Singer-songwriter Meat Loaf visits the "Bat Out Of Hell" performance at New York City Center on 20 August 2019 in New York City.

Singer-songwriter Meat Loaf visits the “Bat Out Of Hell” performance at New York City Center on 20 August 2019 in New York City. Image: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images.

Meat Loaf: Five of the late singer’s best songs [videos]

From ‘I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)’ and ‘Bat Out of Hell’, here are five of Meat Loaf’s greatest hits:

Singer-songwriter Meat Loaf visits the "Bat Out Of Hell" performance at New York City Center on 20 August 2019 in New York City.

Singer-songwriter Meat Loaf visits the “Bat Out Of Hell” performance at New York City Center on 20 August 2019 in New York City. Image: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images.

While the world mourns the death of the iconic singer, Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday), here is a roundup of five of his most popular hits that will remind fans of his talent:

Five of Meat Loaf’s best tracks

The iconic star – who passed away at the age of 74 with his wife Deborah by his side in January 2022 – is best known for the Grammy-winning Bat Out Of Hell trilogy, one of the best-selling albums of all time. It is reported that Meat Loaf and songwriter Jim Steinman began work on the epic, operatic Bat Out of Hell in the mid-’70s and were aiming big:

Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Ultimate Classic Rock lists Paradise by the Dashboard Light from this album released in 1977 as his number one song. What makes this song particularly memorable is the fact that it packs three movements and “a half-dozen time shifts and a flurry of musical styles into eight oversized minutes of pop excess”. It reportedly sums up Meat Loaf’s career better than anything else he’s ever recorded.

I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)

In 1993, after 16 years, the long-awaited sequel, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, was released. Meat Loaf’s popular song, I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) was released as the album’s lead single. At the time (and probably even today) nobody really knows what the song is about.

Bat Out of Hell

The title track to Bat Out of Hell sets the stage at nearly 10 minutes and is loaded with Wall of Sound production, as well as instrumental assistance by Todd Rundgren (who produced the album) and the E Street Band’s Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg.

Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad

Bat Out of Hell‘s big ballad is said to be “one of Meat Loaf’s best vocal performances and Steinman’s greatest composition”. It sold over 43 million copies worldwide and stayed on the chart for almost half a year.

Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are

When Meat Loaf and Steinman reunited for the sequel they picked up right where they left off and released the epic Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are as the album’s third single.