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id="toc-Later_projects_and_Jim_Steinman's_death" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Later_projects_and_Jim_Steinman's_death"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Later projects and Jim Steinman's death</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Later_projects_and_Jim_Steinman's_death-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Acting" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Acting"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Acting</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Acting-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Personal_life-sublist" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81" title="ميت لوف – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ميت لوف" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81" title="میت لوف – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="میت لوف" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AB" title="মিট লোফ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মিট লোফ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%82_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%84" title="Мийт Лоуф – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мийт Лоуф" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81" title="میت لوف – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="میت لوف" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf_(amhr%C3%A1na%C3%AD)" title="Meat Loaf (amhránaí) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Meat Loaf (amhránaí)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%ED%8A%B8_%EB%A1%9C%ED%94%84_(%EA%B0%80%EC%88%98)" title="미트 로프 (가수) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미트 로프 (가수)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%A9_%D4%BC%D5%B8%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%86" title="Միթ Լոուֆ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Միթ Լոուֆ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Meat Loaf" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%98_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A3" title="מיט לוף – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מיט לוף" 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American singer and actor (1947–2022)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the American singer. For the culinary dish, see <a href="/wiki/Meatloaf" title="Meatloaf">Meatloaf</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Meat Loaf</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Meatloaf_1971_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Meatloaf_1971_%28cropped%29.JPG/220px-Meatloaf_1971_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Meatloaf_1971_%28cropped%29.JPG/330px-Meatloaf_1971_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Meatloaf_1971_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="528" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Meat Loaf in 1971</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Marvin Lee Aday</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1947-09-27</span>)</span>September 27, 1947<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas, Texas</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 20, 2022<span style="display:none">(2022-01-20)</span> (aged 74)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Michael Lee Aday</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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.plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Leslie Edmonds</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px">​</div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1979; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 2001)<wbr />​</div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Deborah Gillespie</div> <div style="display:inline-block;">​</div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2007)<wbr />​</div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Aday" title="Pearl Aday">Pearl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Aday" title="Amanda Aday">Amanda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Musical career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rock</li><li><a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1968–2022</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Rare Earth</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_International_Records" title="Cleveland International Records">Cleveland International</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_Records_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanctuary Records Group">Sanctuary</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Records" title="Virgin Records">Virgin</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neverland_Express" title="Neverland Express">Neverland Express</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Stoney_%26_Meatloaf_(band)" title="Stoney & Meatloaf (band)">Stoney & Meatloaf</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Nugent" title="Ted Nugent">Ted Nugent</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michael Lee Aday</b> (born <b>Marvin Lee Aday</b>; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), better known by his stage name <b>Meat Loaf</b>, was an American singer and actor. He was known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His <i>Bat Out of Hell</i> album trilogy—<i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell" title="Bat Out of Hell">Bat Out of Hell</a></i> (1977), <i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_II:_Back_into_Hell" title="Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell">Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell</a></i> (1993), and <i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_III:_The_Monster_Is_Loose" title="Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose">Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose</a></i> (2006)—has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists" title="List of best-selling music artists">best-selling music artists of all time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first album stayed on the charts for over nine years and is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums" title="List of best-selling albums">best-selling albums in history</a>, still selling an estimated 200,000 copies annually as of 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-soldonsong_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soldonsong-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the commercial success of <i>Bat Out of Hell</i> and <i>Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell</i>, and earning a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Solo_Rock_Vocal_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance">Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance</a> for the song "<a href="/wiki/I%27d_Do_Anything_for_Love_(But_I_Won%27t_Do_That)" title="I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)">I'd Do Anything for Love</a>", Meat Loaf nevertheless experienced some difficulty establishing a steady career within the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cbsdied_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbsdied-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytdies_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytdies-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, his career still saw success due to his popularity in Europe, especially in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He received the 1994 <a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Award</a> in the United Kingdom for best-selling album and single, and was ranked 23rd for the number of weeks spent on the UK charts in 2006. He ranks 96th on <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a>'s "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".<sup id="cite_ref-soldonsong_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soldonsong-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meat Loaf also acted in over 50 films and television shows, sometimes as himself or as characters resembling his stage persona. His notable film roles include Eddie in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show" title="The Rocky Horror Picture Show">The Rocky Horror Picture Show</a></i> (1975), the bus driver in <i><a href="/wiki/Spice_World_(film)" title="Spice World (film)">Spice World</a></i> (1997), and Robert Paulson in <i><a href="/wiki/Fight_Club" title="Fight Club">Fight Club</a></i> (1999). His early stage work included dual roles in the original <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> cast of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Show" title="The Rocky Horror Show">The Rocky Horror Show</a>;</i> he also appeared in the musical <i><a href="/wiki/Hair_(musical)" title="Hair (musical)">Hair</a></i>, both on and <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">Off-Broadway</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Marvin Lee Aday was born in <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, on September 27, 1947,<sup id="cite_ref-biography_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the son of Wilma Artie (<i>née</i> Hukel), a schoolteacher and member of the Vo-di-o-do Girls <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel music</a> quartet, and Orvis Wesley Aday, a former police officer who went into business selling a homemade cough remedy with his wife and a friend under the name of the Griffin Grocery Company.<sup id="cite_ref-Larger_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larger-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stated in an interview that when he was born, he was "bright red and stayed that way for days" and that his father said he looked like "nine pounds of ground chuck,” and convinced hospital staff to put the name "Meat" on his crib.<sup id="cite_ref-qameatloaf_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qameatloaf-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was later called "M.L." in reference to his initials, but when his weight increased, his seventh-grade classmates referred to him as "Meat Loaf", referring to his 5-foot-2-inch (157 cm), 240-pound (110 kg) stature. He also attributed the nickname to an incident where, after he stepped on a football coach's foot, the coach yelled "Get off my foot, you hunk of meatloaf!"<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meat Loaf's father would binge-drink alcohol for days at a time, a habit he started when he was medically discharged from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> after being wounded by fragments from a <a href="/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">mortar shell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Larger_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larger-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf often accompanied his mother in driving to the bars in Dallas to look for his father, and often stayed with his grandmother.<sup id="cite_ref-Larger_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larger-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended church and <a href="/wiki/Bible_study_(Christianity)" title="Bible study (Christianity)">Bible study</a> every Sunday.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was 16 years-old on November 22, 1963, the day of the <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Assassination of John F. Kennedy">assassination of John F. Kennedy</a>. That morning, Meat Loaf had seen the President when he arrived at <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Love_Field" title="Dallas Love Field">Dallas Love Field</a>. Later, after hearing of Kennedy's death, he and a friend drove to <a href="/wiki/Parkland_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Parkland Hospital">Parkland Hospital</a> where he witnessed <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis" title="Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis">Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis</a>, covered in her husband's blood, getting out of the car that brought her to the hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1965, Meat Loaf graduated from <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_(Dallas)" title="Thomas Jefferson High School (Dallas)">Thomas Jefferson High School</a>, having appeared in school stage productions such as <i><a href="/wiki/Where%27s_Charley%3F" title="Where's Charley?">Where's Charley?</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Music_Man" title="The Music Man">The Music Man</a></i>. He played high school football as a <a href="/wiki/Defensive_tackle" title="Defensive tackle">defensive tackle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After attending college at <a href="/wiki/Lubbock_Christian_University" title="Lubbock Christian University">Lubbock Christian College</a>, he transferred to North Texas State University (now the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Texas" title="University of North Texas">University of North Texas</a>). </p><p>In 1967, when Meat Loaf was 19 years old: his mother died of cancer, and his father lunged at him with a knife after falsely accusing the teen of having girls in his bedroom.<sup id="cite_ref-batman_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batman-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf used the money his mother left him to rent an apartment in Dallas, where he isolated for three and a half months, at which time a friend found him.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after, he went to the airport and caught the next flight to Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-autobiography_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autobiography-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meat Loaf intentionally gained 60 pounds (27 kg) to fail his <a href="/wiki/Physical_examination" title="Physical examination">physical examination</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Draft_lottery_(1969)" class="mw-redirect" title="Draft lottery (1969)">Vietnam War draft</a>. Despite this strategy, he still received his notice to appear before his local draft board, but chose to ignore it.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Los Angeles, Meat Loaf formed his first band, Meat Loaf Soul.<sup id="cite_ref-autobiography_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autobiography-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The band received several recording contracts.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcobit_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcobit-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf Soul's first gig was in <a href="/wiki/Huntington_Beach,_California" title="Huntington Beach, California">Huntington Beach, California</a> in 1968 at the Cave, opening for <a href="/wiki/Van_Morrison" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a>'s band <a href="/wiki/Them_(band)" title="Them (band)">Them</a> and <a href="/wiki/Question_Mark_and_the_Mysterians" class="mw-redirect" title="Question Mark and the Mysterians">Question Mark and the Mysterians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf later described his early days in the music industry as being treated like a "circus clown."<sup id="cite_ref-unique_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unique-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The band underwent several changes of lead guitarists, changing the name of the band each time, to names including Popcorn Blizzard and Floating Circus.<sup id="cite_ref-guardianobit_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardianobit-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Floating Circus, they opened for <a href="/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">the Who</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Fugs" title="The Fugs">the Fugs</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Stooges" title="The Stooges">the Stooges</a>, <a href="/wiki/MC5" title="MC5">MC5</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Grateful_Dead" title="Grateful Dead">Grateful Dead</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Grease_Band" title="The Grease Band">the Grease Band</a>. Their regional success led them to release a single, "Once Upon a Time", backed with "Hello". Meat Loaf then joined the Los Angeles production of the musical <i><a href="/wiki/Hair_(musical)" title="Hair (musical)">Hair</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-guardianobit_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardianobit-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meatloaf_and_Stoney_1971.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Meatloaf_and_Stoney_1971.JPG/220px-Meatloaf_and_Stoney_1971.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Meatloaf_and_Stoney_1971.JPG/330px-Meatloaf_and_Stoney_1971.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Meatloaf_and_Stoney_1971.JPG/440px-Meatloaf_and_Stoney_1971.JPG 2x" data-file-width="822" data-file-height="660" /></a><figcaption>Meat Loaf and Stoney (<a href="/wiki/Shaun_Murphy_(singer)" title="Shaun Murphy (singer)">Shaun Murphy</a>), 1971</figcaption></figure> <p>With the publicity generated from <i><a href="/wiki/Hair_(musical)" title="Hair (musical)">Hair</a></i>, Meat Loaf accepted an invitation by <a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Motown</a>, in Detroit. In addition to appearing as "Mother" and "Ulysses S. Grant" at Detroit's Vest Pocket Theatre, he recorded the vocals with fellow <i>Hair</i> performer <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Murphy_(singer)" title="Shaun Murphy (singer)">Shaun "Stoney" Murphy</a> on an album of songs written and selected by the Motown production team. The album, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Stoney_%26_Meatloaf" title="Stoney & Meatloaf">Stoney & Meatloaf</a></i> (with Meatloaf spelled as one word), was released in September 1971 and included the single "What You See Is What You Get"; it reached number 36 on the <a href="/wiki/Best_Selling_Soul_Singles" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Selling Soul Singles">Best Selling Soul Singles</a> chart and number 71 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> chart. Meat Loaf and Stoney toured with <a href="/wiki/Jake_Wade_and_the_Soul_Searchers" title="Jake Wade and the Soul Searchers">Jake Wade and the Soul Searchers</a>, opening for <a href="/wiki/Richie_Havens" title="Richie Havens">Richie Havens</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">the Who</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Stooges" title="The Stooges">the Stooges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Seger" title="Bob Seger">Bob Seger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alice_Cooper" title="Alice Cooper">Alice Cooper</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rare_Earth_(band)" title="Rare Earth (band)">Rare Earth</a>. Meat Loaf left Motown soon after the label replaced his and Stoney's vocals from the one song he liked, "Who Is the Leader of the People?" with new vocals by <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Starr" title="Edwin Starr">Edwin Starr</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-snapesobit_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snapesobit-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He moved to <a href="/wiki/Freeland,_Michigan" title="Freeland, Michigan">Freeland, Michigan</a> for a year and was the opening act at the <a href="/wiki/Grande_Ballroom" title="Grande Ballroom">Grande Ballroom</a> 80 times.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 1972, Meat Loaf was in the original <a href="/wiki/Off-Broadway" title="Off-Broadway">off-Broadway</a> production of <i>Rainbow</i> at the <a href="/wiki/Orpheum_Theatre_(Manhattan)" title="Orpheum Theatre (Manhattan)">Orpheum Theatre</a> in New York.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the tour, Meat Loaf rejoined the cast of <i>Hair</i>, this time at a <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway theater">Broadway theater</a>. After he hired an agent, he auditioned for the <a href="/wiki/Public_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Theater">Public Theater</a>'s production of <i><a href="/wiki/More_Than_You_Deserve" title="More Than You Deserve">More Than You Deserve</a></i>. During the audition, Meat Loaf met <a href="/wiki/Jim_Steinman" title="Jim Steinman">Jim Steinman</a>. He sang a Stoney and Meat Loaf favorite of his, "(I'd Love to Be) As Heavy as Jesus", and subsequently got the part of Rabbit, a maniac that blows up his fellow soldiers so they can "go home." <a href="/wiki/Ron_Silver" title="Ron Silver">Ron Silver</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Gwynne" title="Fred Gwynne">Fred Gwynne</a> were also in the show. In the summer between the show's workshop production (April 1973) and full production (November 1973 – January 1974), Meat Loaf appeared in a <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare_in_the_Park_(New_York_City)" title="Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)">Shakespeare in the Park</a> production of <i><a href="/wiki/As_You_Like_It" title="As You Like It">As You Like It</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Raul_Julia" title="Raul Julia">Raul Julia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_Beth_Hurt" title="Mary Beth Hurt">Mary Beth Hurt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 1973, Meat Loaf was cast in the original L.A. Roxy cast of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Show" title="The Rocky Horror Show">The Rocky Horror Show</a></i>, playing the part of Eddie.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The success of the musical led to the filming of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show" title="The Rocky Horror Picture Show">The Rocky Horror Picture Show</a></i> in which Meat Loaf played only Eddie, a decision he said made the movie not as good as the musical.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About the same time, Meat Loaf and Steinman started work on <i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell" title="Bat Out of Hell">Bat Out of Hell</a></i>. Meat Loaf convinced <a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic Records</a> to shoot music videos for four songs, "<a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_(song)" title="Bat Out of Hell (song)">Bat Out of Hell</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Paradise_by_the_Dashboard_Light" title="Paradise by the Dashboard Light">Paradise by the Dashboard Light</a>", "<a href="/wiki/You_Took_the_Words_Right_Out_of_My_Mouth" title="You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth">You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth</a>", and "<a href="/wiki/Two_Out_of_Three_Ain%27t_Bad" title="Two Out of Three Ain't Bad">Two Out of Three Ain't Bad</a>" and convinced <a href="/wiki/Lou_Adler" title="Lou Adler">Lou Adler</a>, the producer of <i>Rocky Horror</i>, to run the "Paradise" video as a trailer to the movie. During his recording of the soundtrack for <i>Rocky Horror</i>, Meat Loaf recorded two more songs: "<a href="/wiki/Stand_by_Me_(Ben_E._King_song)" title="Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)">Stand by Me</a>" (a <a href="/wiki/Ben_E._King" title="Ben E. King">Ben E. King</a> cover), and "Clap Your Hands." They remained unreleased for a decade, until 1984, when they appeared as B-sides to the "<a href="/wiki/Nowhere_Fast_(Fire_Inc._song)" title="Nowhere Fast (Fire Inc. song)">Nowhere Fast</a>" single.