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{{Short description|American singer and actor (1947–2022)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Meat Loaf
| image              = Meatloaf 1971 (cropped).JPG
| caption            = Meat Loaf in 1971
| birth_name         = Marvin Lee Aday
| alias              = Michael Lee Aday
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1947|9|27}}
| birth_place        = [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2022|01|20|1947|9|27|mf=y}}
| death_place        = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], U.S.
| occupation         = {{hlist|Singer|actor}}
| years_active       = 1962–2022
| death_cause        = 
| spouse             = {{Unbulleted list|{{marriage|Leslie Edmonds|1979|2001|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Deborah Gillespie|2007}}}}
| children           = {{Flatlist|
* [[Pearl Aday|Pearl]]
* [[Amanda Aday|Amanda]]
}}
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed           = yes
| years_active    = 1968–2022
| website         = 
| genre           = {{hlist|Rock|[[hard rock]]}}
| label           = {{hlist|[[Motown|Rare Earth]]|[[Cleveland International Records|Cleveland International]]|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[RCA Records|RCA]]|[[Arista Records|Arista]]|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]|[[MCA Records|MCA]]|[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]|[[Sanctuary Records Group|Sanctuary]]|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]|[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]}}
| past_member_of  = {{hlist|[[Neverland Express]]|[[Stoney & Meatloaf (band)|Stoney & Meatloaf]]|[[Ted Nugent]]}}}}
}}

'''Michael Lee Aday''' (born '''Marvin Lee Aday'''; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), better known by his stage name '''Meat Loaf''', was an American singer and actor. He was known for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His ''Bat Out of Hell'' album trilogy—''[[Bat Out of Hell]]'' (1977), ''[[Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell]]'' (1993), and ''[[Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose]]'' (2006)—has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the [[List of best-selling music artists|best-selling music artists of all time]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.sky.com/story/meat-loaf-in-numbers-after-death-of-icon-whose-album-spent-10-years-in-charts-and-with-more-film-credits-than-meryl-streep-12521759 |title=Meat Loaf in numbers - after death of icon whose album spent 10 years in charts and with more film credits than Meryl Streep |work=[[Sky News]] |date=January 21, 2022 |access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref> The first album stayed on the charts for over nine years and is one of the [[List of best-selling albums|best-selling albums in history]], still selling an estimated 200,000 copies annually {{as of|2016|lc=y}}.<ref name=soldonsong>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/batoutofhell.shtml |title=BBC – radio 2 – Sold on Song – Top 100 – no 8 – 'Bat Out Of Hell' |work=[[BBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109011510/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/batoutofhell.shtml |archive-date=January 9, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://jimsteinman.com/00classicr3.htm |title=Bat Out Of Hell – The Story Behind The Album |first=Jon |last=Hotten |work=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |via=[[Jim Steinman]] |date=September 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602220849/http://www.jimsteinman.com/00classicr3.htm |archive-date=June 2, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite the commercial success of ''Bat Out of Hell'' and ''Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell'', and earning a [[Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance]] for the song "[[I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)|I'd Do Anything for Love]]", Meat Loaf nevertheless experienced some difficulty establishing a steady career within the United States.<ref>{{cite web|agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=January 21, 2022 |title=Meat Loaf, 'Bat Out of Hell' Rock Superstar Dies at 74 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-dead-74-obituary-1235021357/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121155515/https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-dead-74-obituary-1235021357/ |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=cbsdied>{{Cite news |title=Meat Loaf, rock superstar, 'Bat Out of Hell' singer, has died at 74 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meatloaf-dies-age-74-bat-out-of-hell/ |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[CBS News]] |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121131429/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meatloaf-dies-age-74-bat-out-of-hell/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=nytdies>{{Cite news |last1=Marshall |first1=Alex |last2=Taylor |first2=Derrick Bryson |date=January 21, 2022 |title=Meat Loaf, 'Bat Out of Hell' Singer and Actor, Dies at 74 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/arts/music/meat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-aday.html |url-access=limited |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121084120/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/arts/music/meat-loaf-dead-marvin-lee-aday.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Rock legend and 'Bat Out of Hell' singer Meat Loaf dies at 74 |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/music/meat-loaf-bat-hell-singer-actor-dies-74-rcna13026 |work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121153449/https://www.today.com/popculture/music/meat-loaf-bat-hell-singer-actor-dies-74-rcna13026 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, his career still saw success due to his popularity in Europe, especially in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He received the 1994 [[Brit Awards|Brit Award]] in the United Kingdom for best-selling album and single, and was ranked 23rd for the number of weeks spent on the UK charts in 2006. He ranks 96th on [[VH1]]'s "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".<ref name=soldonsong/>

Meat Loaf also acted in over 50 films and television shows, sometimes as himself or as characters resembling his stage persona. His notable film roles include Eddie in ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' (1975), the bus driver in ''[[Spice World (film)|Spice World]]'' (1997), and Robert Paulson in ''[[Fight Club]]'' (1999). His early stage work included dual roles in the original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] cast of ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]];'' he also appeared in the musical ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'', both on and [[Off-Broadway]].
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==Early life==
Marvin Lee Aday was born in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], on September 27, 1947,<ref name=biography>{{cite web |title=Meat Loaf Biography |url=https://www.biography.com/musician/meat-loaf |work=[[Biography (TV program)|Biography]] |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217212435/https://www.biography.com/musician/meat-loaf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/201789/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-singer-and-rocky-horror-picture-show-actor-dies-at-74/ |title=Meat Loaf, Bat Out Of Hell Singer and Rocky Horror Picture Show Actor, Dies at 74 |first=Lindsey |last=Sullivan |work=[[Broadway.com]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123190733/https://www.broadway.com/buzz/201789/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-singer-and-rocky-horror-picture-show-actor-dies-at-74/ |url-status=live}}</ref> the son of Wilma Artie (''née'' Hukel), a schoolteacher and member of the Vo-di-o-do Girls [[gospel music]] quartet, and Orvis Wesley Aday, a former police officer who went into business selling a homemade cough remedy with his wife and a friend under the name of the Griffin Grocery Company.<ref name=Larger>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2h8UDgAAQBAJ |title=Like a Bat Out of Hell: The Larger than Life Story of Meat Loaf |first=Mick |last=Wall |publisher=Trapeze |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-4091-7354-0 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124150536/https://books.google.com/books?id=2h8UDgAAQBAJ |url-status=live}}</ref> He stated in an interview that when he was born, he was "bright red and stayed that way for days" and that his father said he looked like "nine pounds of ground chuck,” and convinced hospital staff to put the name "Meat" on his crib.<ref name=qameatloaf>{{cite web |last=Edwards |first=Verity |date=September 16, 2016 |title=Q&A: Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday), musician, 68 |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/qa-meatloaf-musician-68/news-story/9e9631153d2bffb0356afb6214fd1abf |work=[[The Australian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323024513/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/qa-meatloaf-musician-68/news-story/9e9631153d2bffb0356afb6214fd1abf |archive-date=March 23, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was later called "M.L." in reference to his initials, but when his weight increased, his seventh-grade classmates referred to him as "Meat Loaf", referring to his {{convert|5|ft|2|in|cm|adj=mid}}, {{convert|240|lb|kg|adj=mid}} stature. He also attributed the nickname to an incident where, after he stepped on a football coach's foot, the coach yelled "Get off my foot, you hunk of meatloaf!"<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://people.com/music/meat-loaf-name-origin-stories/ |title=Meat Loaf: The Many Origin Stories Behind the Late Singer's Name |first=Greta |last=Bjornson |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>

Meat Loaf's father would binge-drink alcohol for days at a time, a habit he started when he was medically discharged from the [[U.S. Army]] during [[World War II]] after being wounded by fragments from a [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar shell]].<ref name=Larger/> Meat Loaf often accompanied his mother in driving to the bars in Dallas to look for his father, and often stayed with his grandmother.<ref name=Larger/> He attended church and [[Bible study (Christianity)|Bible study]] every Sunday.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://christianchronicle.org/meat-loafs-surprising-connections-to-churches-of-christ/ |title=Meat Loaf's surprising connections to Churches of Christ |first=Scott |last=Elliott |work=[[The Christian Chronicle]] |date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>

He was 16 years old on November 22, 1963, the day of the [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]]. That morning, Meat Loaf had seen the President when he arrived at [[Dallas Love Field]]. Later, after hearing of Kennedy's death, he and a friend drove to [[Parkland Hospital]] where he witnessed [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]], covered in her husband's blood, getting out of the car that brought her to the hospital.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/singer-and-actor-meat-loaf-dead-1.6322657 |title=Singer and actor Meat Loaf dead at 74 |work=[[CBC News]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125074030/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/singer-and-actor-meat-loaf-dead-1.6322657 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1965, Meat Loaf graduated from [[Thomas Jefferson High School (Dallas)|Thomas Jefferson High School]], having appeared in school stage productions such as ''[[Where's Charley?]]'' and ''[[The Music Man]]''. He played high school football as a [[defensive tackle]].<ref>{{cite news |date=March 17, 1979 |title=Meatloaf cooks up TV special |page=5 |work=[[Brantford Expositor]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93146570/meat-loaf-tv-special-1979/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121235722/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93146570/meat-loaf-tv-special-1979/ |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chamberlain |first=Adrian |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20070313/282149286856598 |title=Meat Loaf, reheated: Singer says energy and voice are back, thanks to exercise and vocal coach |work=[[The Ottawa Citizen]] |date=March 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118021537/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?id=614a8fdf-d7ae-4eb3-98c8-2c5321c81bb5&k=9722 |archive-date=January 18, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> After attending college at [[Lubbock Christian University|Lubbock Christian College]], he transferred to North Texas State University (now the [[University of North Texas]]).

