Paradise By The Dashboard Light

Master for Meat Loaf "Paradise By The Dashboard Light", taken from the album Bat Out Of Hell.
This master contains the original 1977 release and its subsequent re-issues.
Following the success of Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad, "Paradise..." was chosen as the album's third single in the US.
An earlier fade of the 8:28 album version was made, resulting in a 7:55 version. Promo 12" releases skipped the baseball-play-to-play on one side, making it a 6:58 version. B-side of the single was "Bat Overture", being the first two minutes of the album's 9:51 title track.
This version became No. 39 in the Billboard Hot 100.
A more drastic 5:25 edit was released in the Netherlands (also b/w "Bat Overture"), where the song became a No. 1 hit. This drew the attention to other countries, where the song was also released:
- b/w "All Revved Up..." in the UK;
- b/w "You Took The Words..." in Italy;
- as a B-side to You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth / Paradise By The Dashboard Light (US 1977) (opens in a new tab) in the US.
The UK release did not chart, but the US release did (once again No. 39).
Re-issued on CD-single in 1988 featuring the full album version.