| "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" | ||||
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 Side A of 1978 US 7-inch single | ||||
| Single by Meat Loaf | ||||
| from the album Bat Out of Hell | ||||
| B-side | "For Crying Out Loud" | |||
| Released | March 1978 (US)[1]
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| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 5:27 (LP version) 4:46 (radio edit) 3:58 (7" version) | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jim Steinman | |||
| Producer(s) | Todd Rundgren | |||
| Meat Loaf singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| Video on YouTube | ||||
"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" is a power ballad[3] performed by the American musician Meat Loaf. It is a track off his 1977 album Bat Out of Hell, written by Jim Steinman. It spent 23 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 11,[4] and earned a million-selling Gold single from the RIAA,[5] eventually being certified platinum. It remains his second-highest-charting hit in the US, behind "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" (1993), and stands as one of his career signature tunes.
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 536. ISBN 9780862415419.
- ^ "Meat Loaf singles".
- ^ "The 40 Greatest Power Ballads Playlist". Classic Rock Magazine. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Meat Loaf". Billboard.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X