In 1967, when Meat Loaf was 19 years old, his mother died of cancer, and his father lunged at him with a knife after falsely accusing the teen of having girls in his bedroom.<ref name=batman/>  Meat Loaf used the money his mother left him to rent an apartment in Dallas, where he isolated for three and a half months, at which time a friend found him.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://stylecaster.com/meatloaf-net-worth/ |title=Meat Loaf's Net Worth Reveals How Much He Made as One of the Greatest Rockstars of All Time |first=JENZIA |last=BURGOS |work=[[SHE Media]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123201615/https://stylecaster.com/meatloaf-net-worth/ |url-status=live}}</ref>  Soon after, he went to the airport and caught the next flight to Los Angeles.<ref name=autobiography>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/tohellbackautobi00meat |title=To hell and back : an autobiography |author=Meat Loaf |date=1993 |publisher=[[ReganBooks]] |isbn=0-06-039293-2 |edition=1st |location=New York |oclc=42397459}}</ref>

Meat Loaf intentionally gained 60 pounds (27&nbsp;kg) to fail his [[physical examination]] for the [[Draft lottery (1969)|Vietnam War draft]]. Despite this strategy, he still received his notice to appear before his local draft board, but chose to ignore it.<ref name="biography" />

==Career==
===Early career===
In Los Angeles, Meat Loaf formed his first band, Meat Loaf Soul.<ref name=autobiography/> The band received several recording contracts.<ref name=bbcobit>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27469244 |title=Obituary: Meat Loaf |work=[[BBC News]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123135200/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27469244 |url-status=live}}</ref> Meat Loaf Soul's first gig was in [[Huntington Beach, California]] in 1968 at the Cave, opening for [[Van Morrison]]'s band [[Them (band)|Them]] and [[Question Mark and the Mysterians]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2022/01/21/rock-legend-meat-loaf-dies-at-74/ |title=Rock Legend Meat Loaf Dies At 74 |first=Marc |last=Berman |work=[[Forbes]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123003851/https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2022/01/21/rock-legend-meat-loaf-dies-at-74/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Meat Loaf later described his early days in the music industry as being treated like a "circus clown."<ref name=unique>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nme.com/features/meat-loaf-1947-2022-tribute-obituary-3143443 |title=Meat Loaf, 1947 – 2022: a unique performer with big, bold odes to the dreamers and believers |first=James |last=McMahon |work=[[NME]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123210415/https://www.nme.com/features/meat-loaf-1947-2022-tribute-obituary-3143443 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The band underwent several changes of lead guitarists, changing the name of the band each time, to names including Popcorn Blizzard and Floating Circus.<ref name=guardianobit>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/21/meat-loaf-obituary |title=Meat Loaf obituary |first=Adam |last=Sweeting |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122223243/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/21/meat-loaf-obituary |url-status=live}}</ref> As Floating Circus, they opened for [[the Who]], [[the Fugs]], [[the Stooges]], [[MC5]], the [[Grateful Dead]], and [[the Grease Band]]. Their regional success led them to release a single, "Once Upon a Time", backed with "Hello". Meat Loaf then joined the Los Angeles production of the musical ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]''.<ref name=guardianobit/>

===1970s===
[[File:Meatloaf and Stoney 1971.JPG|thumb|Meat Loaf and Stoney ([[Shaun Murphy (singer)|Shaun Murphy]]), 1971]]
With the publicity generated from ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'', Meat Loaf accepted an invitation by [[Motown]], in Detroit. In addition to appearing as "Mother" and "Ulysses S. Grant" at Detroit's Vest Pocket Theatre, he recorded  the vocals with fellow ''Hair'' performer [[Shaun Murphy (singer)|Shaun "Stoney" Murphy]] on an album of songs written and selected by the Motown production team. The album, titled ''[[Stoney & Meatloaf]]'' (with Meatloaf spelled as one word), was released in September 1971 and included the single "What You See Is What You Get"; it reached number 36 on the [[Best Selling Soul Singles]] chart and number 71 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. Meat Loaf and Stoney toured with [[Jake Wade and the Soul Searchers]], opening for [[Richie Havens]], [[the Who]], [[the Stooges]], [[Bob Seger]], [[Alice Cooper]], and [[Rare Earth (band)|Rare Earth]]. Meat Loaf left Motown soon after the label replaced his and Stoney's vocals from the one song he liked, "Who Is the Leader of the People?" with new vocals by [[Edwin Starr]].<ref name=snapesobit/> He moved to [[Freeland, Michigan]] for a year and was the opening act at the [[Grande Ballroom]] 80 times.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mlive.com/life/2022/01/meat-loaf-on-how-my-entire-career-started-in-michigan-legendary-singer-dead-at-74.html |title=Meat Loaf on how 'My entire career started in Michigan:' Legendary singer dead at 74 |first=Edward |last=Pevos |work=[[Booth Newspapers]] |date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>

In December 1972, Meat Loaf was in the original [[off-Broadway]] production of ''Rainbow'' at the [[Orpheum Theatre (Manhattan)|Orpheum Theatre]] in New York.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/meat-loaf-dead |title=Meat Loaf 1947 – 2022 |first=Scott |last=Bernstein |work=[[JamBase]] |date=September 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123224619/https://www.jambase.com/article/meat-loaf-dead |url-status=live}}</ref> After the tour, Meat Loaf rejoined the cast of ''Hair'', this time at a [[Broadway theater]]. After he hired an agent, he auditioned for the [[Public Theater]]'s production of ''[[More Than You Deserve]]''. During the audition, Meat Loaf met [[Jim Steinman]]. He sang a Stoney and Meat Loaf favorite of his, "(I'd Love to Be) As Heavy as Jesus", and subsequently got the part of Rabbit, a maniac that blows up his fellow soldiers so they can "go home." [[Ron Silver]] and [[Fred Gwynne]] were also in the show. In the summer between the show's workshop production (April 1973) and full production (November 1973 – January 1974), Meat Loaf appeared in a [[Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)|Shakespeare in the Park]] production of ''[[As You Like It]]'' with [[Raul Julia]] and [[Mary Beth Hurt]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bf9f8856-a142-7a91-e040-e00a18062ca3 |title=Meat Loaf and Raul Julia in the New York Shakespeare Festival stage production As You Like It |publisher=[[New York Public Library]] |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808013742/https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bf9f8856-a142-7a91-e040-e00a18062ca3 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In late 1973, Meat Loaf was cast in the original L.A. Roxy cast of ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'', playing the parts of both Eddie and Dr. Scott.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073629/fullcredits |title=The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975): Full Cast & Crew |website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> The success of the musical led to the filming of ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' in which Meat Loaf played only Eddie while Jonathan Adams was cast as Dr. Scott, a decision Meat Loaf said made the movie not as good as the musical.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFqmLvxORzQ#t=1m38s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/VFqmLvxORzQ |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |title=Meat Loaf on the Rocky Horror Show – Part 1 |via=YouTube |date=November 13, 2007 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

About the same time, Meat Loaf and Steinman started work on ''[[Bat Out of Hell]]''. Meat Loaf convinced [[Epic Records]] to shoot music videos for four songs, "[[Bat Out of Hell (song)|Bat Out of Hell]]", "[[Paradise by the Dashboard Light]]", "[[You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth]]", and "[[Two Out of Three Ain't Bad]]" and convinced [[Lou Adler]], the producer of ''Rocky Horror'', to run the "Paradise" video as a trailer to the movie. During his recording of the soundtrack for ''Rocky Horror'', Meat Loaf recorded two more songs: "[[Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)|Stand by Me]]" (a [[Ben E. King]] cover), and "Clap Your Hands." They remained unreleased for a decade, until 1984, when they appeared as B-sides to the "[[Nowhere Fast (Fire Inc. song)|Nowhere Fast]]" single.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/20-best-covers-of-ben-e-kings-stand-by-me-172351/meat-loaf-158383/ |title=20 Best Covers of Ben E. King's 'Stand by Me' |first1=Stephen Thomas |last1=Erlewine |first2=Nick |last2=Murray |first3=Brittany |last3=Spanos |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=May 2, 2015}}</ref>

