music video
"Loving You's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It)" on YouTube

"Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler and American singer Todd Rundgren. Written and produced by Jim Steinman, the track was released as the lead single from Tyler's sixth studio album, Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986), in November 1985.

The single artwork featured paintings by the British artist Edward Burne-Jones. 12-inch editions feature the cover painting The Beguiling of Merlin, while 7-inch editions feature Phyllis and Demophoon. Some territories feature a photograph of Tyler.

  1. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 9 November 1985. p. 20.