| "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" | ||||
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| Single by Meat Loaf | ||||
| from the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell | ||||
| Released | January 24, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 Ocean Way Recording (LA) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 5:50 (Album version) 4:02 (Radio edit) | |||
| Label | MCA (North America) Virgin (Europe & Japan) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jim Steinman | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Steinman | |||
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"Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" is a song composed and written by Jim Steinman. It was first featured on Steinman's 1981 solo album Bad for Good, with lead vocals by an uncredited Rory Dodd (though the song is credited to Steinman). It was later recorded by Meat Loaf and released in January 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-forty 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; to date, it is Steinman's lone top-forty 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.
Last Updated: June 12, 2021