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1976, Meat Loaf recorded lead vocals for <a href="/wiki/Ted_Nugent" title="Ted Nugent">Ted Nugent</a>'s album <i><a href="/wiki/Free-for-All_(Ted_Nugent_album)" title="Free-for-All (Ted Nugent album)">Free-for-All</a></i> when regular Nugent lead vocalist <a href="/wiki/Derek_St._Holmes" title="Derek St. Holmes">Derek St. Holmes</a> temporarily quit the band. Meat Loaf sang lead on five of the album's nine tracks. That same year, Meat Loaf appeared in his final theatrical show in New York City, the short-lived Broadway production of <a href="/wiki/Gower_Champion" title="Gower Champion">Gower Champion</a>'s rock musical <i><a href="/wiki/Rockabye_Hamlet" title="Rockabye Hamlet">Rockabye Hamlet</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-cult_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cult-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It closed two weeks into its initial run.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WMMS_Meat_Loaf_concert_-_1978_print_ad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/WMMS_Meat_Loaf_concert_-_1978_print_ad.jpg/220px-WMMS_Meat_Loaf_concert_-_1978_print_ad.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/WMMS_Meat_Loaf_concert_-_1978_print_ad.jpg/330px-WMMS_Meat_Loaf_concert_-_1978_print_ad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/WMMS_Meat_Loaf_concert_-_1978_print_ad.jpg/440px-WMMS_Meat_Loaf_concert_-_1978_print_ad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="715" /></a><figcaption>A printed ad for a Meat Loaf concert in 1978</figcaption></figure> <p>Meat Loaf and Steinman started working on <i>Bat Out of Hell</i> in 1972, but did not get serious about it until the end of 1974. Meat Loaf then decided to leave theater and concentrate exclusively on music.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf was cast as an understudy for <a href="/wiki/John_Belushi" title="John Belushi">John Belushi</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_National_Lampoon_Show" title="The National Lampoon Show">The National Lampoon Show</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-cult_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cult-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was at the <i>Lampoon</i> show that Meat Loaf met <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Foley" title="Ellen Foley">Ellen Foley</a>, the co-star who sang "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and "Bat Out of Hell" with him on the album <i>Bat Out of Hell</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-cult_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cult-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meat Loaf and Steinman spent time seeking a record deal; however, their approaches were rejected by each record company, because their songs did not fit any specific recognized <a href="/wiki/Music_industry" title="Music industry">music industry</a> style.<sup id="cite_ref-cult_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cult-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Todd_Rundgren" title="Todd Rundgren">Todd Rundgren</a>, under the impression that they already had a record deal, agreed to produce the album as well as play lead guitar along with other members of Rundgren's band <a href="/wiki/Utopia_(American_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Utopia (American band)">Utopia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Max_Weinberg" title="Max Weinberg">Max Weinberg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cult_31-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cult-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Spoofing_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spoofing-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They then shopped the record around, but they still had no takers until <a href="/wiki/Steve_Popovich" title="Steve Popovich">Steve Popovich</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_International_Records" title="Cleveland International Records">Cleveland International Records</a> took a chance, releasing <i>Bat Out of Hell</i> in October 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-cult_31-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cult-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meat Loaf and Steinman formed the band <a href="/wiki/Neverland_Express" title="Neverland Express">Neverland Express</a> to tour in support of <i>Bat Out of Hell</i>. Their first gig was opening for <a href="/wiki/Cheap_Trick" title="Cheap Trick">Cheap Trick</a> in Chicago. Meat Loaf gained national exposure as the musical guest on <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> on March 25, 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1978, Meat Loaf jumped off a stage in <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>, Ontario, breaking his leg. He finished his tour performing in a <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair" title="Wheelchair">wheelchair</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Bat Out of Hell</i> has sold an estimated 43 million copies globally, including 15 million in the United States, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. In the United Kingdom alone, its 2.1 million sales put it in 38th place. Despite peaking at No. 9 and spending only two weeks in the top ten in 1981, it has now spent 485 weeks on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a> (May 2015), a figure bettered only by <i><a href="/wiki/Rumours_(album)" title="Rumours (album)">Rumours</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a> with 487 weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Australia, it knocked the <a href="/wiki/Bee_Gees" title="Bee Gees">Bee Gees</a> off the No. 1 spot and became the biggest-selling album of all time in that country. <i>Bat Out of Hell</i> has, as of December 2020, spent a total of 522 weeks in the Top 200 in the UK chart.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1979, Steinman started to work on <i><a href="/wiki/Bad_for_Good" title="Bad for Good">Bad for Good</a></i>, the intended follow-up to 1977's <i>Bat Out of Hell</i>. During that time, a combination of touring, drugs and exhaustion had caused Meat Loaf to lose his voice. Without a singer, and pressured by the record company, Steinman decided that he should sing on <i>Bad for Good</i> himself. While Steinman worked on Bad for Good, Meat Loaf played the role of Travis Redfish in the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Roadie_(1980_film)" title="Roadie (1980 film)">Roadie</a></i> until his singing voice returned.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steinman then wrote a new album for Meat Loaf, <i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Ringer_(album)" title="Dead Ringer (album)">Dead Ringer</a></i>, which was released in September 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steinman had written five new songs which, in addition to the track "More Than You Deserve" (sung by Meat Loaf in the stage musical of the same name) and a reworked monolog, formed the album <i>Dead Ringer</i>, which was produced by Meat Loaf and <a href="/wiki/Stephan_Galfas" title="Stephan Galfas">Stephan Galfas</a>, with backing tracks produced by <a href="/wiki/Todd_Rundgren" title="Todd Rundgren">Todd Rundgren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Iovine" title="Jimmy Iovine">Jimmy Iovine</a>, and Steinman. In 1976, Meat Loaf appeared on the track "Keeper Keep Us", from the <a href="/wiki/Intergalactic_Touring_Band" title="Intergalactic Touring Band">Intergalactic Touring Band</a>'s self-titled album, produced by Galfas. The song "<a href="/wiki/Dead_Ringer_for_Love" title="Dead Ringer for Love">Dead Ringer for Love</a>" was the pinnacle of the album, and launched Meat Loaf to even greater success. While it failed to chart in the US, it reached No. 5 in the United Kingdom and stayed in the UK Singles Chart for 19 weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cher" title="Cher">Cher</a> provided the lead female vocals in the song.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 5, 1981, Meat Loaf and the Neverland Express were the musical guests for <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> where he and former fellow <i>Rocky Horror Picture Show</i> actor <a href="/wiki/Tim_Curry" title="Tim Curry">Tim Curry</a> performed a skit depicting a One-Stop Rocky Horror Shop. Also on the show, Curry performed "The Zucchini Song" and Meat Loaf & the Neverland Express performed "Bat Out of Hell" and "Promised Land."<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following a dispute with his former songwriter Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf was contractually obliged to release a new album, resulting in <i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_at_the_Lost_and_Found" title="Midnight at the Lost and Found">Midnight at the Lost and Found</a></i>, released in May 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Meat Loaf, Steinman had given the songs "<a href="/wiki/Total_Eclipse_of_the_Heart" title="Total Eclipse of the Heart">Total Eclipse of the Heart</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Making_Love_Out_of_Nothing_at_All" title="Making Love Out of Nothing at All">Making Love Out of Nothing at All</a>" to Meat Loaf for this album. However, Meat Loaf's record company did not want Meat Loaf to sing Steinman's songs, saying that nobody wanted to hear them.<sup id="cite_ref-almost_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-almost-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Tyler" title="Bonnie Tyler">Bonnie Tyler</a>'s version of "Eclipse" and <a href="/wiki/Air_Supply" title="Air Supply">Air Supply</a>'s version of "Making Love" topped the charts together, holding No. 1 and No. 2 for a period during 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-almost_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-almost-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf is credited with having been involved in the writing of some of the tracks on the album, including the title track, "Midnight at the Lost and Found."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Poor <a href="/wiki/Money_management" class="mw-redirect" title="Money management">money management</a> as well as 45 lawsuits totaling US$80 million, including ones from Steinman, resulted in Meat Loaf filing for <a href="/wiki/Personal_bankruptcy" title="Personal bankruptcy">personal bankruptcy</a> in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-biography_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bankruptcy resulted in Meat Loaf losing the rights to his songs,<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although he received royalties for <i>Bat Out of Hell</i> in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-batman_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batman-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1984, Meat Loaf went to England, where he felt increasingly at home, to record the album <i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Attitude_(album)" title="Bad Attitude (album)">Bad Attitude</a></i>; it was released that year.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcobit_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcobit-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It features two songs by Steinman, both previously recorded, "<a href="/wiki/Nowhere_Fast_(Fire_Inc._song)" title="Nowhere Fast (Fire Inc. song)">Nowhere Fast</a>" and "Surf's Up." The American release on RCA Records was in April 1985 and features a slightly different track list, as well as alternate mixes for some songs. The title track features a duet with <a href="/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">the Who</a>'s lead singer <a href="/wiki/Roger_Daltrey" title="Roger Daltrey">Roger Daltrey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a minor success with a few commercially successful singles, the most successful being "<a href="/wiki/Modern_Girl_(Meat_Loaf_song)" title="Modern Girl (Meat Loaf song)">Modern Girl</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-bbcobit_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcobit-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1985, Meat Loaf took part in some comedy sketches in the UK with <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Laurie" title="Hugh Laurie">Hugh Laurie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sagoml_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sagoml-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-snapesobit_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snapesobit-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf also tried stand-up comedy, appearing several times in <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sagoml_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sagoml-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meat Loaf worked with songwriter <a href="/wiki/John_Parr" title="John Parr">John Parr</a> on his next album, <i><a href="/wiki/Blind_Before_I_Stop" title="Blind Before I Stop">Blind Before I Stop</a></i>, which was released in 1986 by <a href="/wiki/Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista Records</a>. It features production, mixing, and general influence by <a href="/wiki/Frank_Farian" title="Frank Farian">Frank Farian</a>. Meat Loaf was involved in the composition of three of the songs on the album.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf performed "Thrashin" for the soundtrack of the 1986 skateboarding film <i><a href="/wiki/Thrashin%27_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thrashin' (film)">Thrashin'</a></i> (directed by <a href="/wiki/David_Winters_(choreographer)" title="David Winters (choreographer)">David Winters</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/Josh_Brolin" title="Josh Brolin">Josh Brolin</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the success of Meat Loaf's touring in the 1980s, he and Steinman began work during December 1990 on <i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_II:_Back_into_Hell" title="Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell">Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell</a></i>; the album was released in September 1993. The immediate success of <i>Bat Out of Hell II</i> led to the sale of over 15 million copies, and the single "<a href="/wiki/I%27d_Do_Anything_for_Love_(But_I_Won%27t_Do_That)" title="I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)">I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)</a>" reached number one in 28 countries. In March 1994, at the <a href="/wiki/36th_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="36th Annual Grammy Awards">36th Annual Grammy Awards</a>, Meat Loaf won the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Rock_Vocal_Performance,_Solo" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo">Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo</a> for "I'd Do Anything for Love."<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This song stayed at No. 1 in the UK chart for seven consecutive weeks. The single featured a female vocalist who was credited only as "Mrs. Loud." Mrs. Loud was later identified as <a href="/wiki/Lorraine_Crosby" title="Lorraine Crosby">Lorraine Crosby</a>, a performer from England.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf promoted the song with American vocalist <a href="/wiki/Patti_Russo" title="Patti Russo">Patti Russo</a>, who performed lead female vocals on tour with him. Also in 1994, he sang the U.S. national anthem "<a href="/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner" title="The Star-Spangled Banner">The Star-Spangled Banner</a>" at the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game">Major League Baseball All-Star Game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He released the single "<a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Dreams_Come_Through" title="Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through">Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through</a>", which reached No. 13 in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, Meat Loaf released his seventh studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Neighbourhood_(Meat_Loaf_album)" title="Welcome to the Neighbourhood (Meat Loaf album)">Welcome to the Neighborhood</a></i>. The album went <a href="/wiki/Platinum_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Platinum record">platinum</a> in the United States and the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It included three singles that hit the top 40, including "<a href="/wiki/I%27d_Lie_for_You_(And_That%27s_the_Truth)" title="I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)">I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)</a>" (which reached No. 13 in the United States<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and No. 2 in the UK),<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "<a href="/wiki/Not_a_Dry_Eye_in_the_House" title="Not a Dry Eye in the House">Not a Dry Eye in the House</a>" (which reached No. 7 in the UK chart).<sup id="cite_ref-meatloafcharts_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meatloafcharts-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)</i> was a duet with <a href="/wiki/Patti_Russo" title="Patti Russo">Patti Russo</a>, who had been touring with Meat Loaf and singing on his albums since 1993. Of the twelve songs on the album, two are written by Steinman. Both are cover versions, the "Original Sin" from <a href="/wiki/Pandora%27s_Box_(band)" title="Pandora's Box (band)">Pandora's Box</a>'s <i>Original Sin</i> album and "Left in the Dark" first appeared on Steinman's own <i>Bad for Good</i> as well as the 1984 album <i><a href="/wiki/Emotion_(Barbra_Streisand_album)" title="Emotion (Barbra Streisand album)">Emotion</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a>. His other singles, "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" and "Not a Dry Eye in the House", were written by <a href="/wiki/Diane_Warren" title="Diane Warren">Diane Warren</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, Meat Loaf released <i><a href="/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_Meat_Loaf" title="The Very Best of Meat Loaf">The Very Best of Meat Loaf</a></i>. The album featured three new songs co-written by Steinman – two with <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> and one with <a href="/wiki/Don_Black_(lyricist)" title="Don Black (lyricist)">Don Black</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Is_Nothing_Sacred" title="Is Nothing Sacred">Is Nothing Sacred</a>", released as a single.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The single version of this song is a duet with Patti Russo, whereas the album version is a solo song by Meat Loaf. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meat_Loaf_in_performance_(New_York,_2004).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Meat_Loaf_in_performance_%28New_York%2C_2004%29.jpg/170px-Meat_Loaf_in_performance_%28New_York%2C_2004%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="349" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Meat_Loaf_in_performance_%28New_York%2C_2004%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="238" data-file-height="489" /></a><figcaption>Meat Loaf performing in New York in 2004</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2003, Meat Loaf released his album <i><a href="/wiki/Couldn%27t_Have_Said_It_Better" title="Couldn't Have Said It Better">Couldn't Have Said It Better</a></i>. For only the third time in his career, Meat Loaf released an album without any songs written by Steinman (not counting live bonus tracks on special edition releases). Although Meat Loaf claimed that <i>Couldn't Have Said It Better</i> was "the most perfect album [he] did since <i>Bat Out of Hell</i>",<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was not as commercially successful. The album was a minor commercial success worldwide and reached No. 4 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-meatloafcharts_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meatloafcharts-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> accompanied by a sellout world tour to promote the album and some of Meat Loaf's best selling singles. One such performance on his world tour was at the <a href="/wiki/2003_NRL_Grand_Final" title="2003 NRL Grand Final">2003 NRL Grand Final</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were many writers for the album including <a href="/wiki/Diane_Warren" title="Diane Warren">Diane Warren</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Michael" title="James Michael">James Michael</a>, who were both asked to contribute to his 2006 album, <i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_III:_The_Monster_Is_Loose" title="Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose">Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose</a></i>. The album featured duets with Patti Russo and Meat Loaf's daughter <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Aday" title="Pearl Aday">Pearl Aday</a>. </p><p>On November 17, 2003, during a performance at London's <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Arena" title="Wembley Arena">Wembley Arena</a>, on his <i>Couldn't Have Said It Better</i> tour, he collapsed of what was later diagnosed as <a href="/wiki/Wolff%E2%80%93Parkinson%E2%80%93White_syndrome" title="Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome">Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome</a>, a condition marked by an extra electrical pathway in the heart which causes symptoms like a rapid heartbeat. The following week, he underwent a surgical procedure intended to correct the problem.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, Meat Loaf's insurance agency did not allow him to perform for any longer than one hour and 45 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From February 20 to 22, 2004, during an Australian tour, Meat Loaf performed with the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Melbourne Symphony Orchestra">Melbourne Symphony Orchestra</a>, in a set of concerts recorded for the album <i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell:_Live_with_the_Melbourne_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra">Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra</a></i>. The performances included the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Boys%27_Choir" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Boys' Choir">Australian Boys' Choir</a> singing back-up on a <i>Couldn't Have Said It Better</i> track, "Testify."<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meat Loaf and Steinman had begun to work on the third installment of <i>Bat Out of Hell</i> when Steinman suffered a heart attack. According to Meat Loaf, Steinman was too ill to work on such an intense project while Steinman's manager said health was not an issue.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Steinman had registered the phrase "Bat Out of Hell" as a trademark in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2006, Meat Loaf sued Steinman and his manager in federal District Court in Los Angeles, seeking $50 million and an injunction against Steinman's use of the phrase.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steinman and his representatives attempted to block the album's release. An agreement was reached in July 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Denying reports in the press over the years of a rift between Meat Loaf and Steinman, in an interview with <a href="/wiki/Dan_Rather" title="Dan Rather">Dan Rather</a>, Meat Loaf stated that he and Steinman never stopped talking, and that the lawsuits reported in the press were between lawyers and managers, and not between Meat Loaf and Steinman.