This song placed third of Top Gear's Top 5 Ultimate Driving Songs, as voted by the audience of the show. It was ranked below Queen's " Don't Stop Me Now" and Golden Earring's " Radar Love". The song was viewed negatively by the show's hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond, who implored viewers of the show to not vote for the song, with Clarkson calling Meat Loaf a "fat oaf". [14] It spent more than 500 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, while Rolling Stone ranked it at number 343 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Hotten, Jon (January 21, 1989). "Meat Loaf 'Bat Out of Hell' ". Kerrang!. Vol.222. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. The biker lies fatally injured, "torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike." He can see his "heart still beating", which is also represented musically through bass guitar, a section devised by Kasim Sulton. [5] Steinman says "I don't think there's ever been a more violent crash... the guy basically has his body opened up and his heart explodes like a bat out of hell." [2]

Meat Loaf". Steve Wright in the Afternoon (Interview). Interviewed by Steve Wright. London: BBC Radio 2. 2006-08-04. The Historian (April 5, 2009), Jim Steinman talks about Phil Rizzuto, archived from the original on November 15, 2021 , retrieved April 7, 2018Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966–2006. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8. Brett Milano of udiscovermusic.com rated this motorcycle guitar solo as one of the 100 all-time greatest. [15] Charts [ edit ] 1993 weekly chart performance for "Bat Out of Hell"

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Larson, Randall. "New Bat Out Of Hell Album from Meat Loaf". Cinescape. Archived from the original on 2006-10-09 . Retrieved 2006-09-24. Produced by Desmond Child, it is the only Bat album not involving Jim Steinman in its production. The album was subject to a legal dispute between Meat Loaf and Steinman, who had registered the phrase "Bat Out of Hell" as a trademark and attempted to prevent the album using the phrase. In the end, seven songs that Steinman wrote for various other projects were included.