In 1976, Meat Loaf recorded lead vocals for [[Ted Nugent]]'s album ''[[Free-for-All (Ted Nugent album)|Free-for-All]]'' when regular Nugent lead vocalist [[Derek St. Holmes]] temporarily quit the band. Meat Loaf sang lead on five of the album's nine tracks. That same year, Meat Loaf appeared in his final theatrical show in New York City, the short-lived Broadway production of [[Gower Champion]]'s rock musical ''[[Rockabye Hamlet]]''.<ref name=cult>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/22/arts/music/meat-loaf-paradise-by-the-dashboard-light.html |title=How Meat Loaf Made a Cult Favorite: 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light' |first=Jeremy |last=Gordon |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 22, 2022 |url-access=limited |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124015336/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/22/arts/music/meat-loaf-paradise-by-the-dashboard-light.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/meat-loaf-dead-bat-out-of-hell-rocky-horror-picture-show-1234917056/ |title=Meat Loaf Dies: 'Bat Out Of Hell' Singer & 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' Actor Was 74 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=January 20, 2022 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121080806/https://deadline.com/2022/01/meat-loaf-dead-bat-out-of-hell-rocky-horror-picture-show-1234917056/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/Rockabye-Hamlet-6928/cast |title=Rockabye Hamlet Original Broadway Cast 1976 &#124; Broadway World |work=[[BroadwayWorld]] |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121232110/https://www.broadwayworld.com/shows/Rockabye-Hamlet-6928/cast |url-status=live}}</ref> It closed two weeks into its initial run.<ref>"Come From Away heading to Broadway: Canadian musical to play in Washington and Toronto on its way to New York" by J. Kelly Nestruck, ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' (16 Feb, 2016) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|1765219674}}</ref>

[[File:WMMS Meat Loaf concert - 1978 print ad.jpg|thumb|left|A printed ad for a Meat Loaf concert in 1978]]
Meat Loaf and Steinman started working on ''Bat Out of Hell'' in 1972, but did not get serious about it until the end of 1974. Meat Loaf then decided to leave theater and concentrate exclusively on music.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/21/us-singer-meat-loaf-famous-bat-out-of-hell-hit-dead-at-74 |title=US Singer Meat Loaf, famous for Bat Out of Hell hit, dead at 74 |work=[[Al Jazeera English]] |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121232113/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/21/us-singer-meat-loaf-famous-bat-out-of-hell-hit-dead-at-74 |url-status=live}}</ref> Meat Loaf was cast as an understudy for [[John Belushi]] in ''[[The National Lampoon Show]]''.<ref name=cult/> It was at the ''Lampoon'' show that Meat Loaf met [[Ellen Foley]], the co-star who sang "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" and "Bat Out of Hell" with him on the album ''Bat Out of Hell''.<ref name=cult/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/ellen-foley-meat-loaf-paradise-by-dashboard-light-interview-1235160709/ |title=Ellen Foley, Meat Loaf's 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light' Sparring Partner, on the Making of Rock's Greatest Duet |first=Chris |last=Willman |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=January 22, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123192956/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/ellen-foley-meat-loaf-paradise-by-dashboard-light-interview-1235160709/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Meat Loaf and Steinman spent time seeking a record deal; however, their approaches were rejected by each record company, because their songs did not fit any specific recognized [[music industry]] style.<ref name=cult/> [[Todd Rundgren]], under the impression that they already had a record deal, agreed to produce the album as well as play lead guitar along with other members of Rundgren's band [[Utopia (American band)|Utopia]] and [[Max Weinberg]].<ref name=cult/><ref name=Spoofing>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/todd-rundgren-meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-bruce-springsteen-8006795/ |title=Todd Rundgren Talks Spoofing Bruce Springsteen and Seeing Meat Loaf Propose With a Salmon While Producing 'Bat Out of Hell' |first=Bonnie |last=Stiernberg |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=October 20, 2017 |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029192042/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8006795/todd-rundgren-meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-bruce-springsteen |url-status=live}}</ref> They then shopped the record around, but they still had no takers until [[Steve Popovich]]'s [[Cleveland International Records]] took a chance, releasing ''Bat Out of Hell'' in October 1977.<ref name=cult/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/who-wrote-bat-out-hell-22826258 |title=Who wrote Bat Out of Hell and when was it released? The story behind Meat Loaf's career-defining hit |work=[[Birmingham Mail]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121232101/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/who-wrote-bat-out-hell-22826258 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Meat Loaf and Steinman formed the band [[Neverland Express]] to tour in support of ''Bat Out of Hell''. Their first gig was opening for [[Cheap Trick]] in Chicago. Meat Loaf gained national exposure as the musical guest on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' on March 25, 1978. Host [[Christopher Lee]] introduced him with a groan worthy joke.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |title=Meat Loaf Remembers Jim Steinman: 'He Was the Centerpiece of My Life' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-remembers-jim-steinman-1160041/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=April 23, 2021 |url-access=limited |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121081556/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-remembers-jim-steinman-1160041/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1978, Meat Loaf jumped off a stage in [[Ottawa]], Ontario, breaking his leg. He finished his tour performing in a [[wheelchair]].<ref>{{cite news |last=MacPherson |first=Les |date=August 3, 2009 |title=Many great rock stars known to fall off stages |page=A3 |newspaper=[[Star-Phoenix]] |location=[[Saskatoon, Saskatchewan]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93414200/meat-loaf-fell-off-stage/ |id={{ProQuest|348940253}}}}</ref>

''Bat Out of Hell'' has sold an estimated 43 million copies globally, including 15&nbsp;million in the United States, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. In the United Kingdom alone, its 2.1&nbsp;million sales put it in 38th place. Despite peaking at No. 9 and spending only two weeks in the top ten in 1981, it has now spent 485 weeks on the [[UK Albums Chart]] (May 2015), a figure bettered only by ''[[Rumours (album)|Rumours]]'' by [[Fleetwood Mac]] with 487 weeks.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xdrrb |agency=[[BBC News]] |date=July 15, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016014323/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xdrrb |url-status=live}}</ref> In Australia, it knocked the [[Bee Gees]] off the No. 1 spot and became the biggest-selling album of all time in that country. ''Bat Out of Hell'' has, as of December 2020, spent a total of 522 weeks in the Top 200 in the UK chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/bat-out-of-hell/ |title=Bat Out of Hell – Meat Loaf |work=[[Official Charts Company]] |archive-date=December 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228214624/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/bat-out-of-hell/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

===1980s===
In 1979, Steinman started to work on ''[[Bad for Good]]'', the intended follow-up to 1977's ''Bat Out of Hell''. During that time, a combination of touring, drugs and exhaustion had caused Meat Loaf to lose his voice. Without a singer, and pressured by the record company, Steinman decided that he should sing on ''Bad for Good'' himself. While Steinman worked on Bad for Good, Meat Loaf played the role of Travis Redfish in the movie ''[[Roadie (1980 film)|Roadie]]'' until his singing voice returned.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Giles |first=Jeff |date=June 14, 2013 |title=40 Years Ago: Meat Loaf Leads an All-Star Cast in 'Roadie' |work=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/meat-loaf-roadie/}}</ref> Steinman then wrote a new album for Meat Loaf, ''[[Dead Ringer (album)|Dead Ringer]]'', which was released in September 1981.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/meat-loaf-dead-ringer/ |title=When Meat Loaf Finally Released a Follow-Up to 'Bat Out of Hell' |work=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |first=Jeff |last=Giles |date=September 4, 2016}}</ref> Steinman had written five new songs which, in addition to the track "More Than You Deserve" (sung by Meat Loaf in the stage musical of the same name) and a reworked monolog, formed the album ''Dead Ringer'', which was produced by Meat Loaf and [[Stephan Galfas]], with backing tracks produced by [[Todd Rundgren]], [[Jimmy Iovine]], and Steinman. In 1976, Meat Loaf appeared on the track "Keeper Keep Us", from the [[Intergalactic Touring Band]]'s self-titled album, produced by Galfas. The song "[[Dead Ringer for Love]]" was the pinnacle of the album, and launched Meat Loaf to even greater success. While it failed to chart in the US, it reached No. 5 in the United Kingdom and stayed in the UK Singles Chart for 19 weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/dead%20ringer%20for%20love/ |title=Dead Ringer For Love |work=[[Officialcharts.com]]}}</ref> [[Cher]] provided the lead female vocals in the song.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.insider.com/meat-loaf-cher-pays-tribute-singer-death-aged-74-2022-1 |title=Cher, who sang a hit duet with Meat Loaf, pays tribute to 'amazing' singer after his death aged 74 |first=Sinéad |last=Baker |work=[[Insider.com]] |date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>