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The album <i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_III:_The_Monster_Is_Loose" title="Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose">Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose</a></i> was released on October 31, 2006, and was produced by <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Child" title="Desmond Child">Desmond Child</a>. The first single from the album "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_Coming_Back_to_Me_Now" title="It's All Coming Back to Me Now">It's All Coming Back to Me Now</a>" (featuring <a href="/wiki/Marion_Raven" title="Marion Raven">Marion Raven</a>) was released on October 16, 2006. It entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 6,<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> giving Meat Loaf his highest UK chart position in nearly 11 years. The album debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200,<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and sold 81,000 copies in its opening week,<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but after that did not sell as well in the United States and yielded no hit singles, although it was certified gold.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album also featured duets with <a href="/wiki/Patti_Russo" title="Patti Russo">Patti Russo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Hudson" title="Jennifer Hudson">Jennifer Hudson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the weeks following the release of <i>Bat III</i>, Meat Loaf and the <a href="/wiki/Neverland_Express" title="Neverland Express">Neverland Express</a> did a brief tour of the U.S. and Europe, known as the Bases are Loaded Tour. In October 2006, Meat Loaf's private jet had to make an emergency landing at <a href="/wiki/London_Stansted_Airport" title="London Stansted Airport">London Stansted Airport</a> after the plane's forward landing gear failed.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, Meat Loaf began <a href="/wiki/The_Seize_the_Night_Tour" title="The Seize the Night Tour">The Seize the Night Tour</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Marion_Raven" title="Marion Raven">Marion Raven</a>, serving as a supporting act. Portions of the tour in February 2007 were featured in the documentary <i><a href="/wiki/Meat_Loaf:_In_Search_of_Paradise" title="Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise">Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise</a></i>, directed by <a href="/wiki/Bruce_David_Klein" title="Bruce David Klein">Bruce David Klein</a>. The film was an official selection of the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_World_Film_Festival" title="Montreal World Film Festival">Montreal World Film Festival</a> in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It opened in theaters in March 2008<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was released on DVD in May 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meat_Loaf_Birmingham_NEC_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Meat_Loaf_Birmingham_NEC_2007.jpg/220px-Meat_Loaf_Birmingham_NEC_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Meat_Loaf_Birmingham_NEC_2007.jpg/330px-Meat_Loaf_Birmingham_NEC_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Meat_Loaf_Birmingham_NEC_2007.jpg/440px-Meat_Loaf_Birmingham_NEC_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1897" data-file-height="1425" /></a><figcaption>Meat Loaf performing at Birmingham's NEC arena in 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>During a performance at the <a href="/wiki/Metro_Radio_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Metro Radio Arena">Metro Radio Arena</a> in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a>, England, on October 31, 2007, at the opening of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" Meat Loaf walked off the stage early in the song and said that it was his last performance. His tour promoter, Andrew Miller, said that it was a result of "<a href="/wiki/Fatigue" title="Fatigue">exhaustion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stress_(biology)" title="Stress (biology)">stress</a>" and said that Meat Loaf would continue touring after suitable rest.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next two gigs in the tour, at the <a href="/wiki/National_Exhibition_Centre" title="National Exhibition Centre">NEC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Evening_News_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Evening News Arena">Manchester Evening News Arena</a> were canceled because of "acute <a href="/wiki/Laryngitis" title="Laryngitis">laryngitis</a>" and were rescheduled for late November.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The concert scheduled for November 6, 2007, at London's <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Arena" title="Wembley Arena">Wembley Arena</a> was also canceled. Meat Loaf canceled his entire European tour for 2007 after being diagnosed with a <a href="/wiki/Cyst" title="Cyst">cyst</a> on his vocal cords.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 27, 2008, Meat Loaf began <a href="/wiki/The_Casa_de_Carne_Tour" title="The Casa de Carne Tour">The Casa de Carne Tour</a> in <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>, England alongside his longtime duet partner Patti Russo, who debuted one of her own original songs during the show.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tour continued through July and August with twenty dates throughout England, Ireland, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. Six U.S. shows were also added for October and December 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2009, Meat Loaf began work on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Hang_Cool_Teddy_Bear" title="Hang Cool Teddy Bear">Hang Cool Teddy Bear</a></i> in the studio with <a href="/wiki/Green_Day" title="Green Day">Green Day</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/American_Idiot" title="American Idiot">American Idiot</a></i> album producer <a href="/wiki/Rob_Cavallo" title="Rob Cavallo">Rob Cavallo</a>, working with such writers as <a href="/wiki/Justin_Hawkins" title="Justin Hawkins">Justin Hawkins</a>, Rick Brantley, Ollie Wride, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Henriksen" title="Tommy Henriksen">Tommy Henriksen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jon_Bon_Jovi" title="Jon Bon Jovi">Jon Bon Jovi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album is based on the story of a fictional soldier, whose "story" furnishes the theme.<sup id="cite_ref-coolteddy_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coolteddy-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album is based on a short story by the Los Angeles-based screenwriter and director Kilian Kerwin, a long-time friend of the singer. <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Laurie" title="Hugh Laurie">Hugh Laurie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Black" title="Jack Black">Jack Black</a> both perform on the album, Laurie plays piano on the song "If I Can't Have You", while Black sings a duet with Meat Loaf on "Like A Rose". Patti Russo and Kara DioGuardi also duet on the album. <a href="/wiki/Brian_May" title="Brian May">Brian May</a> of <a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a> features on guitar along with <a href="/wiki/Steve_Vai" title="Steve Vai">Steve Vai</a>. It received positive reviews from critics and fans alike.<sup id="cite_ref-coolteddy_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coolteddy-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-independent_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first single from the album, "Los Angeloser", was released for download on April 5 with the album charting at number 4 in the UK Albums Chart on April 25, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-meatloafcharts_64-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meatloafcharts-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hang Cool Tour followed in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. Patti Russo accompanied him on the tour, continuing through mid-2011.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meat_Loaf_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2019_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Meat_Loaf_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Meat_Loaf_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Meat_Loaf_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Meat_Loaf_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Meat_Loaf_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Meat_Loaf_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1546" /></a><figcaption>Meat Loaf in 2019</figcaption></figure> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Handbasket" title="Hell in a Handbasket">Hell in a Handbasket</a></i>, released in October 2011 for Australia and New Zealand, and February 2012 for the rest of the world, was recorded and produced by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Crook" title="Paul Crook">Paul Crook</a>; Doug McKean did the mix with input from <a href="/wiki/Rob_Cavallo" title="Rob Cavallo">Rob Cavallo</a>. The album features songs called "All of Me", "Blue Sky", "The Giving Tree", "Mad, Mad World", and a duet with Patti Russo called "Our Love and Our Souls."<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2011_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2011 AFL Grand Final">2011 AFL Grand Final</a>, the pre-match entertainment was headlined by a 12-minute medley performed by Meat Loaf. The performance was panned as the worst in the 34-year history of AFL Grand Final pre-game entertainment in a multitude of online reviews by football fans and Australian sport commentators.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf responded by calling online critics "butt-smellers",<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the AFL "jerks", vowing to convince other artists not to play at the event.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, Meat Loaf planned to release a Christmas album called <i>Hot Holidays</i> featuring <a href="/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks">Garth Brooks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reba_McEntire" title="Reba McEntire">Reba McEntire</a>, but the album was never released.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2016, <i><a href="/wiki/Braver_Than_We_Are" title="Braver Than We Are">Braver Than We Are</a></i>, a 10-track album created with Jim Steinman, was released. Meat Loaf recorded reworked versions of Steinman's songs "Braver Than We Are", "Speaking in Tongues", "Who Needs the Young", and "<a href="/wiki/More_(The_Sisters_of_Mercy_song)" title="More (The Sisters of Mercy song)">More</a>" (previously recorded by <a href="/wiki/The_Sisters_of_Mercy" title="The Sisters of Mercy">the Sisters of Mercy</a>) for the album. Additionally, the song "Prize Fight Lover", originally issued as a download-only bonus track for <i>Hang Cool Teddy Bear</i>, was re-recorded for the album.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_projects_and_Jim_Steinman's_death"><span id="Later_projects_and_Jim_Steinman.27s_death"></span>Later projects and Jim Steinman's death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Later projects and Jim Steinman's death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2020, during an interview for <i>The Mirror</i>, Meat Loaf announced, "I'm not old. I've got songs for another record and I'm reading a script."<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a February 2020 Facebook post, Meat Loaf announced his intention to record a new album containing 'four or five new tracks', including Steinman's "What Part of My Body Hurts the Most" (a song long requested by fans, but previously under contract restrictions for the <i>Bat Out of Hell</i> musical), along with the original 1975 demo recordings made for the <i>Bat Out of Hell</i> album.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf's longtime collaborator Jim Steinman died on April 19, 2021, of kidney failure.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a Facebook post in November 2021, he further elaborated that he and his band would be returning to the studio in January 2022 to record seven new songs for a forthcoming album, which would also include live tracks from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on January 20, 2022, he died at age 74. At the time of his death, the recording process had not yet begun.<sup id="cite_ref-nytdies_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytdies-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acting">Acting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Acting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to his role in 1975 for <i>Rocky Horror Picture Show</i>, Meat Loaf also had a career as an actor in television and film. 1992 he was a main character in <a href="/wiki/Leap_of_Faith_(film)" title="Leap of Faith (film)">Leap Of Faith</a> where he played as the band director/bus driver/piano player, He also played a small role as a doorman/bouncer in <i><a href="/wiki/Wayne%27s_World_(film)" title="Wayne's World (film)">Wayne's World</a></i>. He appeared as the <a href="/wiki/Spice_Girls" title="Spice Girls">Spice Girls</a>' bus driver in the 1997 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Spice_World_(film)" title="Spice World (film)">Spice World</a></i> and as Red in the 1998 thriller/drama film <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Dog_(1998_film)" title="Black Dog (1998 film)">Black Dog</a></i> alongside <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Swayze" title="Patrick Swayze">Patrick Swayze</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a>. In <a href="/wiki/David_Fincher" title="David Fincher">David Fincher</a>'s 1999 film <i><a href="/wiki/Fight_Club" title="Fight Club">Fight Club</a></i> he played Robert Paulsen, a man who joins a men's self-help group. He also reportedly assisted director <a href="/wiki/David_Fincher" title="David Fincher">David Fincher</a> with the editing of the film.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, he played a character in the sixth-season episode "<a href="/wiki/Gettysburg_(The_Outer_Limits)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gettysburg (The Outer Limits)">Gettysburg</a>" of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Outer_Limits_(1995_TV_series)" title="The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)">The Outer Limits</a></i>. Meat Loaf appears (uncredited) as <a href="/wiki/Jack_Black" title="Jack Black">Jack Black</a>'s father in the 2006 film <i><a href="/wiki/Tenacious_D_in_The_Pick_of_Destiny" title="Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny">Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> providing vocals on the film's opening song "<a href="/wiki/Kickapoo_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kickapoo (song)">Kickapoo</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, Meat Loaf acted in <i><a href="/wiki/House_(TV_Series)" class="mw-redirect" title="House (TV Series)">House (TV Series)</a></i> S5 E20 "Simple Explanation", playing Eddie - a husband who is determined to die in order to donate his liver to his wife. </p><p>On October 26, 2010, Meat Loaf (credited as Meat Loaf Aday) appeared on the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Broadcasting Network">Fox</a> television series <i><a href="/wiki/Glee_(TV_series)" title="Glee (TV series)">Glee</a></i> in "<a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Glee_Show" title="The Rocky Horror Glee Show">The Rocky Horror Glee Show</a>", the series' tribute episode to <i>The Rocky Horror Picture Show</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, he was a contestant in <a href="/wiki/The_Apprentice_(American_season_11)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Apprentice (American season 11)">season 11</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Apprentice" class="mw-redirect" title="Celebrity Apprentice">Celebrity Apprentice</a></i>, during which he was eliminated after task number 12. In the course of the contest he had a notable dramatic showdown with fellow contestant <a href="/wiki/Gary_Busey" title="Gary Busey">Gary Busey</a> which was then televised.<sup id="cite_ref-viral_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-viral-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family_and_residences">Family and residences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Family and residences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meat_Loaf.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Meat_Loaf.jpg/150px-Meat_Loaf.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Meat_Loaf.jpg/225px-Meat_Loaf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Meat_Loaf.jpg/300px-Meat_Loaf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Meat Loaf being interviewed in 2009</figcaption></figure> <p>In December 1978, Meat Loaf went to work with Steinman in <a href="/wiki/Woodstock,_New_York" title="Woodstock, New York">Woodstock, New York</a>, where his future wife, Leslie G. Edmonds, was working as a secretary at <a href="/wiki/Bearsville_Studios" title="Bearsville Studios">Bearsville Studios</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Spoofing_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Spoofing-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they were married in early 1979. From a previous marriage, Leslie had a daughter named <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Aday" title="Pearl Aday">Pearl</a>, who later married <a href="/wiki/Anthrax_(American_band)" title="Anthrax (American band)">Anthrax</a> rhythm guitarist <a href="/wiki/Scott_Ian" title="Scott Ian">Scott Ian</a>. Meat Loaf adopted Pearl in 1979, and her last name was changed to Aday.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 1979, he and his family moved to a house on Eagle Drive in <a href="/wiki/Stamford,_Connecticut" title="Stamford, Connecticut">Stamford, Connecticut</a>. In 1981, Leslie gave birth to <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Aday" title="Amanda Aday">Amanda Aday</a>, later a television actress.<sup id="cite_ref-sagoml_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sagoml-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a brief time after Amanda's birth, they lived in <a href="/wiki/Westport,_Connecticut" title="Westport, Connecticut">Westport, Connecticut</a>. He coached children's baseball or softball in each of the Connecticut towns where he lived, including for his daughter's team at <a href="/wiki/Joel_Barlow_High_School" title="Joel Barlow High School">Joel Barlow High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sagoml_55-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sagoml-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lived on Orchard Drive in <a href="/wiki/Redding,_Connecticut" title="Redding, Connecticut">Redding, Connecticut</a>, from 1989 to 1998. He had also lived on Beach Road in <a href="/wiki/Fairfield,_Connecticut" title="Fairfield, Connecticut">Fairfield, Connecticut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 1998, the family purchased a house in <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California" title="Beverly Hills, California">Beverly Hills, California</a> for $1.6 million.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf and Leslie divorced in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, he sold his 5,083-square-foot house in <a href="/wiki/Mandeville_Canyon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandeville Canyon">Mandeville Canyon</a> near Los Angeles to <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kinnear" title="Greg Kinnear">Greg Kinnear</a> for $3.6 million.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> said that he was seeking a residence in <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool" title="Hartlepool">Hartlepool</a>; Meat Loaf supported <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United F.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2005, he purchased a 7,142-square-foot Spanish-style home off <a href="/wiki/Mulholland_Highway" title="Mulholland Highway">Mulholland Highway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Calabasas,_California" title="Calabasas, California">Calabasas, California</a>, for $2,999,000;<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he sold it for $3,065,000 in May 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-moves_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moves-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meat Loaf married Deborah Gillespie in 2007. In May 2012, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a>, purchasing a newly constructed 5,200-square-foot house at 17701 Flagler Drive for $1,475,000.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-moves_125-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moves-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before his death, he lived in <a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_Tennessee" title="Brentwood, Tennessee">Brentwood, Tennessee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Name_change">Name change</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Name change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1984, Meat Loaf legally changed his first name from Marvin to Michael because he was "haunted" by a <a href="/wiki/Levi_Strauss_%26_Co." title="Levi Strauss & Co.">Levi Strauss & Co.</a> commercial which—according to him—contained the line “Poor fat Marvin can't wear Levi's.”<sup id="cite_ref-batman_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batman-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Meat Loaf was a fan of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He got <a href="/wiki/Phil_Rizzuto" title="Phil Rizzuto">Phil Rizzuto</a> to recite the <a href="/wiki/Play-by-play" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-by-play">play-by-play</a> of a young man racing around the bases in "Paradise by the Dashboard Light".<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He participated in multiple <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_baseball" title="Fantasy baseball">fantasy baseball</a> leagues every season.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also expressed support for the English Association football team <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United F.C.</a> In June 2008, he took part in a football <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shootout" title="Penalty shootout">penalty shootout</a> competition on behalf of two cancer charities in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a>. He auctioned shots to the 100 highest bidders and then took his place between the goal posts.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also participated in celebrity golf tournaments. In April 2005, he was one of the celebrity drivers in the 2005 <a href="/wiki/Toyota_Pro/Celebrity_Race" title="Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race">Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race</a>, finishing seventh among the 12 celebrity drivers in the race.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social_anxiety">Social anxiety</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Social anxiety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He revealed that he had <a href="/wiki/Social_anxiety" title="Social anxiety">social anxiety</a> and said, "I never meet anybody much in a social situation because when I go into a social situation, I have no idea what to do." He said that he does not "even go anywhere" and that he felt that he led a "boring life", in having said that he "completely freaked" when having to attend a party and that he was "so nervous, so scared" of the idea. He also said that he spent time with fellow musicians mainly in work-related situations rather than social ones.