American album certifications – Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell III". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved July 23, 2021. A DVD of the tour was released in October 2007, entitled 3 Bats Live. It also contains a bonus disc featuring the promotional videos and animations from Bat III. Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1978. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021 . Retrieved April 2, 2022. Jim's health is excellent. That's not the reason he didn't participate in ( Bat III). He had some meaningful health problems about four years ago, but he's been totally healthy the last couple of years. His health in no way impacted on his involvement in the Bat Out of Hell project. [2] ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved February 21, 2021.

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Label Blew Meat Loaf's biggest". Jim Steinman. February 28, 2007. Archived from the original on June 22, 2009 . Retrieved July 6, 2009. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p.196. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

The Historian (April 5, 2009), Jim Steinman talks about 'For Crying Out Loud' , archived from the original on November 15, 2021 , retrieved April 7, 2018 Pearlman, Jeff (August 29, 2007). "Phil and Meat Loaf will always have "Paradise" ". ESPN . Retrieved August 28, 2009. Despite the fact that Steinman was not involved in the recording or production, the album does include seven of his songs, five of which are covers of previously released songs. The other two were covers of Steinman's demos intended for musical theater projects, at the time unreleased. The agreement enabled Steinman to work on a musical theatre project based on all of the songs from Bat Out of Hell. Describing the project as " Cirque du Soleil on acid", in September 2007, he expected it to open in London in 2010. [8] Production [ edit ]Sullivan, Caroline (October 21, 2006). "Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell III | Meat Loaf". The Guardian . Retrieved September 21, 2021. My Favourite Album Top 100". Abc.com.au. Archived from the original on August 18, 2007 . Retrieved August 20, 2007.

ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2017 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved October 13, 2021. Bat Out of Hell is often compared to the music of Bruce Springsteen, particularly the album Born to Run. Steinman says he finds that "puzzling, musically", although they share influences; "Springsteen was more an inspiration than an influence." [14] A BBC article added "that Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan from Springsteen's E Street Band played on the album only helped reinforce the comparison." [16] Dutchcharts.nl – Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 2016.This song placed third of Top Gear's Top 5 Ultimate Driving Songs, as voted by the audience of the show. It was ranked below Queen's " Don't Stop Me Now" and Golden Earring's " Radar Love". The song was viewed negatively by the show's hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond, who implored viewers of the show to not vote for the song, with Clarkson calling Meat Loaf a "fat oaf". [14] The album continues to sell about 200,000 copies per year and has sold an estimated 34-40 million copies worldwide, [60] [61] including 14 million in the United States [62] and over 1.7 million albums in Australia, where it is the country's highest-selling album as of 2016, being certified 25× platinum. [63] [64] The album has stayed on the UK Albums Chart for 522 weeks, [65] making it the UK's fourth longest charting studio album behind Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon and Oasis' (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. [66] In 2022, Bat Out of Hell was named as the biggest-selling debut album in UK chart history. [67]

Savage, Mark (October 14, 2022). "Meat Loaf tops chart of biggest-selling debut albums in UK history". BBC . Retrieved December 22, 2022. Rundgren considered the album a brilliant parody of Bruce Springsteen’s style that needed to be made. He helped sign the project to a label, and recruited two E Street Band members (Springsteen’s band) to play on it. Believe it or not, Bat Out of Hell is one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, selling over 43,000,000 copies to date, and is one of a handful credited with “saving the record industry” at a time when the anemic sales of ubiquitous and formulaic disco records were tanking. Offiziellecharts.de – Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 1, 2016. RIAA Top 100 Albums". riaa.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007 . Retrieved August 22, 2007.A musical based on Bat Out of Hell, staged by Jay Scheib, opened at the Manchester Opera House on February 17, 2017, before transferring to the London Coliseum and Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre in late 2017. [10] From April 2, 2018, till January 5, 2019 the show was performed at the Dominion Theatre in London [11] before a short run the same year in the United States. [12] Pre-production [ edit ] Cry Over Me" is, according to Meat Loaf, a timeless song dealing with relationships of all kinds. In a 2007 interview, he said that it can be about your first or last loves, or dealing with your boss at work. Partially quoting the lyrics, the singer posits that there are times when "you want him to feel exactly like I felt when he said that to me." [3] The Historian (April 4, 2009), Jim Steinman talks about 'You Took the Words...' , archived from the original on November 15, 2021 , retrieved April 7, 2018