On December 5, 1981, Meat Loaf and the Neverland Express were the musical guests for ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' where he and former fellow ''Rocky Horror Picture Show'' actor [[Tim Curry]] performed a skit depicting a One-Stop Rocky Horror Shop. Also on the show, Curry performed "The Zucchini Song" and Meat Loaf & the Neverland Express performed "Bat Out of Hell" and "Promised Land."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vh1.com/news/jbqrdd/rocky-horror-facts |title=Rocky Horror Turns 40: Time Warp to 40 Facts About the Cult Classic |last=McPadden |first=Mike |work=[[VH1]] |date=August 15, 2015 |archive-date=January 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126061131/http://www.vh1.com/news/49706/rocky-horror-facts/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/saturday-night-live/season-7/episode-7-tim-currymeat-loaf-the-neverland-express |title=Tim Curry/Meat Loaf & The Neverland Express Saturday Night Live: Season 7: Episode 7 |work=[[Metacritic]] |date=December 5, 1981 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124150829/https://www.metacritic.com/tv/saturday-night-live/season-7/episode-7-tim-currymeat-loaf-the-neverland-express |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyeyqSFdMhg |title=Rocky Horror Shop |work=[[Saturday Night Live]] |via=YouTube}}</ref>

Following a dispute with his former songwriter Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf was contractually obliged to release a new album, resulting in ''[[Midnight at the Lost and Found]]'', released in May 1983.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-jim-steinman-two-out-of-three-aint-bad-rocky-horror-picture-show-11642805045 |title=Meat Loaf: An Artist With an Abundant Slice of Life |first=Dominic |last=Green |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=January 21, 2022}}</ref> According to Meat Loaf, Steinman had given the songs "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" and "[[Making Love Out of Nothing at All]]" to Meat Loaf for this album. However, Meat Loaf's record company did not want Meat Loaf to sing Steinman's songs, saying that nobody wanted to hear them.<ref name=almost>{{Cite news |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/meatloaf-total-eclipse-of-the-heart |title='Total Eclipse of the Heart' Was Almost a Meat Loaf Song |first=NATALIE |last=ZARRELLI |work=[[Atlas Obscura]] |date=August 16, 2017}}</ref> [[Bonnie Tyler]]'s version of "Eclipse" and [[Air Supply]]'s version of "Making Love" topped the charts together, holding No. 1 and No. 2 for a period during 1983.<ref name=almost/> Meat Loaf is credited with having been involved in the writing of some of the tracks on the album, including the title track, "Midnight at the Lost and Found."<ref>{{cite web |last=Giles |first=Jeff |title=How Meat Loaf Crashed on 'Midnight at the Lost and Found' |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/meat-loaf-midnight-at-the-lost-and-found/ |work=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |date=May 30, 2014 |archive-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204003145/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/meat-loaf-midnight-at-the-lost-and-found/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Poor [[money management]] as well as 45 lawsuits totaling US$80 million, including ones from Steinman, resulted in Meat Loaf filing for [[personal bankruptcy]] in 1983.<ref name=biography/> The bankruptcy resulted in Meat Loaf losing the rights to his songs,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-09-fi-34064-story.html |title=Company Town : Meat Loaf's Beef Is Lack of Royalties |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 9, 1996 |url-access=limited}}</ref> although he received royalties for ''Bat Out of Hell'' in 1997.<ref name=batman>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2003/dec/07/features.magazine67 |title=Bat man |first=Lynn |last=Barber |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=December 7, 2003}}</ref>

In 1984, Meat Loaf went to England, where he felt increasingly at home, to record the album ''[[Bad Attitude (album)|Bad Attitude]]''; it was released that year.<ref name=bbcobit/> It features two songs by Steinman, both previously recorded, "[[Nowhere Fast (Fire Inc. song)|Nowhere Fast]]" and "Surf's Up." The American release on RCA Records was in April 1985 and features a slightly different track list, as well as alternate mixes for some songs. The title track features a duet with [[the Who]]'s lead singer [[Roger Daltrey]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3279603-Meat-Loaf-Bad-Attitude |title=Meat Loaf – Bad Attitude |date=December 20, 1984 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/meat-loaf-bad-attitude-blind-before-i-stop |title=Meat Loaf: Bad Attitude & Blind Before I Stop |first=Mark |last=Beaumont |work=[[Loudersound.com]] |date=August 25, 2014}}</ref> It was a minor success with a few commercially successful singles, the most successful being "[[Modern Girl (Meat Loaf song)|Modern Girl]]".<ref name=bbcobit/> In 1985, Meat Loaf took part in some comedy sketches in the UK with [[Hugh Laurie]].<ref name=sagoml/><ref name=snapesobit>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/21/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-singer-dead-at-74 |title=Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell singer dead at 74 |first=Laura |last=Snapes |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124065237/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/21/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-singer-dead-at-74 |url-status=live}}</ref> Meat Loaf also tried stand-up comedy, appearing several times in [[Connecticut]].<ref name=sagoml/>

Meat Loaf worked with songwriter [[John Parr]] on his next album, ''[[Blind Before I Stop]]'', which was released in 1986 by [[Arista Records]]. It features production, mixing, and general influence by [[Frank Farian]]. Meat Loaf was involved in the composition of three of the songs on the album.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/blind-before-i-stop-mw0000190872 |title=Blind Before I Stop Review by William Ruhlmann |publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Meat Loaf performed "Thrashin" for the soundtrack of the 1986 skateboarding film ''[[Thrashin' (film)|Thrashin']]'' (directed by [[David Winters (choreographer)|David Winters]] and starring [[Josh Brolin]]).

===1990s===
Following the success of Meat Loaf's touring in the 1980s, he and Steinman began work during December 1990 on ''[[Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell]]''; the album was released in September 1993. The immediate success of ''Bat Out of Hell II'' led to the sale of over 15 million copies, and the single "[[I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)]]" reached number one in 28 countries. In March 1994, at the [[36th Annual Grammy Awards]], Meat Loaf won the [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo]] for "I'd Do Anything for Love."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://people.com/music/meat-loaf-life-in-photos/ |title=Meat Loaf's Life in Photos |first=Kate |last=Hogan |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=January 21, 2022}}</ref> This song stayed at No. 1 in the UK chart for seven consecutive weeks. The single featured a female vocalist who was credited only as "Mrs. Loud." Mrs. Loud was later identified as [[Lorraine Crosby]], a performer from England.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1554633/meat-load-mrs-loud-id-do-anything-for-love-singer |title='Naughty' Meat Loaf recruited Mrs Loud for iconic song – but she didn't get paid |first=Callum |last=Crumlish |work=[[Daily Express]] |date=January 23, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123202426/https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1554633/meat-load-mrs-loud-id-do-anything-for-love-singer |url-status=live}}</ref> Meat Loaf promoted the song with American vocalist [[Patti Russo]], who performed lead female vocals on tour with him. Also in 1994, he sang the U.S. national anthem "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" at the [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vHwPmKmwH4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/_vHwPmKmwH4 |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |title=Meat Loaf: The US National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner) |via=YouTube |date=August 11, 2011 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He released the single "[[Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through]]", which reached No. 13 in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.songfacts.com/facts/meat-loaf/rock-and-roll-dreams-come-through |title=Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through by Meat Loaf |publisher=[[Songfacts]] |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123222430/https://www.songfacts.com/facts/meat-loaf/rock-and-roll-dreams-come-through |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1995, Meat Loaf released his seventh studio album, ''[[Welcome to the Neighbourhood (Meat Loaf album)|Welcome to the Neighborhood]]''. The album went [[platinum record|platinum]] in the United States and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meat Loaf albums ranked from worst to best |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/meat-loaf-albums-ranked-from-worst-to-best |website=[[Loudersound.com]] |date=September 12, 2016 |publisher=[[Future plc]] |archive-date=March 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331180643/https://www.loudersound.com/features/meat-loaf-albums-ranked-from-worst-to-best |url-status=live}}</ref> It included three singles that hit the top 40, including "[[I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)]]" (which reached No. 13 in the United States<ref>{{cite web |title=Meat Loaf I'd Lie For You (And That's The Truth) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/meat-loaf/chart-history/hsi/ |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117154140/https://www.billboard.com/artist/meat-loaf/chart-history/hsi/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and No. 2 in the UK),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/i%27d-lie-for-you-(and-that%27s-the-truth)/ |title=i'd lie for you (and that's the truth) &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company |website=[[Officialcharts.com]] |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415082311/https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/i%27d-lie-for-you-%28and-that%27s-the-truth%29/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and "[[Not a Dry Eye in the House]]" (which reached No. 7 in the UK chart).<ref name=meatloafcharts>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20647/meat-loaf/ |title=Meat Loaf |website=[[Officialcharts.com]] |date=May 20, 1978 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414022824/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20647/meat-loaf/ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)'' was a duet with [[Patti Russo]], who had been touring with Meat Loaf and singing on his albums since 1993. Of the twelve songs on the album, two are written by Steinman. Both are cover versions, the "Original Sin" from [[Pandora's Box (band)|Pandora's Box]]'s ''Original Sin'' album and "Left in the Dark" first appeared on Steinman's own ''Bad for Good'' as well as the 1984 album ''[[Emotion (Barbra Streisand album)|Emotion]]'' by [[Barbra Streisand]]. His other singles, "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" and "Not a Dry Eye in the House", were written by [[Diane Warren]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/12657032-Meat-Loaf-Welcome-To-The-Neighborhood |title=Meat Loaf – Welcome To The Neighborhood |date=October 28, 1996 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref>

In 1998, Meat Loaf released ''[[The Very Best of Meat Loaf]]''. The album featured three new songs co-written by Steinman – two with [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and one with [[Don Black (lyricist)|Don Black]], "[[Is Nothing Sacred]]", released as a single.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/742205-Meat-Loaf-The-Very-Best-Of-Meat-Loaf |title=Meat Loaf – The Very Best Of Meat Loaf |date=November 24, 1998 |publisher=[[Discogs]]}}</ref> The single version of this song is a duet with Patti Russo, whereas the album version is a solo song by Meat Loaf.

