| "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" | ||||
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 Side-A label of U.S. 7-inch vinyl single | ||||
| Single by Meat Loaf and Ellen Foley | ||||
| from the album Bat Out of Hell | ||||
| B-side | "Bat Overture" | |||
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| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Studio | Bearsville (Woodstock, New York) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 8:28 (album version) 5:32 (single edit) | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jim Steinman | |||
| Producer(s) | Todd Rundgren | |||
| Meat Loaf and Ellen Foley singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| Video on YouTube | ||||
"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".[5]
- ^ "Meat Loaf singles".
- ^ "Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf | Song Info | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Rolling Stone - Meat Loaf Biography
- ^ "That Dashboard Light Now Casts Its Glow on Nostalgia (Published 2008)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 2, 2023.
- ^ Willman, Chris (January 22, 2022). "Ellen Foley, Meat Loaf's 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light' Sparring Partner, on the Making of Rock's Greatest Duet". Retrieved January 25, 2022.