BILLBOARD #1 HITS: #782: ‘I’D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE [BUT I WON’T DO THAT]’- MEATLOAF – NOVEMBER 6, 1993

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Billboard #1 Hits: #782: ‘I’d Do Anything For Love [But I Won’t Do That’]- Meatloaf. November 6, 1993. #1 for 5 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.

  • Single: ‘I’d Do Anything For Love [But I Won’t Do That’]- Meatloaf
  • Record Company- MCA
  • Genre: Pop Rock
  • Written by Jim Steinman
  • Time: 5:13
  • B-side: ‘ Back Into Hell’
  • Album- Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell’
  • Grade: B-
  • Peaked at #1 5 weeks in Billboard Hot 100. #1 in UK Singles Chart, #1 in Australia, Austria, Belgium. Canada, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland.

Meatloaf- was born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas in 1947. He had 3 breakthrough hits from his Bat Out Of Hell album in 1978- and then went 15 years between hits. ‘I’d Do Anything For Love’ was his biggest hit- his only #1. Overall he’s had 10 Hot 100 hits with 6 making the Top 40.

3 responses to “BILLBOARD #1 HITS: #782: ‘I’D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE [BUT I WON’T DO THAT]’- MEATLOAF – NOVEMBER 6, 1993

  1. Steinman’s full blown opus done by Marvin in full operatic bombast mode. But it sold a bucketload. And people still love it, which still remains a mystery to me.

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