===2000s===
[[File:Meat Loaf in performance (New York, 2004).jpg|thumb|upright|Meat Loaf performing in New York in 2004]]
In 2003, Meat Loaf released his album ''[[Couldn't Have Said It Better]]''. For only the third time in his career, Meat Loaf released an album without any songs written by Steinman (not counting live bonus tracks on special edition releases). Although Meat Loaf claimed that ''Couldn't Have Said It Better'' was "the most perfect album [he] did since ''Bat Out of Hell''",<ref>{{cite book |last=Wall |first=Mick |title=Like a Bat Out of Hell: The Larger than Life Story of Meat Loaf |date=2017 |publisher=[[Orion Publishing Group]]}}</ref> it was not as commercially successful. The album was a minor commercial success worldwide and reached No. 4 on the [[UK Albums Chart]],<ref name=meatloafcharts/> accompanied by a sellout world tour to promote the album and some of Meat Loaf's best selling singles. One such performance on his world tour was at the [[2003 NRL Grand Final]] in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite news |first1=Alex |last1=Brown |first2=Malcolm |last2=Brown |first3=Jacqueline |last3=Maley |title=Fairytale of the year: Panthers pluck Roosters |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/fairytale-of-the-year-panthers-pluck-roosters-20031006-gdhj92.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=October 6, 2003 |archive-date=November 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108182005/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/05/1065292479504.html |url-status=live}}</ref> There were many writers for the album including [[Diane Warren]] and [[James Michael]], who were both asked to contribute to his 2006 album, ''[[Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose]]''. The album featured duets with Patti Russo and Meat Loaf's daughter [[Pearl Aday]].

On November 17, 2003, during a performance at London's [[Wembley Arena]], on his ''Couldn't Have Said It Better'' tour, he collapsed of what was later diagnosed as [[Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome]], a condition marked by an extra electrical pathway in the heart which causes symptoms like a rapid heartbeat. The following week, he underwent a surgical procedure intended to correct the problem.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meat Loaf recalls stage collapse |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3247268.stm |date=November 28, 2003 |archive-date=January 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111174249/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3247268.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> As a result, Meat Loaf's insurance agency did not allow him to perform for any longer than one hour and 45 minutes.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jun/25/popandrock.patrickbarkham |title='What else am I going to do? Run a hotdog stand?' |first=Patrick |last=Barkham |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=June 25, 2008}}</ref>

From February 20 to 22, 2004, during an Australian tour, Meat Loaf performed with the [[Melbourne Symphony Orchestra]], in a set of concerts recorded for the album ''[[Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra]]''. The performances included the [[Australian Boys' Choir]] singing back-up on a ''Couldn't Have Said It Better'' track, "Testify."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/meat-loaf---bat-out-1125582 |title=Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (E) |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |date=February 19, 2007}}</ref>

Meat Loaf and Steinman had begun to work on the third installment of ''Bat Out of Hell'' when Steinman suffered a heart attack. According to Meat Loaf, Steinman was too ill to work on such an intense project while Steinman's manager said health was not an issue.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-jim-steinman-bat-out-of-hell-iii-its-all-coming-back-to-me-now-1161732/ |title=Flashback: Meat Loaf Tackles 'It's All Coming Back to Me Now' on 'Bat Out of Hell III' |first=ANDY |last=GREENE |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=April 27, 2021 |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122120144/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-jim-steinman-bat-out-of-hell-iii-its-all-coming-back-to-me-now-1161732/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Steinman had registered the phrase "Bat Out of Hell" as a trademark in 1995.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-sues-over-bat-out-of-hell-58228/ |title=Meat Loaf Sues Over 'Bat Out Of Hell' |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=June 5, 2006 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123204412/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-sues-over-bat-out-of-hell-58228/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2006, Meat Loaf sued Steinman and his manager in federal District Court in Los Angeles, seeking $50&nbsp;million and an injunction against Steinman's use of the phrase.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.contactmusic.com/meat-loaf/news/meat-loaf-battles-for-bat-out-of-hell-trademark_06_06_2006 |title=Meat Loaf Battles For Bat Out Of Hell Trademark |date=June 6, 2006 |work=[[Contactmusic.com]] |archive-date=January 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070114020539/http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/meat%20loaf%20battles%20for%20bat%20out%20of%20hell%20trademark_06_06_2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> Steinman and his representatives attempted to block the album's release. An agreement was reached in July 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.today.com/news/meat-loaf-resolves-bat-out-hell-suit-wbna14126174 |title=Meat Loaf resolves 'Bat out of Hell' suit |work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |agency=[[Reuters]] |date=July 31, 2006 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123232316/https://www.today.com/news/meat-loaf-resolves-bat-out-hell-suit-wbna14126174 |url-status=live}}</ref> Denying reports in the press over the years of a rift between Meat Loaf and Steinman, in an interview with [[Dan Rather]], Meat Loaf stated that he and Steinman never stopped talking, and that the lawsuits reported in the press were between lawyers and managers, and not between Meat Loaf and Steinman.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.axs.tv/channel/the-big-interview-with-dan-rather-season-4/video/meat-loaf/ |title="The Big Interview" with Dan Rather |work=[[AXS TV]] |date=September 20, 2016}}</ref>

