Read ’em and Weep

~ Recording by Meat Loaf

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.5Read ’em and Weep5:25Meat LoafDead RingerMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 83645
1.5Read ’em and Weep5:27Meat LoafDead RingerMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 32692
1.2Read ’em and Weep5:23Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)450447 2
1.2Read ’em and Weep5:23Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 450447 2
1.2Read ’em and Weep5:23Meat 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
1.2Read ’em and Weep5:24Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 57615
1.5Read ’em and Weep5:27Meat LoafDead RingerMeat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CDEPC 83645
1.10Read 'em and Weep5:25Meat LoafAnthologyMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
CBS Special ProductsLSP 980693 2
1.5Read’em and Weep5:27Meat 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
1.3Read ’Em and Weep5:25Meat 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
1.2Read ’em and Weep5:23Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CDEPC 3816 H
1.2Read ’em and Weep5:24Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)4755632
1.2Read ’em and Weep5:23Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)CDEPC 5252 H
1.2Read ’em and Weep5:23Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • -1998
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)4504479
1.6Read 'em and Weep5:25Meat LoafSimply the BestMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2000-01-10
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 496575 2
1.6Read 'em and Weep5:25Meat LoafYou Took the Words Right Out of My MouthMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2001-10-22
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)EPC 496575 9
1.5Read ’em and Weep5:27Meat LoafDead RingerMeat LoafAlbum
Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 500578 2
1.4Read ’em and Weep5:26Meat LoafTwo Out of Three Ain’t BadMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Custom Marketing GroupA 58144
1.5Read 'em and Weep5:25Meat LoafFallen AngelMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2003-04-14
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 511307 2
1.6Read 'em and Weep5:25Meat LoafHit CollectionMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2007-05-04
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697 08968 2
1.3Read 'em and Weep5:25Meat LoafCollectionsMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2008-05-02
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697252712
1.3Read 'em and Weep5:25Meat LoafBest of Meat LoafMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697-27331-2
1.8Read 'em and Weep5:25Meat LoafA Piece of the ActionMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.8Read 'em and Weep5:25Meat LoafA Piece of the Action: The Best ofMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Camden Deluxe88697495182
1.8Read 'em & Weep5:25Meat LoafPiece of the Action: The Best ofMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Camden Deluxe, Cleveland International Records, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697467082
1.5Read ’em and Weep5:27Meat LoafDead Ringer for Love / Bat Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • -2010
Cleveland International Records88697726122
1.2Read ’em and Weep5:23Meat LoafAll Time BestMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2012-03-02
Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)88691943242
1.7Read 'Em and Weep5:24Meat LoafMilestonesMeat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2013-11-15
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.5Read ’em and Weep5:27Meat LoafOriginal Album Classics (reissue)Meat LoafAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2015-03-20
Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88875063672
1.3Read 'em and Weep5:25Meat LoafBest of Meat LoafMeat LoafAlbum + CompilationCleveland International Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697-27331-2
1.5Read ’em and Weep5:27Meat LoafDead RingerMeat LoafAlbumEpic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 36007
1.5Read ’em and Weep5:27Meat LoafDead RingerMeat LoafAlbumEpic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CDEPC 83645
1.5Read ’em and Weep5:27Meat LoafDead RingerMeat LoafAlbumEpic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CDEPC83645
1.5Read ’em and Weep5:27Meat LoafDead RingerMeat LoafAlbumEpic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 36007
1.5Read ’em and Weep5:27Meat LoafDead RingerMeat LoafAlbumCleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 36007
1.5Read ’em and Weep5:23Meat LoafDead RingerMeat LoafAlbumEpic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)
1.2Read ’em and Weep5:23Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + CompilationEpic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)450447 1
1.2Read ’em and Weep5:24Meat LoafHits Out of HellMeat LoafAlbum + CompilationCleveland International Records, Sony 550 MusicBK 57615

Relationships

bass guitar:Steve Buslowe
guitar:Davey Johnstone
membranophone:Liberty DeVitto (US drummer)
percussion:Jimmy Maelen (Percussion)
piano:Roy Bittan
recording of:Read ’em and Weep (Meat Loaf’s original 1981 version)

Read ’em and Weep (Meat Loaf’s original 1981 version)

lyricist and composer:Jim Steinman
publisher:Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1981)
Neverland Music Publishing Company (in 1981)
Peg Music Company (in 1981)
later versions:Read ’em and Weep (Barry Manilow’s 1983 version, with altered lyrics in the second verse)