Paradise by the Dashboard Light (album version)

~ Recording by Meat Loaf

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
  • US1977-10-21
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 34974
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light: Paradise / Let Me Sleep on It / Praying for the End of Time8:28Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)34974, PE 34974
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:28Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 82 419, EPC 82419
1.4Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
  • -1977
Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)PEA 34974
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:28Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 82419
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Cleveland International RecordsEK-34974
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CDEPC 82419
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 34974
1.10Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 57615
1.10Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafHits Out of Hell (DADC Austria / CDEPC-26156 22)Meat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 450447 2
1.10Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 450447 2
1.10Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)450447 2
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:28Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)34974, JE 34974
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:28Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Cleveland International RecordsPE 34976
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:25Meat LoafStereoplay Highlights CD 8: Meisterwerke Aus Pop und RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
stereoplayCDSP 15738
1.5Paradise by the Dashboard Light (I.Paradise II.Let Me Sleep on It III.Praying for the End of Time)8:29Meat LoafAnthologyMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
CBS Special ProductsLSP 980693 2
1.1Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:28Meat LoafParadise by the Dashboard LightMeat LoafSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)652898 3
2.2Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:25Meat Loaf25 Jaar Top 40 Hits, Deel 4: ’77–’80Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Edison (Dutch label aka Edison Stichting)6198904
1.2Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30MeatloafHet beste uit de top 100 aller tijden volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV)DNCD 1211
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 34974, WEK-34974
1.7Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:25Meat LoafLet’s Go Crazy Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)01 4052 61
1.8Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:28Meat LoafTrax… American MadeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)795686 2
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:28Meat LoafBat Out of Hell: Re-VampedMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CDX 82419
1.18Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:24Meat LoafDe Pre Historie 1978, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), PolyGram, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)260.750
1.1Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:26Meat LoafParadise by the Dashboardlight: The Very Best of Meat LoafMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)01 5320 61
2.2Paradise by the Dashboardlight8:26Meat LoafPop Classics: The Long Versions, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)01 5330 62
1.9Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafPower Radio, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1991
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)982687 2
1.13Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:31Meat LoafRock & Pop Diamonds 1970–90Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sonocord281/46 072-5
3.23Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:27Meat LoafVragen staat vrijVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s DigestB 82 206 BB3
1.9Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:25Meat LoafLeap of FaithVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1992-12-08
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD 10671
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 463044 2
2.9Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:28Meat LoafHet beste uit de top 100 allertijdenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Magnum (Dutch joint venture from 1990–1997)17-471 613-10, 471 613 2
1.9Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:25Meat LoafLeap of FaithVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCD 10671
1.9Paradise by the Dashboard Light (Paradise / Let Me Sleep on It / Praying for the End of Time)8:26Meat LoafBack From Hell! The Very Best of Meat LoafMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1993-12-03
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL 475652 2
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 64404
1.10Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)4755632
1.10Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CDEPC 3816 H
1.1Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:28Meat LoafMeat Loaf and FriendsMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)4724192
1.2Paradise by the Dashboard Light: Paradise / Let Me Sleep on It / Praying for the End of Time8:27Meat LoafParadise by the Dashboard LightMeat LoafSingle
1.14Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:27Meat LoafThe Best of Nice PriceVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1993
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)SAMP 1769
1.11Paradise by the Dash Board Light8:25Meat LoafThe Rock Collection: Rock PassionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 527/25
1.9Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafWayne's World: The Basement TapesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Attic (Canadian label)ACD 1377
1.7Paradise by the Dashboard Light9:58Meat LoafAlive in HellMeat LoafAlbum + Live
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 480411
2.17Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:28Meat LoafHits CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special Products983445 2
1.12Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:31Meat LoafLet There Be Drums! Volume 3: The ’70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1994
Sony Music Special ProductsR2 71549
1.18Paradise by the Dashboard Light: I. Paradise - II: Let Me Sleep On It - III. Praying for the End of Time8:27Meat LoafThe Vorspiel Collection 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
The Record Collection525 024-2
1.2Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:23Meat LoafTijdloze honderdVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)525.205-2
1.1Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:24Meat LoafDefinitive CollectionMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)480567 2
1.1Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:24Meat LoafDefinitive CollectionMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)480567 9
1.13Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:25MeatloafRock met ballenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. See annotation)74321 314562
1.9Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafUltimate Rock ’n’ Roll CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-09-24
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)E2K 65020
3.1Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafThe 70’s Rock’n’Roll: 36 All-Time FavoritesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsA 28141/28142/28143
1.9Paradise by the Dashboard Light?:??Meat LoafUltimate Rock ’n’ Roll CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)E2K 65020
1.9Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:23Meat LoafHet Beste uit de Top 100 Allertijden: Editie ’97: Long VersionsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)487367-2
1.10Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)CDEPC 5252 H
1.16Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:23Meat LoafThe Final CountdownVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DBP 102016