The album ''[[Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose]]'' was released on October 31, 2006, and was produced by [[Desmond Child]]. The first single from the album "[[It's All Coming Back to Me Now]]" (featuring [[Marion Raven]]) was released on October 16, 2006. It entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 6,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20061022/7501/ |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |work=[[OfficialCharts.com]] |date=August 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831003915/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20061022/7501/ |archive-date=August 31, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> giving Meat Loaf his highest UK chart position in nearly 11 years. The album debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200,<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-11-18/ |title=Top 200 Albums |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=April 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407103751/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-11-18 |archive-date=April 7, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> and sold 81,000 copies in its opening week,<ref>{{cite news |title="Montana" soundtrack, Manilow lead U.S. charts |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sales/montana-soundtrack-manilow-lead-u-s-charts-idUSN0826676020061108 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=November 8, 2006 |archive-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204005054/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sales/montana-soundtrack-manilow-lead-u-s-charts-idUSN0826676020061108 |url-status=live}}</ref> but after that did not sell as well in the United States and yielded no hit singles, although it was certified gold.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Meat+Loaf&ti=Bat+Out+of+Hell+III&format=Album&type=#search_section |website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121232059/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Meat+Loaf&ti=Bat+Out+of+Hell+III&format=Album&type=#search_section |url-status=live}}</ref> The album also featured duets with [[Patti Russo]] and [[Jennifer Hudson]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/another-helping-of-meat-loaf/article_de0e68fb-47d1-5f64-881d-cf1b861ab89b.html |title=Another helping of Meat Loaf |first=SHANNON |last=GAWEL |work=[[Buffalo News]] |date=November 8, 2006 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123204410/https://buffalonews.com/news/another-helping-of-meat-loaf/article_de0e68fb-47d1-5f64-881d-cf1b861ab89b.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In the weeks following the release of ''Bat III'', Meat Loaf and the [[Neverland Express]] did a brief tour of the U.S. and Europe, known as the Bases are Loaded Tour. In October 2006, Meat Loaf's private jet had to make an emergency landing at [[London Stansted Airport]] after the plane's forward landing gear failed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/meat-loafs-many-brushes-death-26010124 |title=Meat Loaf's many brushes with death – car crashes, hit by shot put and scary collapse |first=Verity |last=Sulway |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123204411/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/meat-loafs-many-brushes-death-26010124 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1553684/meat-loaf-dead-health-marvin-lee-aday-bat-out-of-hell-rock-spt |title='I am not dying' Meat Loaf's furious response to health claims: 'Sick of talking about it' |first=JOEL |last=DAY |work=[[Daily Express]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123232323/https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1553684/meat-loaf-dead-health-marvin-lee-aday-bat-out-of-hell-rock-spt |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, Meat Loaf began [[The Seize the Night Tour]], with [[Marion Raven]], serving as a supporting act. Portions of the tour in February 2007 were featured in the documentary ''[[Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise]]'', directed by [[Bruce David Klein]]. The film was an official selection of the [[Montreal World Film Festival]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Doug |title=Meat Loaf has found the way to 'Paradise' |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/meat-loaf-has-found-way-paradise-wbna24002285 |work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |date=April 8, 2008 |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930005216/https://www.today.com/popculture/meat-loaf-has-found-way-paradise-wbna24002285 |url-status=live}}</ref> It opened in theaters in March 2008<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/movies/12para.html |title=That Dashboard Light Now Casts Its Glow on Nostalgia |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Matt Zoller |last=Seitz |author-link=Matt Zoller Seitz |date=March 12, 2008 |url-access=limited |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123232134/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/movies/12para.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and was released on DVD in May 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise DVD |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Meat-Loaf-In-Search-of-Paradise-DVD/121873/ |website=Blu-Ray.com |access-date=October 20, 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Meat Loaf Birmingham NEC 2007.jpg|left|thumb|Meat Loaf performing at Birmingham's NEC arena in 2007]]
During a performance at the [[Metro Radio Arena]] in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England, on October 31, 2007, at the opening of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" Meat Loaf walked off the stage early in the song and said that it was his last performance. His tour promoter, Andrew Miller, said that it was a result of "[[fatigue|exhaustion]] and [[Stress (biology)|stress]]" and said that Meat Loaf would continue touring after suitable rest.<ref>{{cite news |title='Stressed' Meat Loaf abandons gig |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7072828.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |date=November 1, 2007 |archive-date=January 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115084622/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7072828.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> The next two gigs in the tour, at the [[National Exhibition Centre|NEC]] and [[Manchester Evening News Arena]] were canceled because of "acute [[laryngitis]]" and were rescheduled for late November.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meat Loaf calls off another show |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7077734.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |date=November 4, 2007 |archive-date=January 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115111915/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7077734.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> The concert scheduled for November 6, 2007, at London's [[Wembley Arena]] was also canceled. Meat Loaf canceled his entire European tour for 2007 after being diagnosed with a [[cyst]] on his vocal cords.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ill Meat Loaf scraps Europe tour |date=November 6, 2007 |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7080957.stm |archive-date=November 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108211705/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7080957.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 27, 2008, Meat Loaf began [[The Casa de Carne Tour]] in [[Plymouth]], England alongside his longtime duet partner Patti Russo, who debuted one of her own original songs during the show.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/meat-loaf/2008/home-park-plymouth-england-33d478bd.html |title=Meat Loaf Setlist |publisher=Setlist.fm |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125074031/https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/meat-loaf/2008/home-park-plymouth-england-33d478bd.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The tour continued through July and August with twenty dates throughout England, Ireland, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. Six U.S. shows were also added for October and December 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/last-night-meat-loaf-at-pompano-beach-amphitheatre-6476689 |title=Last Night: Meat Loaf at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre |first=Jose D. |last=Duran |work=[[Miami New Times]] |date=October 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724070020/http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2008/10/last_night_meat_loaf_at_pompan.php |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2009, Meat Loaf began work on the album ''[[Hang Cool Teddy Bear]]'' in the studio with [[Green Day]]'s ''[[American Idiot]]'' album producer [[Rob Cavallo]], working with such writers as [[Justin Hawkins]], Rick Brantley, Ollie Wride, [[Tommy Henriksen]], and [[Jon Bon Jovi]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126613263 |title=Meat Loaf Starts Over With 'Hang Cool Teddy Bear' |work=[[NPR]] |date=May 7, 2010 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123235332/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126613263 |url-status=live}}</ref> The album is based on the story of a fictional soldier, whose "story" furnishes the theme.<ref name=coolteddy>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/15/meat-loaf-cd-review |title=Meat Loaf: Hang Cool, Teddy Bear |first=Caroline |last=Sullivan |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=April 15, 2010 |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201231241/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/15/meat-loaf-cd-review |url-status=live}}</ref> The album is based on a short story by the Los Angeles-based screenwriter and director Kilian Kerwin, a long-time friend of the singer. [[Hugh Laurie]] and [[Jack Black]] both perform on the album, Laurie plays piano on the song "If I Can't Have You", while Black sings a duet with Meat Loaf on "Like A Rose". Patti Russo and Kara DioGuardi also duet on the album. [[Brian May]] of [[Queen (band)|Queen]] features on guitar along with [[Steve Vai]]. It received positive reviews from critics and fans alike.<ref name=coolteddy/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/meat-loaf-hang-cool-teddy-bear-t7snn3650rg |location=London |work=[[The Times]] |title=Meat Loaf Hang Cool Teddy Bear |date=April 17, 2010 |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615081431/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article7096419.ece |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="independent">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-meat-loaf-hang-cool-teddy-bear-mercury-1946190.html |location=London |work=The Independent |title=Album: Meat Loaf, Hang Cool Teddy Bear (Mercury) |first=Andy |last=Gill |date=April 16, 2010 |archive-date=August 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806070718/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-meat-loaf-hang-cool-teddy-bear-mercury-1946190.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The first single from the album, "Los Angeloser", was released for download on April 5 with the album charting at number 4 in the UK Albums Chart on April 25, 2010.<ref name=meatloafcharts/> The Hang Cool Tour followed in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. Patti Russo accompanied him on the tour, continuing through mid-2011.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/216865/Gig-review-Meatloaf-at-Wembley-Arena |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905011028/http://www.express.co.uk/printer/view/216865/ |title=Gig review: Meatloaf at Wembley Arena |first=Lisa |last=Clark |work=[[Daily Express]] |date=December 12, 2010 |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===2010s===
[[File:Meat_Loaf Photo Op GalaxyCon Raleigh 2019 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Meat Loaf in 2019]]
''[[Hell in a Handbasket]]'', released in October 2011 for Australia and New Zealand, and February 2012 for the rest of the world, was recorded and produced by [[Paul Crook]]; Doug McKean did the mix with input from [[Rob Cavallo]]. The album features songs called "All of Me", "Blue Sky", "The Giving Tree", "Mad, Mad World", and a duet with Patti Russo called "Our Love and Our Souls."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/meat-loaf-new-album |title=Meat Loaf: New Album |work=[[JamBase]] |date=January 17, 2012 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123225823/https://www.jambase.com/article/meat-loaf-new-album |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/meat-loaf-announces-hell-in-a-handbasket-tracklist-art-and-release-date/ |title=Meat Loaf Announces 'Hell in a Handbasket' Tracklist, Art and Release Date |first=Jessica |last=Sager |work=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |date=January 17, 2012 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124013950/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/meat-loaf-announces-hell-in-a-handbasket-tracklist-art-and-release-date/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://consequence.net/2012/01/meat-loaf-announces-u-s-release-of-hell-in-a-handbasket/ |title=Meat Loaf announces U.S. release of Hell in a Handbasket |first=Bryant |last=Kitching |work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]] |date=January 19, 2012}}</ref>

