Paradise by the Dashboard Light
| "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" | ||||
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Side-A label of U.S. 7-inch vinyl single | ||||
| Single by Meat Loaf and Ellen Foley | ||||
| from the album Bat Out of Hell | ||||
| B-side | "Bat Overture" | |||
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| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Studio | Bearsville (Woodstock, New York) | |||
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| Length | 8:28 (album version) 7:55 (US single version) 5:32 (international single version) | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jim Steinman | |||
| Producer(s) | Todd Rundgren | |||
| Meat Loaf and Ellen Foley singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| Video on YouTube | ||||
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" is a song written by Jim Steinman. It was released in 1977 on the album Bat Out of Hell, with vocals by American musicians Meat Loaf and Ellen Foley. An uncommonly long song for a single, it has become a staple of classic rock radio and has been described as the "greatest rock duet".