1.8Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:26Meat LoafThe Very Best of Meat LoafMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • -1998-11-02
Sony Music TV, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)594 9272, 7243 5 94927 2 8, 7243 594927 2 8
1.8Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:25Meat LoafThe Very Best of Meat LoafMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1998-11-02
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)CDV2868
1.8Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:26Meat LoafThe Very Best of Meat LoafMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-11-24
Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)E2K 69335
1.10Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • -1998
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)4504479
1.2Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:25Meat LoafPopclassics & Rarities: Het beste uit de Arbeidsvitaminen: Top 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)565 777-2
1.7Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:26Meat LoafThe Very Best of Meat LoafMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)724384691820
2.5Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:24Meat LoafThe Very Best of Meat LoafMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 594927 2 8
1.8Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:27Meat LoafThe Very Best of Meat LoafMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CDEPC5668J
1.4Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafThe World’s Best Ever Beer SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)4976362, 7243 4 97636 2 3
1.8Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:24Meat LoafAvro's Top Pop Yeah Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.8Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:27Meat LoafFrosh 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2000-08-22
Universal Music Canada314 560 343 2
1.8Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:26Meat LoafThe Very Best of Meat LoafMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2000-11-22
1.8Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:23Meat LoafThe Very Best of Meat LoafMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2000-12-08
VJCP-36080-81
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
  • US2001-01-30
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Cleveland International Records, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)EK 62171
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
  • XE2001-03-12
Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697995612
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafBat Out of Hell (Essential Rock Classics)Meat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Cleveland International Records, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)499681.2
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)499944 6
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 499944 2
1.18Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafRock ThisVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-02-19
Razor & Tie
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
  • US2002-08-27
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)ES 62171
1.3Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:23Meat LoafBack to the 80’s: De hits uit de jaren ’80: The Long VersionsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media504361 2
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafBat Out of Hell (25th anniversary edition)Meat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)508653 3
2.13Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:26Meat LoafBest of de pre historie '70Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. See annotation)74321 97528 2
1.5Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafMeat Loaf and FriendsMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)506079 2
2.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafThe Best Long Versions… Ever! Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 5 388532 8
1.14Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:28Meat LoafWDR 2: Die größten Hits aller ZeitenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special Products987896 2, 9878962000, SSP 987896 2
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
  • GB2003-04-07
1.1Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:29Meat LoafFallen AngelMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2003-04-14
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 511307 2
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafBat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum
  • US2003-10-07
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 90678
2.5Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:24Meat LoafThe Very Best of Meat LoafMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-10-20
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)513743 2
1.15Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:26Meat LoafEasy Livin’Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special Products988378 2, 9883782000, SSP 988378 2
1.19Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:24Meat LoafSongs for My UteVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rajon Music GroupCDRTV0069
3.15Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:28Meat LoafSony Music präsentiert 20 Jahre Compact Disc Digital AudioVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsSSP 988297 2
1.1Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:28Meat LoafThe CollectionMeat Loaf and FriendsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)4724195
1.17Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:25Meat LoafThe World's Best Ever Beer Songs 2005Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2004-11-11
EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!)7243 874521 2 1
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafLegends: Ultimate Rock Collection: Rock OnVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group19600-2, A 71838
1.14Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:32Meat Loaf feat. Ellen FoleyThe Best Album Tracks... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-05-09
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)00946 3 11258 2 9, VTDCD 714
1.1Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafV8 Supercars: A Full Tank of RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2005-08-08
Festival Records (Australian)33887
3.20Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:32Meat LoafThe Very Best of School ReunionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-11-20
3.1Paradise By The Dashboard Light8:29Meat Loaf70's Rock 'n' RollVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-11-21
Sony Music Special Products
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafBat Out of Hell & Hits Out of Hell (special edition)Meat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697010122
(unknown)
1.6Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:33Meat LoafGreatest Music GalleryMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Lighthouse (Russian bootleg label)8 290099
1.9Paradise by the Dashboard Light8:30Meat LoafClassic Rock 14 Greatest HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

engineer, producer and mixer:Todd Rundgren
bass:Kasim Sultan
drums (drum set):Max Weinberg
guitar:Todd Rundgren
keyboard and other vocals [lascivious effects]:Jim Steinman
keyboard and piano:Roy Bittan
saxophone:Edgar Winter
synthesizer:Roger Powell (US musician, programmer, and columnist, band "Utopia")
background vocals:Rory Dodd
Marvin Lee
Todd Rundgren
background vocals and lead vocals [featured female vocal]:Ellen Foley
lead vocals:Meat Loaf
spoken vocals [baseball play-by-play]:Phil Rizzuto
performer:Ellen Foley
arranger:Todd Rundgren
Jim Steinman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977)
recording of:Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Paradise by the Dashboard Light

lyricist and composer:Jim Steinman
later translated versions:Paradijs bij het dashboardlicht
parts:1. Paradise
2. Let Me Sleep on It
3. Praying for the End of Time