At the [[2011 AFL Grand Final]], the pre-match entertainment was headlined by a 12-minute medley performed by Meat Loaf. The performance was panned as the worst in the 34-year history of AFL Grand Final pre-game entertainment in a multitude of online reviews by football fans and Australian sport commentators.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/herald-sun/20111004/287938903975597 |title=Meat Loaf baked as AFL's worst |first=Cameron |last=Adams |work=[[Herald Sun]] |via=[[PressReader]] |date=October 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010115751/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/afl-defends-meat-loaf-after-widely-criticised-pre-game-show/story-e6frf9hf-1226157581482 |archive-date=October 10, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/looking-just-like-meat-loaf-only-older-20111001-1l32p.html |title=Looking just like Meat Loaf, only older |author=Leaping Larry |work=[[The Age]] |date=October 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003125213/http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/looking-just-like-meat-loaf-only-older-20111001-1l32p.html |archive-date=October 3, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Meat Loaf responded by calling online critics "butt-smellers",<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/meat-loaf-blasts-the-afl-and-butt-smellers/news-story/e524d6e6c6af28d0e18035d1f06ba8ee |title=Meat Loaf blasts the AFL and 'butt smellers' |first=Linda |last=Parri |work=[[Herald Sun]] |date=October 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623085953/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/meat-loaf-blasts-the-afl-and-butt-smellers/story-e6frf96f-1226173943498 |archive-date=June 23, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the AFL "jerks", vowing to convince other artists not to play at the event.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/sunday-herald-sun/20111023/281642481942994 |title=Loaf blasts the AFL |last=Parri |first=Linda |via=[[PressReader]] |work=[[Herald Sun]] |date=October 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Parri |first=Linda |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/no-butts-about-it-meat-loaf-goes-off-ng-bf63b2efb9d6b6c23c18326a02c6d58a |title=No butts about it, Meat Loaf goes off |work=[[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|The Sunday Times]] |date=October 22, 2011 |archive-date=January 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129223806/http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/no-butts-about-it-meat-loaf-goes-off/story-e6frg30c-1226173920740 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2011, Meat Loaf planned to release a Christmas album called ''Hot Holidays'' featuring [[Garth Brooks]] and [[Reba McEntire]], but the album was never released.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/meat-loaf-readies-three-new-albums-to-celebrate-40th-anniversary/ |title=Meat Loaf Readies Three New Albums to Celebrate 40th Anniversary |work=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |date=August 9, 2011 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123223058/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/meat-loaf-readies-three-new-albums-to-celebrate-40th-anniversary/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2016, ''[[Braver Than We Are]]'', a 10-track album created with Jim Steinman, was released. Meat Loaf recorded reworked versions of Steinman's songs "Braver Than We Are", "Speaking in Tongues", "Who Needs the Young", and "[[More (The Sisters of Mercy song)|More]]" (previously recorded by [[the Sisters of Mercy]]) for the album. Additionally, the song "Prize Fight Lover", originally issued as a download-only bonus track for ''Hang Cool Teddy Bear'', was re-recorded for the album.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/meat-loaf-readying-the-release-of-new-album-braver-than-we-are-in-collaboration-with-jim-steinman-out-september-16-on-429-records-300288681.html |title=Meat Loaf Readying The Release Of New Album "Braver Than We Are" In Collaboration With Jim Steinman Out September 16 On 429 Records |publisher=[[PR Newswire]] |date=June 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |user=RealMeatLoaf |number=700552096916045824 |title=The album is finished . It will be out Sept 9th Europe . Sept 16th North America. There will be in stores}}</ref>

===Later projects and Jim Steinman's death===
In January 2020, during an interview for ''The Mirror'', Meat Loaf announced, "I'm not old. I've got songs for another record and I'm reading a script."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/meat-loaf-went-veggie-11-21197857.amp |title=Meat Loaf went veggie for 11 years after he was served rabbit with its head on |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=January 1, 2020 |archive-date=January 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102030845/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/meat-loaf-went-veggie-11-21197857.amp |url-status=live |first=Siobhan |last=McNally}}</ref> In a February 2020 Facebook post, Meat Loaf announced his intention to record a new album containing 'four or five new tracks', including Steinman's "What Part of My Body Hurts the Most" (a song long requested by fans, but previously under contract restrictions for the ''Bat Out of Hell'' musical), along with the original 1975 demo recordings made for the ''Bat Out of Hell'' album.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/237666687645/posts/10159335832492646/ |title=Sorry, I haven't been posting, there is a reason but I don't want to go into that subject right now. Now a |author=Meat Loaf |via=Facebook |date=February 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220110160806/https://www.facebook.com/237666687645/posts/10159335832492646 |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Meat Loaf's longtime collaborator Jim Steinman died on April 19, 2021, of kidney failure.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/04/20/meat-loaf-songwriter-jim-steinman-dies-73/7303789002/ |title='Bat Out of Hell' songwriter and producer Jim Steinman dies at 73 |first=Elise |last=Brisco |work=[[USA Today]] |date=April 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121141936/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/04/20/meat-loaf-songwriter-jim-steinman-dies-73/7303789002/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In a Facebook post in November 2021, he further elaborated that he and his band would be returning to the studio in January 2022 to record seven new songs for a forthcoming album, which would also include live tracks from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/MeatLoaf/posts/447926723357392 |title=Recording.... Yes Yes Yes!!!! |date=November 22, 2021 |via=Facebook |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121110011/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMeatLoaf%2Fposts%2F447926723357392 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, on January 20, 2022, he died at age 74. At the time of his death, the recording process had not yet begun.<ref name=nytdies/>

===Acting===
In addition to his role in 1975 for ''Rocky Horror Picture Show'', Meat Loaf also had a career as an actor in television and film. 1992 he was a main character in ''[[Leap of Faith (film)|Leap Of Faith]]'' where he played as the band director/bus driver/piano player, He also played a small role as a doorman/bouncer in ''[[Wayne's World (film)|Wayne's World]]''. He appeared as the [[Spice Girls]]' bus driver in the 1997 movie ''[[Spice World (film)|Spice World]]'' and as Red in the 1998 thriller/drama film ''[[Black Dog (1998 film)|Black Dog]]'' alongside [[Patrick Swayze]] and [[Randy Travis]]. In [[David Fincher]]'s 1999 film ''[[Fight Club]]'' he played Robert Paulsen, a man who joins a men's self-help group. He also reportedly assisted director [[David Fincher]] with the editing of the film.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=January 21, 2022 |title=Meat Loaf Helped Edit 'Fight Club' With David Fincher: 'We'd Sit There and Watch 40 Takes' |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/meat-loaf-fight-club-david-fincher-edit-1235159604/ |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121153315/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/meat-loaf-fight-club-david-fincher-edit-1235159604/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2000, he played a character in the sixth-season episode "[[Gettysburg (The Outer Limits)|Gettysburg]]" of ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''. Meat Loaf appears (uncredited) as [[Jack Black]]'s father in the 2006 film ''[[Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burlingame |first1=Russ |title=Jack Black Pays Tribute to Meat Loaf |url=https://comicbook.com/irl/news/jack-black-pays-tribute-to-meat-loaf/ |website=comicbook.com |date=January 25, 2022 |access-date=December 1, 2023}}</ref> providing vocals on the film's opening song "[[Kickapoo (song)|Kickapoo]]."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elijah |first1=Dylan |title=Meat Loaf's Epic Cameo In 'Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny' Is Still The Greatest Thing Ever |url=https://societyofrock.com/meat-loafs-epic-cameo-in-tenacious-d-in-the-pick-of-destiny-is-still-the-greatest-thing-ever/ |website=societyofrock.com |date=July 12, 2017 |publisher=Society Of Rock |access-date=December 1, 2023}}</ref>

In 2009, Meat Loaf acted in ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' S5 E20 "Simple Explanation", playing Eddie,  a husband who is determined to die in order to donate his liver to his wife.

