American rock legend Meat Loaf, whose album Bat Out of Hell is one of the best-selling albums of all time, passed away this week at the age 74. RIP.
In 1981, Meat Loaf teamed up with gay icon Cher to record “Dead Ringer For Love” for his second studio album Dead Ringer.
Cher purportedly co-wrote the track, though she wasn’t credited for it. The song was a minor hit, peaking at #5 on UK Singles Chart and selling roughly 250,000 copies.
Had So Much Fun With Meatloaf When We Did “Dead Ringer”. Am Very Sorry For His Family,Friends,& Fans. Am I imagining It, or Are Amazing Ppl In The Arts Dying every other Day??
?— Cher (@cher) January 21, 2022
Cher later included it on her Greatest Hits: 1965–1992 compilation, as well as her Essential Collection album. The two never performed the song together live, but she did appear in the music video, where she sported a tight leather mini skirt, sequined jacket, and gold hoop earrings. Seriously, it doesn’t get more ’80s than this.
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Heywood Jablowme
That Meat Loaf GLARE… nothing like it! According to the obits, at the time he was on the outs with his original songwriter (Jim Steinman); it does sound like Cher co-wrote it.
fredk3
i need a cigarette after that.
cuteguy
He died of Covid, according to TMZ. He was against the vaccine so……
Heywood Jablowme
He “would do anything for love,” except get a Covid vaccine!
jaimedance3
We lost so many greats after we lost Betty White and the year just started. I’m so over 2022 already. 🙁
Jimmy T
His tombstone should read: I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE, BUT I WON’T DO VAX
hansniemeijer
He also sang in the “Rocky Horror Picture Show”
BoomerMyles
He actually starred in the original London production playing both Eddie and Dr. Scott.
Brendan76
Wow. Can’t say I loved the song, but the video was, indeed, the most 80s thing ever. And yet at the same time, it kind of reminded me of the T-Birds and Pink Ladies in Grease & Grease 2. He was a good crafter of songs for the most part (this one notwithstanding), and I’ll always enjoy his turn as Eddie in Rocky Horror Picture Show, but like too many others, his support for Trump – and I read one article that quoted him as saying that DJT, Don Jr., and Ivanka were all very intelligent people – tarnishes his legacy in my opinion, especially if the person who commented that he was anti-vax and died of COVID was correct.
mastik8
Odd but this song always reminds me of standing in the Midnight Sun on a Sunday afternoon drinking Cape Coders.