Read 'Em and Weep

"Read 'Em and Weep"
Single by Meat Loaf
from the album Dead Ringer
B-side"Everything Is Permitted"
ReleasedNovember 1981 (US)
  • March 12, 1982 (UK)[1]
GenreRock
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Jim Steinman
Producer(s)Jim Steinman, Jimmy Iovine
Meat Loaf singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us"
(1981)
"Read 'Em and Weep"
(1981)
"Peel Out"
(1981)
Music video
Video on YouTube
"Read 'Em and Weep"
Single by Barry Manilow
from the album Greatest Hits Vol. II
B-side"One Voice"
ReleasedNovember 1983 (1983)
GenreEasy listening
Length5:16
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Jim Steinman
Producer(s)Jim Steinman
Barry Manilow singles chronology
"Some Kind of Friend"
(1983)
"Read 'Em and Weep"
(1983)
"You're Looking Hot Tonight"
(1984)
Music video
Video on YouTube

"Read 'Em and Weep" is a rock music song composed by Jim Steinman. It was originally written for Meat Loaf and recorded for his 1981 album, Dead Ringer, the second of only two tracks on the album produced by Steinman and Jimmy Iovine.

  1. ^ "Meat Loaf singles".