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also said that as a kid, "Being too fat to play with the other children, I had to spend a lot of time alone, which probably has a lot to do with the way I am today. I'm usually alone in my hotel room from right after the show until the next day's sound check. And I'm never bored; I don't get bored. Probably because mothers wouldn't let their kids play with me."<sup id="cite_ref-batman_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-batman-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vegetarianism">Vegetarianism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Vegetarianism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Meat Loaf was a vegetarian from 1981 to 1992. Discussing the confusion caused by his contrasting stage name and dietary habits, he once told <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i>, "There've been vegetarians who wouldn't speak to me because of my name. I was sitting with <a href="/wiki/Jon_Bon_Jovi" title="Jon Bon Jovi">Jon Bon Jovi</a> at one of those awards things, and I say, 'Oh, man, I love <a href="/wiki/K.d._lang" title="K.d. lang">k.d. lang</a>. I'd really like to meet her.' They went to find out if it was okay, and she goes, 'No. His name is Meat Loaf.' I stopped being a k.d. lang fan after that."<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He declared in 2019 that he would try <a href="/wiki/Veganism" title="Veganism">veganism</a> for <a href="/wiki/Veganuary" title="Veganuary">Veganuary</a> in 2020 and would be partnering with UK restaurant chain <a href="/wiki/Frankie_%26_Benny%27s" title="Frankie & Benny's">Frankie & Benny's</a> to promote its vegan options.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although he did not belong to any faith-based institution, Meat Loaf was religious. While growing up, he attended church with his mother and studied the Bible, which influenced his work. Several of his songs, such as "40 Days" and "Fall from Grace", have religious themes. He prayed every night.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Political_affiliations">Political affiliations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Political affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Meat Loaf was not officially registered with any political party. In 1997, he performed at an <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_inaugural_balls" title="United States presidential inaugural balls">inaugural ball</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Bill_Clinton" title="Second inauguration of Bill Clinton">second inauguration of Bill Clinton</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and attended the <a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_George_W._Bush" title="First inauguration of George W. Bush">first inauguration of George W. Bush</a> in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He donated to the presidential campaigns of Republican candidates <a href="/wiki/Rick_Santorum" title="Rick Santorum">Rick Santorum</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a>, the latter of whom became the party's nominee in the <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election" title="2008 United States presidential election">2008 United States presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-endorses_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-endorses-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 25, 2012, Meat Loaf endorsed <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> for president, citing poor <a href="/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Russia–United States relations">Russia–United States relations</a> as a major reason he had been "arguing for Mitt Romney for a year."<sup id="cite_ref-Mitt_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitt-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said, "I have never been in any political agenda in my life, but I think that in 2012 this is the most important election in the history of the United States." He then said there are "storm clouds" over the United States and "thunder storms" over Europe: "There are hail storms – and I mean major hail storms! – in the Middle East. There are storms brewing through China, through Asia, through everywhere."<sup id="cite_ref-Mitt_140-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mitt-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same day, he performed "<a href="/wiki/America_the_Beautiful" title="America the Beautiful">America the Beautiful</a>" standing next to Romney.<sup id="cite_ref-endorses_139-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-endorses-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2017 interview with <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>, he made positive remarks about President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ivanka_Trump" title="Ivanka Trump">Ivanka Trump</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr." title="Donald Trump Jr.">Donald Trump Jr.</a>; they had worked together on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Celebrity_Apprentice" title="The Celebrity Apprentice">The Celebrity Apprentice</a></i> in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When asked if he would vote for Trump, Meat Loaf said: "I would vote for you. In fact, I'll help you with your campaign." In 2020, however, he said he was not 100% supportive of Trump.<sup id="cite_ref-rift_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rift-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Climate_change_views">Climate change views</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Climate change views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Meat Loaf said that he did not believe in climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview with the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mail" title="Daily Mail">Daily Mail</a></i> in 2020, he called <a href="/wiki/Greta_Thunberg" title="Greta Thunberg">Greta Thunberg</a> "brainwashed" due to her views on climate change, saying: "I feel for that Greta. She has been brainwashed into thinking that there is climate change and there isn't. She hasn't done anything wrong but she's been forced into thinking that what she is saying is true.”<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Criticism_of_COVID-19_rules">Criticism of COVID-19 rules</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Criticism of COVID-19 rules"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was critical of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_lockdowns" title="COVID-19 lockdowns">COVID-19 lockdowns</a> during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, telling the <i><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette" title="Pittsburgh Post-Gazette">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</a></i> in August 2021: "I hug people in the middle of COVID ... I understood stopping life for a little while, but they cannot continue to stop life because of politics." He opposed <a href="/wiki/Mask_mandate" class="mw-redirect" title="Mask mandate">mask mandates</a> and described a person who called for people on airplanes to wear masks as a "<a href="/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism">Nazi</a>" and "power-mad." Meat Loaf then said: "If I die, I die, but I'm not going to be controlled."<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health">Health</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meat_Loaf_-_German_Comic_Con_Preview_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Meat_Loaf_-_German_Comic_Con_Preview_2019.jpg/220px-Meat_Loaf_-_German_Comic_Con_Preview_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Meat_Loaf_-_German_Comic_Con_Preview_2019.jpg/330px-Meat_Loaf_-_German_Comic_Con_Preview_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Meat_Loaf_-_German_Comic_Con_Preview_2019.jpg/440px-Meat_Loaf_-_German_Comic_Con_Preview_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="732" data-file-height="846" /></a><figcaption>Meat Loaf - German Comic Con Preview 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2003, Meat Loaf was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Wolff%E2%80%93Parkinson%E2%80%93White_syndrome" title="Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome">Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome</a>, a condition marked by an extra electrical pathway in the heart that causes symptoms like a rapid heartbeat.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf had <a href="/wiki/Asthma" title="Asthma">asthma</a> and, in July 2011, he fainted on stage while performing in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a> due to an <a href="/wiki/Asthma_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Asthma attack">asthma attack</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-china_150-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-china-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He collapsed again while on stage in <a href="/wiki/Edmonton" title="Edmonton">Edmonton</a> in June 2016 due to severe dehydration, after having already canceled two other shows due to illness.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The playback containing his pre-recorded, voice-over vocal track continued while he lay unconscious on the stage, which caused controversy over <a href="/wiki/Lip_sync" title="Lip sync">lip syncing</a>, claims that Meat Loaf denied, saying that his mic was live.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the incident, Meat Loaf used <a href="/wiki/Acupuncture" title="Acupuncture">acupuncture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Physical_therapy" title="Physical therapy">physical therapy</a> and a trainer for four days a week, an hour and a half each session.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf had emergency back surgery in November 2016 including a <a href="/wiki/Spinal_fusion" title="Spinal fusion">spinal fusion</a> due to a <a href="/wiki/Cyst" title="Cyst">cyst</a> that was pinching nerves, and in 2019, he was using a cane and a wheelchair to get around.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the 2019 <a href="/wiki/Texas_Frightmare_Weekend" title="Texas Frightmare Weekend">Texas Frightmare Weekend</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Hyatt" title="Hyatt">Hyatt</a> Regency DFW hotel, Meat Loaf fell off an interview stage and broke his <a href="/wiki/Clavicle" title="Clavicle">clavicle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meat Loaf and his wife sued Texas Frightmare Weekend and Hyatt due to the accident.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Meat Loaf died in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, on the evening of January 20, 2022, at the age of 74. No official <a href="/wiki/Cause_of_death" title="Cause of death">cause of death</a> was released.<sup id="cite_ref-cbsdied_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbsdied-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was reportedly ill with COVID-19 earlier in January, and reporting by <a href="/wiki/TMZ" title="TMZ">TMZ</a> suggested that he died from COVID-19 complications.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As his health rapidly declined, his two daughters rushed to see him in the hospital with his wife being beside him as he died.<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His daughter had posted to <a href="/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a> in early January that: "We are not sick, but we have too many friends and family testing positive [for COVID-19] right now, positive but doing OK."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_147-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable people who posted tributes include <a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Tyler" title="Bonnie Tyler">Bonnie Tyler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cher" title="Cher">Cher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_May" title="Brian May">Brian May</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boy_George" title="Boy George">Boy George</a>, <a href="/wiki/Travis_Tritt" title="Travis Tritt">Travis Tritt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marlee_Matlin" title="Marlee Matlin">Marlee Matlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Fry" title="Stephen Fry">Stephen Fry</a>, and his <i>Rocky Horror</i> co-star <a href="/wiki/Nell_Campbell" title="Nell Campbell">Nell Campbell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rift_143-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rift-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Guard" title="King's Guard">Queen's Guard</a> performed a rendition of "<a href="/wiki/I%27d_Do_Anything_for_Love_(But_I_Won%27t_Do_That)" title="I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)">I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Meat_Loaf_discography" title="Meat Loaf discography">Meat Loaf discography</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell" title="Bat Out of Hell">Bat Out of Hell</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Ringer_(album)" title="Dead Ringer (album)">Dead Ringer</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_at_the_Lost_and_Found" title="Midnight at the Lost and Found">Midnight at the Lost and Found</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Attitude_(album)" title="Bad Attitude (album)">Bad Attitude</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blind_Before_I_Stop" title="Blind Before I Stop">Blind Before I Stop</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_II:_Back_into_Hell" title="Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell">Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Neighbourhood_(Meat_Loaf_album)" title="Welcome to the Neighbourhood (Meat Loaf album)">Welcome to the Neighbourhood</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Couldn%27t_Have_Said_It_Better" title="Couldn't Have Said It Better">Couldn't Have Said It Better</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_III:_The_Monster_Is_Loose" title="Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose">Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hang_Cool_Teddy_Bear" title="Hang Cool Teddy Bear">Hang Cool Teddy Bear</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Handbasket" title="Hell in a Handbasket">Hell in a Handbasket</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Braver_Than_We_Are" title="Braver Than We Are">Braver Than We Are</a></i> (2016)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tours">Tours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Tours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>Bat Out Of Hell (1977–1978)</li> <li>Neverland Express '81-'82 Tour (1981)</li> <li>In Euro '82 (1982)</li> <li>World Tour '83 (1983)</li> <li>Bad Attitude Tour '84/585 (1984–1985)</li> <li>20/20 World Tour (1987)</li> <li>Lost Boys and Golden Girls World Tour (1988)</li> <li>World Tour '89 (1989)</li> <li>Irish Tour (1990)</li> <li>World Tour '90 (1990)</li> <li>Tour 1991 (1991)</li> <li>Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell Tour (1993)</li> <li>Everything Louder World Tour (1993–1994)</li> <li>Born To Rock Tour (1996)</li> <li>The Giants of Rock In Concert (1997)</li> <li>Meat Loaf '99 / The Very Best Of Tour (1999)</li> <li>VH1 Storytellers Tour (1999–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Proms" title="Night of the Proms">Night of the Proms</a> (2001)</li> <li>Just Having Fun With Friends Tour (2002–2003)</li> <li>The Last World Tour (2003–2004)</li> <li>Hair Of The Dog Tour (2005)</li> <li>The Bases Are Loaded Tour (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Seize_the_Night_Tour" title="The Seize the Night Tour">The Seize the Night Tour</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Casa_de_Carne_Tour" title="The Casa de Carne Tour">The Casa de Carne Tour</a> (2008)</li> <li>Hang Cool Tour (2010–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guilty_Pleasure_Tour" title="Guilty Pleasure Tour">Guilty Pleasure Tour</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mad_Mad_World_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="Mad Mad World Tour">Mad Mad World Tour</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_at_Bat_Tour" title="Last at Bat Tour">Last at Bat Tour</a> (2013)<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rocktellz & Cocktails (2013–2014)</li> <li>In Concert Tour (2015–2016)</li></ul> <p>Note: Meat Loaf's band The <a href="/wiki/Neverland_Express" title="Neverland Express">Neverland Express</a> has since continued with American Idol winner <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Johnson" title="Caleb Johnson">Caleb Johnson</a> </p> </div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/State_Fair_(1962_film)" title="State Fair (1962 film)">State Fair</a></i> </td> <td>Boy in Stands </td> <td>Uncredited </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Bahr_167-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bahr-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show" title="The Rocky Horror Picture Show">The Rocky Horror Picture Show</a></i> </td> <td>Eddie </td> <td>As Meatloaf </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1979 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Americathon" title="Americathon">Americathon</a></i> </td> <td>Roy Budnitz </td> <td rowspan="4"> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Larger_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Larger-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Scavenger_Hunt" title="Scavenger Hunt">Scavenger Hunt</a></i> </td> <td>Scum </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Roadie_(1980_film)" title="Roadie (1980 film)">Roadie</a></i> </td> <td>Travis W. Redfish </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><i>Dead Ringer</i> </td> <td>Meat Loaf / Marvin </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Out_of_Bounds_(1986_film)" title="Out of Bounds (1986 film)">Out of Bounds</a></i> </td> <td>Gil </td> <td rowspan="12">As Meatloaf </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Squeeze_(1987_film)" title="The Squeeze (1987 film)">The Squeeze</a></i> </td> <td>Titus </td> <td rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-rotten_171-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rotten-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Motorama_(film)" title="Motorama (film)">Motorama</a></i> </td> <td>Vern </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1992 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wayne%27s_World_(film)" title="Wayne's World (film)">Wayne's World</a></i> </td> <td>Tiny </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rotten_171-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rotten-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gun_in_Betty_Lou%27s_Handbag" title="The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag">The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag</a></i> </td> <td>Lawrence </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Leap_of_Faith_(film)" title="Leap of Faith (film)">Leap of Faith</a></i> </td> <td>Hoover </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-rotten_171-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rotten-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Spice_World_(film)" title="Spice World (film)">Spice World</a></i> </td> <td>Dennis </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gunshy" title="Gunshy">Gunshy</a></i> </td> <td>Lew Collins </td> <td rowspan="4"><sup id="cite_ref-rotten_171-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rotten-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Dog_(1998_film)" title="Black Dog (1998 film)">Black Dog</a></i> </td> <td>"Red" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty" title="The Mighty">The Mighty</a></i> </td> <td>Iggy Lee </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Outside_Ozona" title="Outside Ozona">Outside Ozona</a></i> </td> <td>Floyd Bibbs </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Crazy_in_Alabama" title="Crazy in Alabama">Crazy in Alabama</a></i> </td> <td>Sheriff John Doggett </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-rotten_171-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rotten-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fight_Club" title="Fight Club">Fight Club</a></i> </td> <td>Robert "Bob" Paulsen </td> <td>as Meat Loaf Aday </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man</i> (<a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_teker%C3%B6lantos_napl%C3%B3ja" class="extiw" title="hu:A tekerölantos naplója">hu</a>) </td> <td> </td> <td rowspan="15"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">2001 </td> <td><i>Face to Face</i> </td> <td>Driver </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Rustin</i> </td> <td>Coach Trellingsby </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-rotten_171-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rotten-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Focus_(2001_film)" title="Focus (2001 film)">Focus</a></i> </td> <td>Fred </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_51st_State" title="The 51st State">The 51st State</a></i> </td> <td>The Lizard </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-rotten_171-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rotten-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Polish Spaghetti</i> </td> <td>Food Critic </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Salton_Sea_(2002_film)" title="The Salton Sea (2002 film)">The Salton Sea</a></i> </td> <td>Bo </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wishcraft" title="Wishcraft">Wishcraft</a></i> </td> <td>Detective "Sparky" Shaw </td> <td rowspan="8"><sup id="cite_ref-rotten_171-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rotten-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><i>Learning Curves</i> </td> <td>Timmons </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Hole_in_One" title="A Hole in One">A Hole in One</a></i> </td> <td>Billy </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2005 </td> <td><i>Extreme Dating</i> </td> <td>Marshall Jackson </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chasing_Ghosts_(2005_film)" title="Chasing Ghosts (2005 film)">Chasing Ghosts</a></i> </td> <td>Richard Valbruno </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Crazylove</i> </td> <td>John </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/BloodRayne_(film)" title="BloodRayne (film)">BloodRayne</a></i> </td> <td>Leonid </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pleasure_Drivers" title="The Pleasure Drivers">The Pleasure Drivers</a></i> </td> <td>Dale </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tenacious_D_in_The_Pick_of_Destiny" title="Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny">Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny</a></i> </td> <td>Bud Black, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Black" title="Jack Black">Jack Black</a>'s father, providing vocals on the film's opening song "<a href="/wiki/Kickapoo_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kickapoo (song)">Kickapoo</a>". </td> <td>Uncredited </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Urban_Decay_(film)" title="Urban Decay (film)">Urban Decay</a></i> </td> <td>Rick Zero </td> <td rowspan="3"> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001533/">Meat Loaf</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/History_Rocks" title="History Rocks">History Rocks</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Meat_Loaf:_In_Search_of_Paradise" title="Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise">Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Burning_Bright_(film)" title="Burning Bright (film)">Burning Bright</a></i> </td> <td>Howie </td> <td>Uncredited </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001533/">Meat Loaf</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Boy_(2010_film)" title="Beautiful Boy (2010 film)">Beautiful Boy</a></i> </td> <td>Motel Manager </td> <td rowspan="8"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-rotten_171-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rotten-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Polish Bar</i> </td> <td>Joe </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><i>Absolute Killers</i> </td> <td>Dan </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001533/">Meat Loaf</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Moment_(2013_film)" title="The Moment (2013 film)">The Moment</a></i> </td> <td>Sergeant Goodman </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-rotten_171-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rotten-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>All American Christmas Carol</i> </td> <td>Ross </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2014 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stage_Fright_(2014_film)" title="Stage Fright (2014 film)">Stage Fright</a></i> </td> <td>Roger McCall </td> <td rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-rotten_171-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rotten-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wishin%27_and_Hopin%27_(film)" title="Wishin' and Hopin' (film)">Wishin' and Hopin'</a></i> </td> <td>Monsignor Muldoon </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sausage_Party" title="Sausage Party">Sausage Party</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meatloaf" title="Meatloaf">Meatloaf</a> (voice) </td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td>1978–81 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>2 episodes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td data-sort-value="Equalizer, The"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Equalizer_(1985_TV_series)" title="The Equalizer (1985 TV series)">The Equalizer</a></i> </td> <td>Sugar Fly Simon </td> <td>Episode: "Bump and Run" </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001533/">Meat Loaf</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td data-sort-value="Grand Knockout Tournament, The"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Grand_Knockout_Tournament" title="The Grand Knockout Tournament">The Grand Knockout Tournament</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Television special </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monsters_(American_TV_series)" title="Monsters (American TV series)">Monsters</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Willard Wingite </td> <td>Episode: "Where's the Rest of Me?" