I think the trouble with this song is that it's been done so long ago by Steinman, and all the Steinman lovers out there are totally biased towards him in regards to this song.
Having become a Meat Loaf fan myself in fairly recent years I considor myself to be able to judge more objectively than some.
I think this is one of the best songs on Bat3, the vocals are excellant and it whips along at a cracking pace, the only criticism I would have is that Meat doesn't really put any emotion into the song. It's hard though for me to mark it down because I think it is excellantly done. And when you compare it to Steinmans original version there's no contest really, Steinmans version was better for the emotion and speed, but Meats vocals are and always have been far superior, Steinman sounds like Weird Al.
9 out of 10
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