1994 Meat Loaf – Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through (US:#13 UK:#11)
“Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through” is a song written by American composer Jim Steinman. It was first featured on Steinman’s 1981 solo album Bad for Good, with lead vocals by an uncredited Rory Dodd. It was later recorded by American singer Meat Loaf and released in 1994 as the third single from the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell.
Both the Steinman original and the Meat Loaf remake were top-40 hits. Steinman’s version hit number 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 14 on the Billboard Rock Top Tracks chart and number 29 on the Cash Box Top 100; it is Steinman’s lone top-40 hit as an artist. In New Zealand, the song spent two weeks at number six and was the 46th biggest hit of 1981. The Meat Loaf version reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on Canada’s RPM Top Singles chart in early 1994.
Album
Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell is the sixth studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and was written and produced by Jim Steinman. It was released in September 1993, sixteen years after Meat Loaf’s first solo album Bat Out of Hell. The album reached number 1 in the United States, United Kingdom […]
Muscians
| Bass | Steve Buslowe |
| Drums | Kenny Aronoff |
| Guitar | Tim Pierce |
| Keyboards | Roy Bittan |
| Piano | Roy Bittan |
| Synthesizer | Jeff Bova |
| Programming | Jeff Bova |
| Sax | Lenny Pickett |
| Background Vocals | Kasim Sulton |
| Background Vocals | Rory Dodd |
| Background Vocals | Todd Rundgren |
| Vocals | Meat Loaf |
Produced By
Jim Steinman
Songwriters
Jim Steinman
Charts
US:#13
UK:#11