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1992 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lightning_Force" title="Lightning Force">Lightning Force</a></i> </td> <td>Richard Talbot </td> <td>Episode: "MIA" </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001533/">Meat Loaf</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tales_from_the_Crypt_(TV_series)" title="Tales from the Crypt (TV series)">Tales from the Crypt</a></i> </td> <td>Mr. Chumley </td> <td>Episode: "What's Cookin'?" </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001533/">Meat Loaf</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sniz_%26_Fondue" title="Sniz & Fondue">Psyched for Snuppa</a></i> </td> <td>Snuppa (voice) </td> <td>TV Pilot </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/To_Catch_a_Yeti" title="To Catch a Yeti">To Catch a Yeti</a></i> </td> <td>Jake "Big Jake" Grizzly </td> <td>TV movie </td> <td rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-rotten_171-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rotten-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Gun" title="Dead Man's Gun">Dead Man's Gun</a></i> </td> <td>Aaron Freemont </td> <td>Episode: "The Mail Order Bride" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nash_Bridges" title="Nash Bridges">Nash Bridges</a></i> </td> <td>Charlie Pep </td> <td>Episode: "Wild Card" </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Behind_the_Music" title="Behind the Music">Behind the Music</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Episode: "Meat Loaf" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/South_Park" title="South Park">South Park</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Chef_Aid" title="Chef Aid">Chef Aid</a>" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2000 </td> <td data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Outer_Limits_(1995_TV_series)" title="The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)">The Outer Limits</a></i> </td> <td>CSA Colonel Angus Devine </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Gettysburg_(The_Outer_Limits)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gettysburg (The Outer Limits)">Gettysburg</a>" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Blacktop</i> </td> <td>Jack </td> <td>TV movie </td> <td rowspan="19"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2001 </td> <td data-sort-value="Ballad of Lucy Whipple, The"><i>The Ballad of Lucy Whipple</i> </td> <td>Amos "Rattlesnake Jake" Frogge </td> <td>TV movie </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Trapped_(2001_film)" title="Trapped (2001 film)">Trapped</a></i> </td> <td>Jim Hankins </td> <td>TV movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Masters_of_Horror" title="Masters of Horror">Masters of Horror</a></i> </td> <td>Jake Feldman </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Pelts_(Masters_of_Horror)" title="Pelts (Masters of Horror)">Pelts</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dick_Clark%27s_New_Year%27s_Rockin%27_Eve" title="Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve">Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Himself </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Private_Sessions" title="Private Sessions">Private Sessions</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "Meat Loaf" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Go-Phone Commercial</i> </td> <td>Singing Father </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td data-sort-value="F Word, The"><i><a href="/wiki/The_F_Word_(British_TV_series)" title="The F Word (British TV series)">The F Word</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Himself </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7">2009 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hannity" title="Hannity">Hannity</a></i> </td> <td>Panel member </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/House_(TV_series)" title="House (TV series)">House</a></i> </td> <td>Eddie </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Simple_Explanation" title="Simple Explanation">Simple Explanation</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Jane_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizen Jane (film)">Citizen Jane</a></i> </td> <td>Detective Jack Morris </td> <td>TV movie </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bookaboo" title="Bookaboo">Bookaboo</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="3">Himself </td> <td>Episode: "The Lamb Who Came for Dinner" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Forget_the_Lyrics!_(American_game_show)" title="Don't Forget the Lyrics! (American game show)">Don't Forget the Lyrics!</a></i> </td> <td>He won $500,000 for <a href="/wiki/The_Painted_Turtle" title="The Painted Turtle">The Painted Turtle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_Hunters_(TV_series)" title="Ghost Hunters (TV series)">Ghost Hunters</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "Bat Out of Hell" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Monk_(TV_series)" title="Monk (TV series)">Monk</a></i> </td> <td>Reverend Hadley Jorgensen </td> <td>Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7">2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Popstar_to_Operastar" title="Popstar to Operastar">Popstar to Operastar</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="4">Himself </td> <td>Judge </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Spicks_and_Specks_(TV_series)" title="Spicks and Specks (TV series)">Spicks and Specks</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Behind the Music: Remastered</i> </td> <td>Episode: "Meat Loaf" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/WWE_Raw" title="WWE Raw">WWE Raw</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Glee_(TV_series)" title="Glee (TV series)">Glee</a></i> </td> <td>Barry Jeffries </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Glee_Show" title="The Rocky Horror Glee Show">The Rocky Horror Glee Show</a>" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_Hunters_(TV_series)" title="Ghost Hunters (TV series)">Ghost Hunters</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="3">Himself </td> <td>Episode: "Sloss Furnaces" </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/This_Week_(2003_TV_programme)" title="This Week (2003 TV programme)">This Week</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td data-sort-value="Celebrity Apprentice, The"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Apprentice_(American_season_11)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Apprentice (American season 11)">The Celebrity Apprentice</a></i> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-viral_116-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-viral-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fairly_Legal" title="Fairly Legal">Fairly Legal</a></i> </td> <td>Charlie DeKay </td> <td>Episode: "Kiss Me, Kate" </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Elementary_(TV_series)" title="Elementary (TV series)">Elementary</a></i> </td> <td>Herman Wolf </td> <td>Episode: "The Ballad of Lady Frances" </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017–2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_Wars_(TV_series)" title="Ghost Wars (TV series)">Ghost Wars</a></i> </td> <td>Doug Rennie </td> <td>Main cast </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMeat_Loaf1999" class="citation book cs1">Meat Loaf (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/tohellbackautobi00meat"><i>To Hell and Back: An Autobiography</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/ReganBooks" title="ReganBooks">ReganBooks</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-039293-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-039293-2"><bdi>0-06-039293-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=To+Hell+and+Back%3A+An+Autobiography&rft.pub=ReganBooks&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-06-039293-2&rft.au=Meat+Loaf&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ftohellbackautobi00meat&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meat_Loaf&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bestselling_music_artists" class="mw-redirect" title="List of bestselling music artists">List of bestselling music artists</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meatloaf-dies-age-74-bat-out-of-hell/">"Meat Loaf, rock superstar, 'Bat Out of Hell' singer, has died at 74"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News">CBS News</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220121131429/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meatloaf-dies-age-74-bat-out-of-hell/">Archived</a> from the original on January 21, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CBS+News&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf%2C+rock+superstar%2C+%27Bat+Out+of+Hell%27+singer%2C+has+died+at+74&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Fmeatloaf-dies-age-74-bat-out-of-hell%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nytdies-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nytdies_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nytdies_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarshallTaylor2022" class="citation news cs1">Marshall, Alex; Taylor, Derrick Bryson (January 21, 2022). <span class="id-lock-limited" title="Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/arts/music/meat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-aday.html">"Meat Loaf, 'Bat Out of Hell' Singer and Actor, Dies at 74"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">0362-4331</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220121084120/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/arts/music/meat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-aday.html">Archived</a> from the original on January 21, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf%2C+%27Bat+Out+of+Hell%27+Singer+and+Actor%2C+Dies+at+74&rft.date=2022-01-21&rft.issn=0362-4331&rft.aulast=Marshall&rft.aufirst=Alex&rft.au=Taylor%2C+Derrick+Bryson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2022%2F01%2F21%2Farts%2Fmusic%2Fmeat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-aday.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.today.com/popculture/music/meat-loaf-bat-hell-singer-actor-dies-74-rcna13026">"Rock legend and 'Bat Out of Hell' singer Meat Loaf dies at 74"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Today_(American_TV_program)" title="Today (American TV program)">Today</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220121153449/https://www.today.com/popculture/music/meat-loaf-bat-hell-singer-actor-dies-74-rcna13026">Archived</a> from the original on January 21, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Today&rft.atitle=Rock+legend+and+%27Bat+Out+of+Hell%27+singer+Meat+Loaf+dies+at+74&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.today.com%2Fpopculture%2Fmusic%2Fmeat-loaf-bat-hell-singer-actor-dies-74-rcna13026&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-biography-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biography&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf+Biography&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biography.com%2Fmusician%2Fmeat-loaf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSullivan2022" class="citation news cs1">Sullivan, Lindsey (January 21, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.broadway.com/buzz/201789/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-singer-and-rocky-horror-picture-show-actor-dies-at-74/">"Meat Loaf, Bat Out Of Hell Singer and Rocky Horror Picture Show Actor, Dies at 74"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Broadway.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway.com">Broadway.com</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220123190733/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/201789/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-singer-and-rocky-horror-picture-show-actor-dies-at-74/">Archived</a> from the original on January 23, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Broadway.com&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf%2C+Bat+Out+Of+Hell+Singer+and+Rocky+Horror+Picture+Show+Actor%2C+Dies+at+74&rft.date=2022-01-21&rft.aulast=Sullivan&rft.aufirst=Lindsey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadway.com%2Fbuzz%2F201789%2Fmeat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-singer-and-rocky-horror-picture-show-actor-dies-at-74%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Larger-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Larger_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Larger_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Larger_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Larger_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWall2017" class="citation book cs1">Wall, Mick (2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2h8UDgAAQBAJ"><i>Like a Bat Out of Hell: The Larger than Life Story of Meat Loaf</i></a>. Trapeze. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4091-7354-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4091-7354-0"><bdi>978-1-4091-7354-0</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220124150536/https://books.google.com/books?id=2h8UDgAAQBAJ">Archived</a> from the original on January 24, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Like+a+Bat+Out+of+Hell%3A+The+Larger+than+Life+Story+of+Meat+Loaf&rft.pub=Trapeze&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-1-4091-7354-0&rft.aulast=Wall&rft.aufirst=Mick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2h8UDgAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-qameatloaf-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-qameatloaf_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEdwards2016" class="citation web cs1">Edwards, Verity (September 16, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/qa-meatloaf-musician-68/news-story/9e9631153d2bffb0356afb6214fd1abf">"Q&A: Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday), musician, 68"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Australian" title="The Australian">The Australian</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170323024513/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/qa-meatloaf-musician-68/news-story/9e9631153d2bffb0356afb6214fd1abf">Archived</a> from the original on March 23, 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Australian&rft.atitle=Q%26A%3A+Meat+Loaf+%28Michael+Lee+Aday%29%2C+musician%2C+68&rft.date=2016-09-16&rft.aulast=Edwards&rft.aufirst=Verity&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Flife%2Fweekend-australian-magazine%2Fqa-meatloaf-musician-68%2Fnews-story%2F9e9631153d2bffb0356afb6214fd1abf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBjornson2022" class="citation news cs1">Bjornson, Greta (January 21, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://people.com/music/meat-loaf-name-origin-stories/">"Meat Loaf: The Many Origin Stories Behind the Late Singer's Name"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/People_(magazine)" title="People (magazine)">People</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=People&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf%3A+The+Many+Origin+Stories+Behind+the+Late+Singer%27s+Name&rft.date=2022-01-21&rft.aulast=Bjornson&rft.aufirst=Greta&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Fmusic%2Fmeat-loaf-name-origin-stories%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFElliott2022" class="citation news cs1">Elliott, Scott (January 27, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://christianchronicle.org/meat-loafs-surprising-connections-to-churches-of-christ/">"Meat Loaf's surprising connections to Churches of Christ"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Christian_Chronicle" title="The Christian Chronicle">The Christian Chronicle</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Christian+Chronicle&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf%27s+surprising+connections+to+Churches+of+Christ&rft.date=2022-01-27&rft.aulast=Elliott&rft.aufirst=Scott&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fchristianchronicle.org%2Fmeat-loafs-surprising-connections-to-churches-of-christ%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/singer-and-actor-meat-loaf-dead-1.6322657">"Singer and actor Meat Loaf dead at 74"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/CBC_News" title="CBC News">CBC News</a></i>. January 21, 2022. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220125074030/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/singer-and-actor-meat-loaf-dead-1.6322657">Archived</a> from the original on January 25, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=CBC+News&rft.atitle=Singer+and+actor+Meat+Loaf+dead+at+74&rft.date=2022-01-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbc.ca%2Fnews%2Fentertainment%2Fsinger-and-actor-meat-loaf-dead-1.6322657&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93146570/meat-loaf-tv-special-1979/">"Meatloaf cooks up TV special"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Brantford_Expositor" title="Brantford Expositor">Brantford Expositor</a></i>. March 17, 1979. p. 5. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220121235722/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93146570/meat-loaf-tv-special-1979/">Archived</a> from the original on January 21, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Brantford+Expositor&rft.atitle=Meatloaf+cooks+up+TV+special&rft.pages=5&rft.date=1979-03-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F93146570%2Fmeat-loaf-tv-special-1979%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChamberlain2007" class="citation news cs1">Chamberlain, Adrian (March 13, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20070313/282149286856598">"Meat Loaf, reheated: Singer says energy and voice are back, thanks to exercise and vocal coach"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ottawa_Citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ottawa Citizen">The Ottawa Citizen</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160118021537/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?id=614a8fdf-d7ae-4eb3-98c8-2c5321c81bb5&k=9722">Archived</a> from the original on January 18, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Ottawa+Citizen&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf%2C+reheated%3A+Singer+says+energy+and+voice+are+back%2C+thanks+to+exercise+and+vocal+coach&rft.date=2007-03-13&rft.aulast=Chamberlain&rft.aufirst=Adrian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressreader.com%2Fcanada%2Fottawa-citizen%2F20070313%2F282149286856598&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-batman-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-batman_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-batman_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-batman_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-batman_17-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarber2003" class="citation news cs1">Barber, Lynn (December 7, 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2003/dec/07/features.magazine67">"Bat man"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Bat+man&rft.date=2003-12-07&rft.aulast=Barber&rft.aufirst=Lynn&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ftheobserver%2F2003%2Fdec%2F07%2Ffeatures.magazine67&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBURGOS2022" class="citation web cs1">BURGOS, JENZIA (January 21, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://stylecaster.com/meatloaf-net-worth/">"Meat Loaf's Net Worth Reveals How Much He Made as One of the Greatest Rockstars of All Time"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/SHE_Media" title="SHE Media">SHE Media</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220123201615/https://stylecaster.com/meatloaf-net-worth/">Archived</a> from the original on January 23, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=SHE+Media&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf%27s+Net+Worth+Reveals+How+Much+He+Made+as+One+of+the+Greatest+Rockstars+of+All+Time&rft.date=2022-01-21&rft.aulast=BURGOS&rft.aufirst=JENZIA&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fstylecaster.com%2Fmeatloaf-net-worth%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-autobiography-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-autobiography_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-autobiography_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMeat_Loaf1993" class="citation book cs1">Meat Loaf (1993). