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Single by Jim Steinman | |
from the album Bad for Good | |
B-side | "Love and Death and an American Guitar" |
Released | May 22, 1981 |
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Label | Epic |
Songwriter(s) | Jim Steinman |
Producer(s) | Jim Steinman and Jimmy Iovine |
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Video on YouTube |
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Single by Meat Loaf | ||||
from the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell | ||||
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Released | January 1994 | |||
Studio | Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles) | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Jim Steinman | |||
Producer(s) | Jim Steinman | |||
Meat Loaf singles chronology | ||||
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Video on YouTube |
"Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" is a song written by American composer Jim Steinman. It was first featured on Steinman's 1981 solo album Bad for Good, with lead vocals by an uncredited Rory Dodd. It was later recorded by American singer Meat Loaf and released in 1994 as the third single from the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell.
Both the Steinman original and the Meat Loaf remake were top-40 hits. Steinman's version hit number 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 14 on the Billboard Rock Top Tracks chart and number 29 on the Cash Box Top 100; it is Steinman's lone top-40 hit as an artist. In New Zealand, the song spent two weeks at number six. It matched this position 12 years later with the Meat Loaf version. Also, the Meat Loaf version reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on Canada's RPM Top Singles chart in early 1994.