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/tohellbackautobi00meat"><i>To hell and back : an autobiography</i></a> (1st ed.). New York: <a href="/wiki/ReganBooks" title="ReganBooks">ReganBooks</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-039293-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-039293-2"><bdi>0-06-039293-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/42397459">42397459</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=To+hell+and+back+%3A+an+autobiography&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=ReganBooks&rft.date=1993&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F42397459&rft.isbn=0-06-039293-2&rft.au=Meat+Loaf&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Ftohellbackautobi00meat&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bbcobit-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bbcobit_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbcobit_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbcobit_20-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27469244">"Obituary: Meat Loaf"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></i>. January 21, 2022. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220123135200/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27469244">Archived</a> from the original on January 23, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Obituary%3A+Meat+Loaf&rft.date=2022-01-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fentertainment-arts-27469244&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBerman2022" class="citation news cs1">Berman, Marc (January 21, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2022/01/21/rock-legend-meat-loaf-dies-at-74/">"Rock Legend Meat Loaf Dies At 74"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220123003851/https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2022/01/21/rock-legend-meat-loaf-dies-at-74/">Archived</a> from the original on January 23, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Forbes&rft.atitle=Rock+Legend+Meat+Loaf+Dies+At+74&rft.date=2022-01-21&rft.aulast=Berman&rft.aufirst=Marc&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fmarcberman1%2F2022%2F01%2F21%2Frock-legend-meat-loaf-dies-at-74%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-unique-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-unique_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcMahon2022" class="citation news cs1">McMahon, James (January 21, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nme.com/features/meat-loaf-1947-2022-tribute-obituary-3143443">"Meat Loaf, 1947 – 2022: a unique performer with big, bold odes to the dreamers and believers"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220123210415/https://www.nme.com/features/meat-loaf-1947-2022-tribute-obituary-3143443">Archived</a> from the original on January 23, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NME&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf%2C+1947+%E2%80%93+2022%3A+a+unique+performer+with+big%2C+bold+odes+to+the+dreamers+and+believers&rft.date=2022-01-21&rft.aulast=McMahon&rft.aufirst=James&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nme.com%2Ffeatures%2Fmeat-loaf-1947-2022-tribute-obituary-3143443&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-guardianobit-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-guardianobit_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-guardianobit_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSweeting2022" class="citation news cs1">Sweeting, Adam (January 21, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/21/meat-loaf-obituary">"Meat Loaf obituary"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220122223243/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/21/meat-loaf-obituary">Archived</a> from the original on January 22, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf+obituary&rft.date=2022-01-21&rft.aulast=Sweeting&rft.aufirst=Adam&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmusic%2F2022%2Fjan%2F21%2Fmeat-loaf-obituary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-snapesobit-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-snapesobit_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-snapesobit_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSnapes2022" class="citation news cs1">Snapes, Laura (January 21, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/21/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-singer-dead-at-74">"Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell singer dead at 74"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220124065237/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/21/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-singer-dead-at-74">Archived</a> from the original on January 24, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf%3A+Bat+Out+of+Hell+singer+dead+at+74&rft.date=2022-01-21&rft.aulast=Snapes&rft.aufirst=Laura&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fmusic%2F2022%2Fjan%2F21%2Fmeat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-singer-dead-at-74&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPevos2022" class="citation news cs1">Pevos, Edward (January 21, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mlive.com/life/2022/01/meat-loaf-on-how-my-entire-career-started-in-michigan-legendary-singer-dead-at-74.html">"Meat Loaf on how 'My entire career started in Michigan:' Legendary singer dead at 74"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Booth_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Booth Newspapers">Booth Newspapers</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Booth+Newspapers&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf+on+how+%27My+entire+career+started+in+Michigan%3A%27+Legendary+singer+dead+at+74&rft.date=2022-01-21&rft.aulast=Pevos&rft.aufirst=Edward&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Flife%2F2022%2F01%2Fmeat-loaf-on-how-my-entire-career-started-in-michigan-legendary-singer-dead-at-74.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Loudersound.com&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf%3A+Bad+Attitude+%26+Blind+Before+I+Stop&rft.date=2014-08-25&rft.aulast=Beaumont&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loudersound.com%2Freviews%2Fmeat-loaf-bad-attitude-blind-before-i-stop&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sagoml-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sagoml_55-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sagoml_55-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sagoml_55-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sagoml_55-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSpillane2010" class="citation news cs1">Spillane, Sean (July 6, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Meat-Loaf-back-in-Connecticut-for-Mohegan-Sun-567377.php">"Meat Loaf: Not done yet and back in Connecticut for Mohegan Sun concert"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Post" title="Connecticut Post">Connecticut Post</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Connecticut+Post&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf%3A+Not+done+yet+and+back+in+Connecticut+for+Mohegan+Sun+concert&rft.date=2010-07-06&rft.aulast=Spillane&rft.aufirst=Sean&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctpost.com%2Fentertainment%2Farticle%2FMeat-Loaf-back-in-Connecticut-for-Mohegan-Sun-567377.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/blind-before-i-stop-mw0000190872">"Blind Before I Stop Review by William Ruhlmann"</a>. <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Blind+Before+I+Stop+Review+by+William+Ruhlmann&rft.pub=AllMusic&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.allmusic.com%2Falbum%2Fblind-before-i-stop-mw0000190872&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHogan2022" class="citation news cs1">Hogan, Kate (January 21, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://people.com/music/meat-loaf-life-in-photos/">"Meat Loaf's Life in Photos"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/People_(magazine)" title="People (magazine)">People</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=People&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf%27s+Life+in+Photos&rft.date=2022-01-21&rft.aulast=Hogan&rft.aufirst=Kate&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Fmusic%2Fmeat-loaf-life-in-photos%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCrumlish2022" class="citation news cs1">Crumlish, Callum (January 23, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1554633/meat-load-mrs-loud-id-do-anything-for-love-singer">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Naughty' Meat Loaf recruited Mrs Loud for iconic song – but she didn't get paid"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Express" title="Daily Express">Daily Express</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220123202426/https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1554633/meat-load-mrs-loud-id-do-anything-for-love-singer">Archived</a> from the original on January 23, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Daily+Express&rft.atitle=%27Naughty%27+Meat+Loaf+recruited+Mrs+Loud+for+iconic+song+%E2%80%93+but+she+didn%27t+get+paid&rft.date=2022-01-23&rft.aulast=Crumlish&rft.aufirst=Callum&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.express.co.uk%2Fentertainment%2Fmusic%2F1554633%2Fmeat-load-mrs-loud-id-do-anything-for-love-singer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link 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August 11, 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/_vHwPmKmwH4">Archived</a> from the original on October 28, 2021 – via YouTube.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Meat+Loaf%3A+The+US+National+Anthem+%28Star+Spangled+Banner%29&rft.date=2011-08-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_vHwPmKmwH4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.songfacts.com/facts/meat-loaf/rock-and-roll-dreams-come-through">"Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through by Meat Loaf"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Songfacts" title="Songfacts">Songfacts</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220123222430/https://www.songfacts.com/facts/meat-loaf/rock-and-roll-dreams-come-through">Archived</a> from the original on January 23, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rock+And+Roll+Dreams+Come+Through+by+Meat+Loaf&rft.pub=Songfacts&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.songfacts.com%2Ffacts%2Fmeat-loaf%2Frock-and-roll-dreams-come-through&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loudersound.com/features/meat-loaf-albums-ranked-from-worst-to-best">"Meat Loaf albums ranked from worst to best"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Loudersound.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Loudersound.com">Loudersound.com</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Future_plc" title="Future plc">Future plc</a>. September 12, 2016. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200331180643/https://www.loudersound.com/features/meat-loaf-albums-ranked-from-worst-to-best">Archived</a> from the original on March 31, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Loudersound.com&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf+albums+ranked+from+worst+to+best&rft.date=2016-09-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.loudersound.com%2Ffeatures%2Fmeat-loaf-albums-ranked-from-worst-to-best&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/meat-loaf/chart-history/hsi/">"Meat Loaf I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211117154140/https://www.billboard.com/artist/meat-loaf/chart-history/hsi/">Archived</a> from the original on November 17, 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Meat+Loaf+I%27d+Lie+For+You+%28And+That%27s+The+Truth%29&rft.pub=Billboard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Fartist%2Fmeat-loaf%2Fchart-history%2Fhsi%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/i%27d-lie-for-you-(and-that%27s-the-truth)/">"i'd lie for you (and that's the truth) | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Officialcharts.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Officialcharts.com">Officialcharts.com</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210415082311/https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/i%27d-lie-for-you-%28and-that%27s-the-truth%29/">Archived</a> from the original on April 15, 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Officialcharts.com&rft.atitle=i%27d+lie+for+you+%28and+that%27s+the+truth%29+%26%23124%3B+full+Official+Chart+History+%26%23124%3B+Official+Charts+Company&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.officialcharts.com%2Fsearch%2Fsingles%2Fi%2527d-lie-for-you-%28and-that%2527s-the-truth%29%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-meatloafcharts-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-meatloafcharts_64-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-meatloafcharts_64-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-meatloafcharts_64-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20647/meat-loaf/">"Meat Loaf"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Officialcharts.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Officialcharts.com">Officialcharts.com</a></i>. May 20, 1978. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210414022824/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20647/meat-loaf/">Archived</a> from the original on April 14, 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Officialcharts.com&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf&rft.date=1978-05-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.officialcharts.com%2Fartist%2F20647%2Fmeat-loaf%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/release/12657032-Meat-Loaf-Welcome-To-The-Neighborhood">"Meat Loaf – Welcome To The Neighborhood"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a>. October 28, 1996.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Meat+Loaf+%E2%80%93+Welcome+To+The+Neighborhood&rft.pub=Discogs&rft.date=1996-10-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discogs.com%2Frelease%2F12657032-Meat-Loaf-Welcome-To-The-Neighborhood&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/release/742205-Meat-Loaf-The-Very-Best-Of-Meat-Loaf">"Meat Loaf – The Very Best Of Meat Loaf"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a>. 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January 17, 2012. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220123225823/https://www.jambase.com/article/meat-loaf-new-album">Archived</a> from the original on January 23, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=JamBase&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf%3A+New+Album&rft.date=2012-01-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jambase.com%2Farticle%2Fmeat-loaf-new-album&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-98"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-98">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSager2012" class="citation news cs1">Sager, Jessica (January 17, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/meat-loaf-announces-hell-in-a-handbasket-tracklist-art-and-release-date/">"Meat Loaf Announces 'Hell in a Handbasket' Tracklist, Art and Release Date"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Classic_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultimate Classic Rock">Ultimate Classic Rock</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220124013950/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/meat-loaf-announces-hell-in-a-handbasket-tracklist-art-and-release-date/">Archived</a> from the original on January 24, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ultimate+Classic+Rock&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf+Announces+%27Hell+in+a+Handbasket%27+Tracklist%2C+Art+and+Release+Date&rft.date=2012-01-17&rft.aulast=Sager&rft.aufirst=Jessica&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fultimateclassicrock.com%2Fmeat-loaf-announces-hell-in-a-handbasket-tracklist-art-and-release-date%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-99"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-99">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKitching2012" class="citation news cs1">Kitching, Bryant (January 19, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://consequence.net/2012/01/meat-loaf-announces-u-s-release-of-hell-in-a-handbasket/">"Meat Loaf announces U.S. release of Hell in a Handbasket"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Consequence_(publication)" title="Consequence (publication)">Consequence</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Consequence&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf+announces+U.S.+release+of+Hell+in+a+Handbasket&rft.date=2012-01-19&rft.aulast=Kitching&rft.aufirst=Bryant&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fconsequence.net%2F2012%2F01%2Fmeat-loaf-announces-u-s-release-of-hell-in-a-handbasket%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-100"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-100">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAdams2011" class="citation news cs1">Adams, Cameron (October 4, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pressreader.com/australia/herald-sun/20111004/287938903975597">"Meat Loaf baked as AFL's worst"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Herald_Sun" title="Herald Sun">Herald Sun</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111010115751/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/afl-defends-meat-loaf-after-widely-criticised-pre-game-show/story-e6frf9hf-1226157581482">Archived</a> from the original on October 10, 2011 – via <a href="/wiki/PressReader" title="PressReader">PressReader</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Herald+Sun&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf+baked+as+AFL%27s+worst&rft.date=2011-10-04&rft.aulast=Adams&rft.aufirst=Cameron&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressreader.com%2Faustralia%2Fherald-sun%2F20111004%2F287938903975597&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-101"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-101">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeaping_Larry2011" class="citation news cs1">Leaping Larry (October 2, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/looking-just-like-meat-loaf-only-older-20111001-1l32p.html">"Looking just like Meat Loaf, only older"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Age" title="The Age">The Age</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111003125213/http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/looking-just-like-meat-loaf-only-older-20111001-1l32p.html">Archived</a> from the original on October 3, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Age&rft.atitle=Looking+just+like+Meat+Loaf%2C+only+older&rft.date=2011-10-02&rft.au=Leaping+Larry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fsport%2Fafl%2Flooking-just-like-meat-loaf-only-older-20111001-1l32p.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-102"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-102">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParri2011" class="citation news cs1">Parri, Linda (October 23, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/meat-loaf-blasts-the-afl-and-butt-smellers/news-story/e524d6e6c6af28d0e18035d1f06ba8ee">"Meat Loaf blasts the AFL and 'butt smellers'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Herald_Sun" title="Herald Sun">Herald Sun</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140623085953/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/meat-loaf-blasts-the-afl-and-butt-smellers/story-e6frf96f-1226173943498">Archived</a> from the original on June 23, 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Herald+Sun&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf+blasts+the+AFL+and+%27butt+smellers%27&rft.date=2011-10-23&rft.aulast=Parri&rft.aufirst=Linda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%2Fentertainment%2Fmeat-loaf-blasts-the-afl-and-butt-smellers%2Fnews-story%2Fe524d6e6c6af28d0e18035d1f06ba8ee&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-103"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-103">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParri2011" class="citation news cs1">Parri, Linda (October 23, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pressreader.com/australia/sunday-herald-sun/20111023/281642481942994">"Loaf blasts the AFL"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Herald_Sun" title="Herald Sun">Herald Sun</a></i> – via <a href="/wiki/PressReader" title="PressReader">PressReader</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Herald+Sun&rft.atitle=Loaf+blasts+the+AFL&rft.date=2011-10-23&rft.aulast=Parri&rft.aufirst=Linda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressreader.com%2Faustralia%2Fsunday-herald-sun%2F20111023%2F281642481942994&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-104">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParri2011" class="citation web cs1">Parri, Linda (October 22, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/no-butts-about-it-meat-loaf-goes-off-ng-bf63b2efb9d6b6c23c18326a02c6d58a">"No butts about it, Meat Loaf goes off"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times_(Western_Australia)" title="The Sunday Times (Western Australia)">The Sunday Times</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120129223806/http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/no-butts-about-it-meat-loaf-goes-off/story-e6frg30c-1226173920740">Archived</a> from the original on January 29, 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Sunday+Times&rft.atitle=No+butts+about+it%2C+Meat+Loaf+goes+off&rft.date=2011-10-22&rft.aulast=Parri&rft.aufirst=Linda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perthnow.com.au%2Fnews%2Fwa%2Fno-butts-about-it-meat-loaf-goes-off-ng-bf63b2efb9d6b6c23c18326a02c6d58a&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-105">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/meat-loaf-readies-three-new-albums-to-celebrate-40th-anniversary/">"Meat Loaf Readies Three New Albums to Celebrate 40th Anniversary"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Classic_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultimate Classic Rock">Ultimate Classic Rock</a></i>. August 9, 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220123223058/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/meat-loaf-readies-three-new-albums-to-celebrate-40th-anniversary/">Archived</a> from the original on January 23, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ultimate+Classic+Rock&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf+Readies+Three+New+Albums+to+Celebrate+40th+Anniversary&rft.date=2011-08-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fultimateclassicrock.com%2Fmeat-loaf-readies-three-new-albums-to-celebrate-40th-anniversary%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-106"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-106">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/meat-loaf-readying-the-release-of-new-album-braver-than-we-are-in-collaboration-with-jim-steinman-out-september-16-on-429-records-300288681.html">"Meat Loaf Readying The Release Of New Album "Braver Than We Are" In Collaboration With Jim Steinman Out September 16 On 429 Records"</a> (Press release). <a href="/wiki/PR_Newswire" title="PR Newswire">PR Newswire</a>. June 22, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Meat+Loaf+Readying+The+Release+Of+New+Album+%22Braver+Than+We+Are%22+In+Collaboration+With+Jim+Steinman+Out+September+16+On+429+Records&rft.pub=PR+Newswire&rft.date=2016-06-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prnewswire.com%2Fnews-releases%2Fmeat-loaf-readying-the-release-of-new-album-braver-than-we-are-in-collaboration-with-jim-steinman-out-september-16-on-429-records-300288681.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-107"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-107">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRealMeatLoaf2016" class="citation web cs1">@RealMeatLoaf (February 19, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/RealMeatLoaf/status/700552096916045824">"The album is finished . It will be out Sept 9th Europe . Sept 16th North America. There will be in stores"</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>) – via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+album+is+finished+.+It+will+be+out+Sept+9th+Europe+.+Sept+16th+North+America.+There+will+be+in+stores&rft.date=2016-02-19&rft.au=RealMeatLoaf&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FRealMeatLoaf%2Fstatus%2F700552096916045824&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-108"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-108">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcNally2020" class="citation web cs1">McNally, Siobhan (January 1, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/meat-loaf-went-veggie-11-21197857.amp">"Meat Loaf went veggie for 11 years after he was served rabbit with its head on"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200102030845/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/meat-loaf-went-veggie-11-21197857.amp">Archived</a> from the original on January 2, 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Daily+Mirror&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf+went+veggie+for+11+years+after+he+was+served+rabbit+with+its+head+on&rft.date=2020-01-01&rft.aulast=McNally&rft.aufirst=Siobhan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirror.co.uk%2F3am%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fmeat-loaf-went-veggie-11-21197857.amp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-109"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-109">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMeat_Loaf2020" class="citation web cs1">Meat Loaf (February 29, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/237666687645/posts/10159335832492646/">"Sorry, I haven't been posting, there is a reason but I don't want to go into that subject right now. Now a"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20220110160806/https://www.facebook.com/237666687645/posts/10159335832492646">Archived</a> from the original on January 10, 2022 – via Facebook.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sorry%2C+I+haven%27t+been+posting%2C+there+is+a+reason+but+I+don%27t+want+to+go+into+that+subject+right+now.+Now+a&rft.date=2020-02-29&rft.au=Meat+Loaf&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F237666687645%2Fposts%2F10159335832492646%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-110"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-110">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrisco2021" class="citation news cs1">Brisco, Elise (April 20, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/04/20/meat-loaf-songwriter-jim-steinman-dies-73/7303789002/">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Bat Out of Hell' songwriter and producer Jim Steinman dies at 73"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220121141936/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/04/20/meat-loaf-songwriter-jim-steinman-dies-73/7303789002/">Archived</a> from the original on January 21, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=USA+Today&rft.atitle=%27Bat+Out+of+Hell%27+songwriter+and+producer+Jim+Steinman+dies+at+73&rft.date=2021-04-20&rft.aulast=Brisco&rft.aufirst=Elise&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fentertainment%2Fmusic%2F2021%2F04%2F20%2Fmeat-loaf-songwriter-jim-steinman-dies-73%2F7303789002%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-111"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-111">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.facebook.com/MeatLoaf/posts/447926723357392">"Recording.... Yes Yes Yes!!!!"</a>. November 22, 2021. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220121110011/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMeatLoaf%2Fposts%2F447926723357392">Archived</a> from the original on January 21, 2022 – via Facebook.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Recording....+Yes+Yes+Yes%21%21%21%21&rft.date=2021-11-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMeatLoaf%2Fposts%2F447926723357392&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-112"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-112">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSharf2022" class="citation news cs1">Sharf, Zack (January 21, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/meat-loaf-fight-club-david-fincher-edit-1235159604/">"Meat Loaf Helped Edit 'Fight Club' With David Fincher: 'We'd Sit There and Watch 40 Takes'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220121153315/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/meat-loaf-fight-club-david-fincher-edit-1235159604/">Archived</a> from the original on January 21, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Variety&rft.atitle=Meat+Loaf+Helped+Edit+%27Fight+Club%27+With+David+Fincher%3A+%27We%27d+Sit+There+and+Watch+40+Takes%27&rft.date=2022-01-21&rft.aulast=Sharf&rft.aufirst=Zack&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2022%2Ffilm%2Fnews%2Fmeat-loaf-fight-club-david-fincher-edit-1235159604%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-113"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-113">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurlingame2022" class="citation web cs1">Burlingame, Russ (January 25, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://comicbook.com/irl/news/jack-black-pays-tribute-to-meat-loaf/">"Jack Black Pays Tribute to Meat Loaf"</a>. <i>comicbook.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"Paradise"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220124145925/http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman%2F070816">Archived</a> from the original on January 24, 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ESPN&rft.atitle=Phil+and+Meat+Loaf+will+always+have+%22Paradise%22&rft.date=2007-08-29&rft.aulast=Pearlman&rft.aufirst=Jeff&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fespn%2Fpage2%2Fstory%3Fpage%3Dpearlman%2F070816&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-129"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-129">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoch2022" class="citation news cs1">Hoch, Bryan (January 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=Fantasy+Baseball%27s+Toughest+Tournament&rft.date=2010-04-02&rft.aulast=Difino&rft.aufirst=Nando&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2FSB10001424052702304871704575160111962104870&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeat+Loaf" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-131"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-131">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarr2008" class="citation news cs1">Barr, Gordon (June 26, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/meat-loaf-match-charity-penalty-1471673">"Meat Loaf to match charity penalty shoot-out total"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Evening_Chronicle" title="Evening Chronicle">Evening Chronicle</a></i>. <a 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href="https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-the-dallas-raised-bat-out-of-hell-rocker-dies-at-74/">"Meat Loaf, the Dallas-born 'Bat Out of Hell' rocker, dies at 74"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dallas_Morning_News" title="The Dallas Morning News">The Dallas Morning News</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220121232119/https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-the-dallas-raised-bat-out-of-hell-rocker-dies-at-74/">Archived</a> from the original on January 21, 2022.</cite><span 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_at_the_Lost_and_Found" title="Midnight at the Lost and Found">Midnight at the Lost and Found</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Attitude_(album)" title="Bad Attitude (album)">Bad Attitude</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blind_Before_I_Stop" title="Blind Before I Stop">Blind Before I Stop</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_II:_Back_into_Hell" title="Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell">Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Neighbourhood_(Meat_Loaf_album)" title="Welcome to the Neighbourhood (Meat Loaf album)">Welcome to the Neighbourhood</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Couldn%27t_Have_Said_It_Better" title="Couldn't Have Said It Better">Couldn't Have Said It Better</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_III:_The_Monster_Is_Loose" title="Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose">Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hang_Cool_Teddy_Bear" title="Hang Cool Teddy Bear">Hang Cool Teddy Bear</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hell_in_a_Handbasket" title="Hell in a Handbasket">Hell in a Handbasket</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Braver_Than_We_Are" title="Braver Than We Are">Braver Than We Are</a></i> (2016)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Wembley_(Meat_Loaf_album)" title="Live at Wembley (Meat Loaf album)">Live at Wembley</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_Around_the_World_(Meat_Loaf_album)" title="Live Around the World (Meat Loaf album)">Live Around the World</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/VH1:_Storytellers_(Meat_Loaf_album)" title="VH1: Storytellers (Meat Loaf album)">VH1: Storytellers</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell:_Live_with_the_Melbourne_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra">Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/3_Bats_Live" title="3 Bats Live">3 Bats Live</a></i> (2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hits_Out_of_Hell" title="Hits Out of Hell">Hits Out of Hell</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heaven_%26_Hell_(Meat_Loaf_and_Bonnie_Tyler_album)" title="Heaven & Hell (Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler album)">Heaven & Hell</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_Meat_Loaf" title="The Very Best of Meat Loaf">The Very Best of Meat Loaf</a></i> (1998)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Stoney_%26_Meatloaf" title="Stoney & Meatloaf">Stoney & Meatloaf</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Free-for-All_(Ted_Nugent_album)" title="Free-for-All (Ted Nugent album)">Free-for-All</a></i> (1976)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Videography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hits_Out_of_Hell#Video_release" title="Hits Out of Hell">Hits Out of Hell</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_II:_Picture_Show" title="Bat Out of Hell II: Picture Show">Bat Out of Hell II: Picture Show</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/VH1:_Storytellers_(Meat_Loaf_album)" title="VH1: Storytellers (Meat Loaf album)">VH1: Storytellers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meat_Loaf:_To_Hell_and_Back#Film_version" title="Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back">To Hell and Back: The Meat Loaf Story</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell:_Live_with_the_Melbourne_Symphony_Orchestra#DVD_version" title="Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra">Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/3_Bats_Live" title="3 Bats Live">3 Bats Live</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meat_Loaf:_In_Search_of_Paradise" title="Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise">Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Seize_the_Night_Tour" title="The Seize the Night Tour">The Seize the Night Tour</a> (2006–07)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Casa_de_Carne_Tour" title="The Casa de Carne Tour">The Casa de Carne Tour</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guilty_Pleasure_Tour" title="Guilty Pleasure Tour">Guilty Pleasure Tour</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mad,_Mad_World_Tour" title="Mad, Mad World Tour">Mad, Mad World Tour</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_at_Bat_Tour" title="Last at Bat Tour">Last at Bat Tour</a> (2013)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/What_You_See_Is_What_You_Get_(song)" title="What You See Is What You Get (song)">What You See Is What You Get</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Took_the_Words_Right_Out_of_My_Mouth" title="You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth">You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Paradise_by_the_Dashboard_Light" title="Paradise by the Dashboard Light">Paradise by the Dashboard Light</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Two_Out_of_Three_Ain%27t_Bad" title="Two Out of Three Ain't Bad">Two Out of Three Ain't Bad</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bat_Out_of_Hell_(song)" title="Bat Out of Hell (song)">Bat Out of Hell</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Love_Her_for_Both_of_Us" title="I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us">I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dead_Ringer_for_Love" title="Dead Ringer for Love">Dead Ringer for Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Read_%27Em_and_Weep" title="Read 'Em and Weep">Read 'Em and Weep</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_Europe_%2782" title="In Europe '82">In Europe '82</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_You_Really_Want_To" title="If You Really Want To">If You Really Want To</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Razor%27s_Edge_(Meat_Loaf_song)" title="Razor's Edge (Meat Loaf song)">Razor's Edge</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Midnight_at_the_Lost_and_Found_(song)" title="Midnight at the Lost and Found (song)">Midnight at the Lost and Found</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Modern_Girl_(Meat_Loaf_song)" title="Modern Girl (Meat Loaf song)">Modern Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nowhere_Fast_(Fire_Inc._song)" title="Nowhere Fast (Fire Inc. song)">Nowhere Fast</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Mercenaries" title="Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries">Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blind_Before_I_Stop_(song)" title="Blind Before I Stop (song)">Blind Before I Stop</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Special_Girl_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Girl (song)">Special Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27d_Do_Anything_for_Love_(But_I_Won%27t_Do_That)" title="I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)">I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Life_Is_a_Lemon_and_I_Want_My_Money_Back" title="Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back">Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Dreams_Come_Through" title="Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through">Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Objects_in_the_Rear_View_Mirror_May_Appear_Closer_Than_They_Are" title="Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are">Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27d_Lie_for_You_(And_That%27s_the_Truth)" title="I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)">I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_a_Dry_Eye_in_the_House" title="Not a Dry Eye in the House">Not a Dry Eye in the House</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Runnin%27_for_the_Red_Light_(I_Gotta_Life)" title="Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)">Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Whistle_Down_the_Wind_(1996_musical)#Act_2" title="Whistle Down the Wind (1996 musical)">A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Is_Nothing_Sacred" title="Is Nothing Sacred">Is Nothing Sacred</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Couldn%27t_Have_Said_It_Better" title="Couldn't Have Said It Better">Did I Say That?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Couldn%27t_Have_Said_It_Better_(song)" title="Couldn't Have Said It Better (song)">Couldn't Have Said It Better</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Man_of_Steel_(Meat_Loaf_song)" title="Man of Steel (Meat Loaf song)">Man of Steel</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_Coming_Back_to_Me_Now" title="It's All Coming Back to Me Now">It's All Coming Back to Me Now</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cry_Over_Me" title="Cry Over Me">Cry Over Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Los_Angeloser" title="Los Angeloser">Los Angeloser</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meat_Loaf_discography" title="Meat Loaf discography">Discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Steinman" title="Jim Steinman">Jim Steinman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neverland_Express" title="Neverland Express">Neverland Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoney_%26_Meatloaf_(band)" title="Stoney & Meatloaf (band)">Stoney & Meatloaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Nugent" title="Ted Nugent">Ted Nugent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Aday" title="Pearl Aday">Pearl Aday</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meat_Loaf:_To_Hell_and_Back" title="Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back">To Hell and Back</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394678"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-solo" aria-labelledby="Ted_Nugent636" style="padding:3px"><table 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Jon">Alan St. Jon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Amato" title="Dave Amato">Dave Amato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Phillips" title="Ricky Phillips">Ricky Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Wright" title="Chuck Wright">Chuck Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Torpey" title="Pat Torpey">Pat Torpey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Lutz" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Lutz">Mike Lutz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Carmassi" title="Denny Carmassi">Denny Carmassi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Mendoza" title="Marco Mendoza">Marco Mendoza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Aldridge" title="Tommy Aldridge">Tommy Aldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Clufetos" title="Tommy Clufetos">Tommy Clufetos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Sparks" title="Barry Sparks">Barry Sparks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Brown_(musician)" title="Mick Brown (musician)">Mick Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Blades" title="Jack Blades">Jack Blades</a></li> <li><a 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title="Nugent (album)">Nugent</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Penetrator_(album)" title="Penetrator (album)">Penetrator</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Miss_Dangerous" title="Little Miss Dangerous">Little Miss Dangerous</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/If_You_Can%27t_Lick_%27Em..._Lick_%27Em" title="If You Can't Lick 'Em... Lick 'Em">If You Can't Lick 'Em... Lick 'Em</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spirit_of_the_Wild" title="Spirit of the Wild">Spirit of the Wild</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Craveman" title="Craveman">Craveman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Grenade" title="Love Grenade">Love Grenade</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shutup_%26_Jam!" title="Shutup & Jam!">Shutup & Jam!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Music_Made_Me_Do_It" title="The Music Made Me Do It">The Music Made Me Do It</a></i></li> <li><i>Detroit Muscle</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilation albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Great_Gonzos!_The_Best_of_Ted_Nugent" title="Great Gonzos! The Best of Ted Nugent">Great Gonzos! The Best of Ted Nugent</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Out_of_Control_(Ted_Nugent_album)" title="Out of Control (Ted Nugent album)">Out of Control</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ultimate_Ted_Nugent" title="The Ultimate Ted Nugent">The Ultimate Ted Nugent</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hunt_Music" title="Hunt Music">Hunt Music</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Extended_Versions_(Ted_Nugent_album)" title="Extended Versions (Ted Nugent album)">Extended Versions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Playlist:_The_Very_Best_of_Ted_Nugent" title="Playlist: The Very Best of Ted Nugent">Playlist: The Very Best of Ted Nugent</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Live_Gonzo!" title="Double Live Gonzo!">Double Live Gonzo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Intensities_in_10_Cities" title="Intensities in 10 Cities">Intensities in 10 Cities</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Hammersmith_%2779" title="Live at Hammersmith '79">Live at Hammersmith '79</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Full_Bluntal_Nugity" title="Full Bluntal Nugity">Full Bluntal Nugity</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sweden_Rocks" title="Sweden Rocks">Sweden Rocks</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Stranglehold_(Ted_Nugent_song)" title="Stranglehold (Ted Nugent song)">Stranglehold</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hey_Baby_(Ted_Nugent_song)" title="Hey Baby (Ted Nugent song)">Hey Baby</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cat_Scratch_Fever_(song)" title="Cat Scratch Fever (song)">Cat Scratch Fever</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wang_Dang_Sweet_Poontang" title="Wang Dang Sweet Poontang">Wang Dang Sweet Poontang</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Home_Bound_(instrumental)" title="Home Bound (instrumental)">Home Bound</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Yank_Me,_Crank_Me" title="Yank Me, Crank Me">Yank Me, Crank Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Need_You_Bad" title="Need You Bad">Need You Bad</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wango_Tango_(song)" title="Wango Tango (song)">Wango Tango</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Land_of_a_Thousand_Dances" title="Land of a Thousand Dances">Land of a Thousand Dances</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Flying_Lip_Lock" title="The Flying Lip Lock">The Flying Lip Lock</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Nugent_discography" title="Ted Nugent discography">Ted Nugent discography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Amboy_Dukes_(band)" title="The Amboy Dukes (band)">The Amboy Dukes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damn_Yankees_(band)" title="Damn Yankees (band)"> Damn Yankees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damnocracy" title="Damnocracy">Damnocracy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Best-selling_singles_by_year_in_the_United_Kingdom153" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar 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style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_in_British_music" title="1952 in British music">1952</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Here_in_My_Heart" title="Here in My Heart">Here in My Heart</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Al_Martino" title="Al Martino">Al Martino</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1953_in_British_music" title="1953 in British music">1953</a>: "<a href="/wiki/I_Believe_(Frankie_Laine_song)" title="I Believe (Frankie Laine song)">I Believe</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Laine" title="Frankie Laine">Frankie Laine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1954_in_British_music" title="1954 in British music">1954</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Secret_Love_(Doris_Day_song)" title="Secret Love (Doris Day song)">Secret Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Doris_Day" title="Doris Day">Doris Day</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1955_in_British_music" title="1955 in British music">1955</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Rose_Marie_(song)" title="Rose Marie (song)">Rose Marie</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Slim_Whitman" title="Slim Whitman">Slim Whitman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_in_British_music" title="1956 in British music">1956</a>: "<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Home" title="I'll Be Home">I'll Be Home</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Pat_Boone" title="Pat Boone">Pat Boone</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1957_in_British_music" title="1957 in British music">1957</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Diana_(Paul_Anka_song)" title="Diana (Paul Anka song)">Diana</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Anka" title="Paul Anka">Paul Anka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_in_British_music" title="1958 in British music">1958</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Jailhouse_Rock_(song)" title="Jailhouse Rock (song)">Jailhouse Rock</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_in_British_music" title="1959 in British music">1959</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Living_Doll_(song)" title="Living Doll (song)">Living Doll</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a> (UK)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1960_in_British_music" title="1960 in British music">1960</a>: "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Now_or_Never_(song)" title="It's Now or Never (song)">It's Now or Never</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1961_in_British_music" title="1961 in British music">1961</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Wooden_Heart" title="Wooden Heart">Wooden Heart</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_in_British_music" title="1962 in British music">1962</a>: "<a href="/wiki/I_Remember_You_(1941_song)" title="I Remember You (1941 song)">I Remember You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Ifield" title="Frank Ifield">Frank Ifield</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_in_British_music" title="1963 in British music">1963</a>: "<a href="/wiki/She_Loves_You" title="She Loves You">She Loves You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_in_British_music" title="1964 in British music">1964</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Buy_Me_Love" title="Can't Buy Me Love">Can't Buy Me Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_in_British_music" title="1965 in British music">1965</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Tears_(Ken_Dodd_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tears (Ken Dodd song)">Tears</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ken_Dodd" title="Ken Dodd">Ken Dodd</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_in_British_music" title="1966 in British music">1966</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Green,_Green_Grass_of_Home" title="Green, Green Grass of Home">Green, Green Grass of Home</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)" title="Tom Jones (singer)">Tom Jones</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_in_British_music" title="1967 in British music">1967</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Release_Me_(Eddie_Miller_song)" title="Release Me (Eddie Miller song)">Release Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Engelbert_Humperdinck_(singer)" title="Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)">Engelbert Humperdinck</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_in_British_music" title="1968 in British music">1968</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Hey_Jude" title="Hey Jude">Hey Jude</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_in_British_music" title="1969 in British music">1969</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Sugar,_Sugar" title="Sugar, Sugar">Sugar, Sugar</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Archies" title="The Archies">The Archies</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1970_in_British_music" title="1970 in British music">1970</a>: "<a href="/wiki/The_Wonder_of_You" title="The Wonder of You">The Wonder of You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> / "<a href="/wiki/In_the_Summertime" title="In the Summertime">In the Summertime</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mungo_Jerry" title="Mungo Jerry">Mungo Jerry</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_in_British_music" title="1971 in British music">1971</a>: "<a href="/wiki/My_Sweet_Lord" title="My Sweet Lord">My Sweet Lord</a>" – <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_in_British_music" title="1972 in British music">1972</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Amazing_Grace" title="Amazing Grace">Amazing Grace</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Dragoon_Guards" title="Royal Scots Dragoon Guards">Royal Scots Dragoon Guards</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_in_British_music" title="1973 in British music">1973</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Tie_a_Yellow_Ribbon_Round_the_Ole_Oak_Tree" title="Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree">Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Orlando_and_Dawn" title="Tony Orlando and Dawn">Dawn</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Tony_Orlando" title="Tony Orlando">Tony Orlando</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_in_British_music" title="1974 in British music">1974</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Tiger_Feet" title="Tiger Feet">Tiger Feet</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mud_(band)" title="Mud (band)">Mud</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_in_British_music" title="1975 in British music">1975</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Bye,_Bye,_Baby_(Baby_Goodbye)" title="Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)">Bye Bye Baby</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bay_City_Rollers" title="Bay City Rollers">Bay City Rollers</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_in_British_music" title="1976 in British music">1976</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Save_Your_Kisses_for_Me" title="Save Your Kisses for Me">Save Your Kisses for Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Man" title="Brotherhood of Man">Brotherhood of Man</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_in_British_music" title="1977 in British music">1977</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Mull_of_Kintyre_(song)" title="Mull of Kintyre (song)">Mull of Kintyre</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Girls%27_School_(song)" title="Girls' School (song)">Girls' School</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney_and_Wings" title="Paul McCartney and Wings">Wings</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_in_British_music" title="1978 in British music">1978</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Rivers_of_Babylon" title="Rivers of Babylon">Rivers of Babylon</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Brown_Girl_in_the_Ring_(song)" title="Brown Girl in the Ring (song)">Brown Girl in the Ring</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Boney_M." title="Boney M.">Boney M.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_in_British_music" title="1979 in British music">1979</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Bright_Eyes_(Art_Garfunkel_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song)">Bright Eyes</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Art_Garfunkel" title="Art Garfunkel">Art Garfunkel</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_in_British_music" title="1980 in British music">1980</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Stand_So_Close_to_Me" title="Don't Stand So Close to Me">Don't Stand So Close to Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Police" title="The Police">The Police</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_in_British_music" title="1981 in British music">1981</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Tainted_Love" title="Tainted Love">Tainted Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Soft_Cell" title="Soft Cell">Soft Cell</a> (UK) / "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_You_Want_Me" title="Don't You Want Me">Don't You Want Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Human_League" title="The Human League">The Human League</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_in_British_music" title="1982 in British music">1982</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Come_On_Eileen" title="Come On Eileen">Come On Eileen</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Dexys_Midnight_Runners" title="Dexys Midnight Runners">Dexys Midnight Runners</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_in_British_music" title="1983 in British music">1983</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Karma_Chameleon" title="Karma Chameleon">Karma Chameleon</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Culture_Club" title="Culture Club">Culture Club</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_in_British_music" title="1984 in British music">1984</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Do_They_Know_It%27s_Christmas%3F" title="Do They Know It's Christmas?">Do They Know It's Christmas?</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Band_Aid_(band)" title="Band Aid (band)">Band Aid</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_in_British_music" title="1985 in British music">1985</a>: "<a href="/wiki/The_Power_of_Love_(Jennifer_Rush_song)" title="The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush song)">The Power of Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Rush" title="Jennifer Rush">Jennifer Rush</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_in_British_music" title="1986 in British music">1986</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Leave_Me_This_Way" title="Don't Leave Me This Way">Don't Leave Me This Way</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Communards" title="The Communards">The Communards</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_in_British_music" title="1987 in British music">1987</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Never_Gonna_Give_You_Up" title="Never Gonna Give You Up">Never Gonna Give You Up</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Rick_Astley" title="Rick Astley">Rick Astley</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_in_British_music" title="1988 in British music">1988</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Mistletoe_and_Wine" title="Mistletoe and Wine">Mistletoe and Wine</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_in_British_music" title="1989 in British music">1989</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Ride_on_Time" title="Ride on Time">Ride on Time</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Black_Box_(band)" title="Black Box (band)">Black Box</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_in_British_music" title="1990 in British music">1990</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Unchained_Melody" title="Unchained Melody">Unchained Melody</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Righteous_Brothers" title="The Righteous Brothers">The Righteous Brothers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_in_British_music" title="1991 in British music">1991</a>: "<a href="/wiki/(Everything_I_Do)_I_Do_It_for_You" title="(Everything I Do) I Do It for You">(Everything I Do) I Do It for You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title="Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_in_British_music" title="1992 in British music">1992</a>: "<a href="/wiki/I_Will_Always_Love_You" title="I Will Always Love You">I Will Always Love You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_in_British_music" title="1993 in British music">1993</a>: "<a href="/wiki/I%27d_Do_Anything_for_Love_(But_I_Won%27t_Do_That)" title="I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)">I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)</a>" – <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meat Loaf</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_in_British_music" title="1994 in British music">1994</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_All_Around" title="Love Is All Around">Love Is All Around</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Wet_Wet_Wet" title="Wet Wet Wet">Wet Wet Wet</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_in_British_music" title="1995 in British music">1995</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Unchained_Melody" title="Unchained Melody">Unchained Melody</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Robson_%26_Jerome" title="Robson & Jerome">Robson & Jerome</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_in_British_music" title="1996 in British music">1996</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Killing_Me_Softly_with_His_Song" title="Killing Me Softly with His Song">Killing Me Softly</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Fugees" title="Fugees">Fugees</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_in_British_music" title="1997 in British music">1997</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Something_About_the_Way_You_Look_Tonight" title="Something About the Way You Look Tonight">Something About the Way You Look Tonight</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Candle_in_the_Wind_1997" title="Candle in the Wind 1997">Candle in the Wind 1997</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_in_British_music" title="1998 in British music">1998</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Believe_(Cher_song)" title="Believe (Cher song)">Believe</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Cher" title="Cher">Cher</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_in_British_music" title="1999 in British music">1999</a>: "<a href="/wiki/...Baby_One_More_Time" title="...Baby One More Time">...Baby One More Time</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_in_British_music" title="2000 in British music">2000</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Can_We_Fix_It%3F" title="Can We Fix It?">Can We Fix It?</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Bob_the_Builder" title="Bob the Builder">Bob the Builder</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_in_British_music" title="2001 in British music">2001</a>: "<a href="/wiki/It_Wasn%27t_Me" title="It Wasn't Me">It Wasn't Me</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Shaggy_(musician)" title="Shaggy (musician)">Shaggy</a> featuring Rikrok (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_in_British_music" title="2002 in British music">2002</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Anything_Is_Possible_(Will_Young_song)" title="Anything Is Possible (Will Young song)">Anything Is Possible</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Evergreen_(Westlife_song)" title="Evergreen (Westlife song)">Evergreen</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Will_Young" title="Will Young">Will Young</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_in_British_music" title="2003 in British music">2003</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Where_Is_the_Love%3F" title="Where Is the Love?">Where Is the Love?</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Black_Eyed_Peas" title="Black Eyed Peas">Black Eyed Peas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_in_British_music" title="2004 in British music">2004</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Do_They_Know_It%27s_Christmas%3F" title="Do They Know It's Christmas?">Do They Know It's Christmas?</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Band_Aid_20" title="Band Aid 20">Band Aid 20</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_in_British_music" title="2005 in British music">2005</a>: "<a href="/wiki/(Is_This_the_Way_to)_Amarillo" title="(Is This the Way to) Amarillo">(Is This the Way to) Amarillo</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Christie" title="Tony Christie">Tony Christie</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Peter_Kay" title="Peter Kay">Peter Kay</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_in_British_music" title="2006 in British music">2006</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Crazy_(Gnarls_Barkley_song)" title="Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)">Crazy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley" title="Gnarls Barkley">Gnarls Barkley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_in_British_music" title="2007 in British music">2007</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Bleeding_Love" title="Bleeding Love">Bleeding Love</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Leona_Lewis" title="Leona Lewis">Leona Lewis</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_in_British_music" title="2008 in British music">2008</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Hallelujah_(Leonard_Cohen_song)" title="Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)">Hallelujah</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Burke" title="Alexandra Burke">Alexandra Burke</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_in_British_music" title="2009 in British music">2009</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Poker_Face_(song)" title="Poker Face (song)">Poker Face</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lady_Gaga" title="Lady Gaga">Lady Gaga</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_in_British_music" title="2010 in British music">2010</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Love_the_Way_You_Lie" title="Love the Way You Lie">Love the Way You Lie</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_in_British_music" title="2011 in British music">2011</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Someone_like_You_(Adele_song)" title="Someone like You (Adele song)">Someone like You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Adele" title="Adele">Adele</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_in_British_music" title="2012 in British music">2012</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Somebody_That_I_Used_to_Know" title="Somebody That I Used to Know">Somebody That I Used to Know</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Gotye" title="Gotye">Gotye</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Kimbra" title="Kimbra">Kimbra</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_in_British_music" title="2013 in British music">2013</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Blurred_Lines" title="Blurred Lines">Blurred Lines</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Robin_Thicke" title="Robin Thicke">Robin Thicke</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/T.I." title="T.I.">T.I.</a> & <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_in_British_music" title="2014 in British music">2014</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Happy_(Pharrell_Williams_song)" title="Happy (Pharrell Williams song)">Happy</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Pharrell_Williams" title="Pharrell Williams">Pharrell Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_in_British_music" title="2015 in British music">2015</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Uptown_Funk" title="Uptown Funk">Uptown Funk</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ronson" title="Mark Ronson">Mark Ronson</a> (UK) featuring <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Mars" title="Bruno Mars">Bruno Mars</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_in_British_music" title="2016 in British music">2016</a>: "<a href="/wiki/One_Dance" title="One Dance">One Dance</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Drake_(musician)" title="Drake (musician)">Drake</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Wizkid_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wizkid (musician)">Wizkid</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyla_(British_singer)" title="Kyla (British singer)">Kyla</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_in_British_music" title="2017 in British music">2017</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Shape_of_You" title="Shape of You">Shape of You</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sheeran" title="Ed Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_in_British_music" title="2018 in British music">2018</a>: "<a href="/wiki/One_Kiss_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="One Kiss (song)">One Kiss</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Calvin_Harris" title="Calvin Harris">Calvin Harris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dua_Lipa" title="Dua Lipa">Dua Lipa</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_in_British_music" title="2019 in British music">2019</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Someone_You_Loved" title="Someone You Loved">Someone You Loved</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Capaldi" title="Lewis Capaldi">Lewis Capaldi</a> (UK)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_in_British_music" title="2020 in British music">2020</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Blinding_Lights" title="Blinding Lights">Blinding Lights</a>" – <a href="/wiki/The_Weeknd" title="The Weeknd">The Weeknd</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_in_British_music" title="2021 in British music">2021</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Bad_Habits_(Ed_Sheeran_song)" title="Bad Habits (Ed Sheeran song)">Bad Habits</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Sheeran" title="Ed Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_in_British_music" title="2022 in British music">2022</a>: "<a href="/wiki/As_It_Was" title="As It Was">As It Was</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Harry_Styles" title="Harry Styles">Harry Styles</a> (UK)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_in_British_music" title="2023 in British music">2023</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Flowers_(Miley_Cyrus_song)" title="Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)">Flowers</a>" – <a href="/wiki/Miley_Cyrus" title="Miley Cyrus">Miley Cyrus</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_in_British_music" title="2024 in British music">2024</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Stick_Season_(song)" title="Stick Season (song)">Stick Season</a>" - <a href="/wiki/Noah_Kahan" title="Noah Kahan">Noah Kahan</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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