On October 26, 2010, Meat Loaf (credited as Meat Loaf Aday) appeared on the [[Fox Broadcasting Network|Fox]] television series ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' in "[[The Rocky Horror Glee Show]]", the series' tribute episode to ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/199806/rocky-horror-original-castmembers-to-appear-in-glee-s-tribute-episode |title=Exclusive: ''Rocky Horror'' Original Castmembers to Appear in ''Glee''{{'s}} Tribute Episode |first=Kristin |last=Dos Santos |author-link=Kristin Dos Santos |date=September 10, 2010 |work=[[E! Online]] |archive-date=September 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Ace3g57X?url=http://www.eonline.com/news/199812/rocky-horror-original-castmembers-to-appear-in-glee-s-tribute-episode |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, he was a contestant in [[The Apprentice (American season 11)|season 11]] of ''[[Celebrity Apprentice]]'', during which he was eliminated after task number 12. In the course of the contest he had a notable dramatic showdown with fellow contestant [[Gary Busey]] which was then televised.<ref name=viral>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/meat-loaf-celebrity-apprentice-viral-feud-gary-busey |title=Meat Loaf once became a bat out of hell in viral 'Celebrity Apprentice' feud with Gary Busey |work=[[Fox Business]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121232105/https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/meat-loaf-celebrity-apprentice-viral-feud-gary-busey |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
===Family and residences===
[[File:Meat Loaf (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Meat Loaf being interviewed in 2009]]
In December 1978, Meat Loaf went to work with Steinman in [[Woodstock, New York]], where his future wife, Leslie G. Edmonds, was working as a secretary at [[Bearsville Studios]];<ref name=Spoofing/> they were married in early 1979. From a previous marriage, Leslie had a daughter named [[Pearl Aday|Pearl]], who later married [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] rhythm guitarist [[Scott Ian]]. Meat Loaf adopted Pearl in 1979, and her last name was changed to Aday.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://loudwire.com/scott-ian-meat-loaf-tribute-father-in-law-anthrax/ |title=Anthrax's Scott Ian Pays Tribute to His Father-in-Law Meat Loaf |first=Phillip |last=Trapp |work=[[Loudwire]] |date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> Also in 1979, he and his family moved to a house on Eagle Drive in [[Stamford, Connecticut]]. In 1981, Leslie gave birth to [[Amanda Aday]], later a television actress.<ref name=sagoml>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Meat-Loaf-back-in-Connecticut-for-Mohegan-Sun-567377.php |last=Spillane |first=Sean |title=Meat Loaf: Not done yet and back in Connecticut for Mohegan Sun concert |work=[[Connecticut Post]] |date=July 6, 2010}}</ref> For a brief time after Amanda's birth, they lived in [[Westport, Connecticut]]. He coached children's baseball or softball in each of the Connecticut towns where he lived, including for his daughter's team at [[Joel Barlow High School]].<ref name=sagoml/> He lived on Orchard Drive in [[Redding, Connecticut]], from 1989 to 1998. He had also lived on Beach Road in [[Fairfield, Connecticut]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ctpost.com/entertainment/article/Rock-icon-Meat-Loaf-has-deep-Connecticut-8287775.php |title=Rock icon Meat Loaf had deep Connecticut connections |first=Jim |last=Shay |work=[[Connecticut Post]] |date=June 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wfsb.com/news/iconic-rocker-meat-loaf-had-deep-connecticut-ties/article_ccb14096-7abf-11ec-9bad-2786614fd70b.html |title=Iconic rocker Meat Loaf had deep Connecticut ties |first=Rob |last=Polansky |work=[[WFSB]] |date=January 21, 2022}}</ref> In February 1998, the family purchased a house in [[Beverly Hills, California]] for $1.6 million.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-22-re-21743-story.html |title=$60,000/Mo. OK for 'Nutty Prof' |first=Ruth |last=Ryon |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 22, 1998 |url-access=limited}}</ref> Meat Loaf and Leslie divorced in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/banger-and-mashed-20040220-gdie0y.html |title=Banger and Mashed |date=February 20, 2004 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |archive-date=August 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829082956/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/19/1077072772374.html?from=storyrhs |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2001, he sold his 5,083-square-foot house in [[Mandeville Canyon]] near Los Angeles to [[Greg Kinnear]] for $3.6 million.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dirt.com/entertainers/actors/greg-kinnear-los-angeles-house-1203339009/ |title=Greg Kinnear Lists Meat Loaf's Former Mandeville Canyon Crib |first=Mark |last=David |work=Dirt.com |date=September 14, 2020}}</ref> In 2003, the [[BBC]] said that he was seeking a residence in [[Hartlepool]]; Meat Loaf supported [[Hartlepool United F.C.]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/2936262.stm |title=Meat Loaf heads for Hartlepool |work=[[BBC News]] |date=May 25, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116022531/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tees/2936262.stm |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2005, he purchased a 7,142-square-foot Spanish-style home off [[Mulholland Highway]] in [[Calabasas, California]], for $2,999,000;<ref>{{cite news |title=At Home with Meat Loaf |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/meatloaf-slideshow |first=Nancy |last=Collins |work=[[Architectural Digest]] |date=April 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823154216/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/meatloaf-slideshow |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> he sold it for $3,065,000 in May 2011.<ref name="moves" />

Meat Loaf married Deborah Gillespie in 2007. In May 2012, he moved to [[Austin, Texas]], purchasing a newly constructed 5,200-square-foot house at 17701 Flagler Drive for $1,475,000.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://archive.curbed.com/2012/5/30/10366912/do-not-bring-meatloaf-to-meat-loafs-housewarming-party |title=Do Not Bring Meatloaf to Meat Loaf's Housewarming Party |first=Nick |last=Leighton |work=[[Curbed]] |date=May 30, 2012}}</ref><ref name=moves>{{Cite news |url=https://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/meat-loaf-moves-to-texas-1201233502/ |title=Meat Loaf Moves to Texas |first=Mark |last=David |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=May 29, 2012 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124132242/https://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/meat-loaf-moves-to-texas-1201233502/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Before his death, he lived in [[Brentwood, Tennessee]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2022/01/22/meat-loaf-lived-very-rock-star-life-says-pal-laments-deaths-covid-controversy/ |title=Meat Loaf's death has been used as 'political tool' in COVID culture war, friend claims |first1=Marjorie |last1=Hernandez |first2=Dana |last2=Kennedy |first3=Kerry J. |last3=Byrne |work=[[New York Post]] |date=January 22, 2022 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124001033/https://nypost.com/2022/01/22/meat-loaf-lived-very-rock-star-life-says-pal-laments-deaths-covid-controversy/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Name change===
In 1984, Meat Loaf legally changed his first name from Marvin to Michael because he was "haunted" by a [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] commercial which—according to him—contained the line “Poor fat Marvin can't wear Levi's.”<ref name=batman/>

===Sports===
Meat Loaf was a fan of the [[New York Yankees]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman/070816 |title=Phil and Meat Loaf will always have "Paradise" |first=Jeff |last=Pearlman |work=[[ESPN]] |date=August 29, 2007 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124145925/http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman%2F070816 |url-status=live}}</ref> He got [[Phil Rizzuto]] to recite the [[play-by-play]] of a young man racing around the bases in "Paradise by the Dashboard Light".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/phil-rizzuto-part-in-paradise-by-the-dashboard-light |title=Rizzuto struck platinum on Meat Loaf's '78 hit |first=Bryan |last=Hoch |work=[[Major League Baseball]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124002216/https://www.mlb.com/news/phil-rizzuto-part-in-paradise-by-the-dashboard-light |url-status=live}}</ref> He participated in multiple [[fantasy baseball]] leagues every season.<ref>{{cite news |last=Difino |first=Nando |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304871704575160111962104870 |title=Fantasy Baseball's Toughest Tournament |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=April 2, 2010 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=March 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329234620/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304871704575160111962104870 |url-status=live}}</ref> He also expressed support for the English Association football team [[Hartlepool United F.C.]] In June 2008, he took part in a football [[penalty shootout]] competition on behalf of two cancer charities in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. He auctioned shots to the 100 highest bidders and then took his place between the goal posts.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/meat-loaf-match-charity-penalty-1471673 |title=Meat Loaf to match charity penalty shoot-out total |first=Gordon |last=Barr |work=[[Evening Chronicle]] |date=June 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627030646/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/06/26/meat-loaf-to-match-charity-penalty-shoot-out-total-72703-21154751/ |archive-date=June 27, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> He also participated in celebrity golf tournaments. In April 2005, he was one of the celebrity drivers in the 2005 [[Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race]], finishing seventh among the 12 celebrity drivers in the race.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2005/04/10/325641/4618/en/Frankie-Muniz-First-Among-Celebrities-in-the-2005-Toyota-Pro-Celebrity-Race.html |title=Frankie Muniz First Among Celebrities in the 2005 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race |publisher=[[GlobeNewswire]] |date=April 9, 2005}}</ref>

===Social anxiety===
He revealed that he had [[social anxiety]] and said, "I never meet anybody much in a social situation because when I go into a social situation, I have no idea what to do." He said that he does not "even go anywhere" and that he felt that he led a "boring life", in having said that he "completely freaked" when having to attend a party and that he was "so nervous, so scared" of the idea. He also said that he spent time with fellow musicians mainly in work-related situations rather than social ones.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://leaderpost.com/entertainment/looking-back-sault-stars-2010-interview-with-meat-loaf |title=For Crying Out Loud: Sault Star's 2010 interview with Meat Loaf |first=Jeffrey |last=Ougler |work=[[Regina Leader-Post]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123204417/https://leaderpost.com/entertainment/looking-back-sault-stars-2010-interview-with-meat-loaf |url-status=live}}</ref> He also said that as a kid, "Being too fat to play with the other children, I had to spend a lot of time alone, which probably has a lot to do with the way I am today. I'm usually alone in my hotel room from right after the show until the next day's sound check. And I'm never bored; I don't get bored. Probably because mothers wouldn't let their kids play with me."<ref name=batman/>

===Vegetarianism===
Meat Loaf was a vegetarian from 1981 to 1992. Discussing the confusion caused by his contrasting stage name and dietary habits, he once told ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', "There've been vegetarians who wouldn't speak to me because of my name. I was sitting with [[Jon Bon Jovi]] at one of those awards things, and I say, 'Oh, man, I love [[k.d. lang]]. I'd really like to meet her.' They went to find out if it was okay, and she goes, 'No. His name is Meat Loaf.' I stopped being a k.d. lang fan after that."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Brunner |first=Rob |title=Why Meat Loaf borrowed money from Scary Spice |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/09/26/why-meat-loaf-borrowed-money-scary-spice/ |date=September 26, 2003 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709203220/https://ew.com/article/2003/09/26/why-meat-loaf-borrowed-money-scary-spice/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He declared in 2019 that he would try [[veganism]] for [[Veganuary]] in 2020 and would be partnering with UK restaurant chain [[Frankie & Benny's]] to promote its vegan options.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/meatloaf-vegan-veganuary-frankie-and-benny-s-a4324916.html |title=Meat Loaf goes vegan for Veganuary... but he won't rebrand |first=Harriet |last=Brewis |work=[[Evening Standard]] |date=January 2, 2020 |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422215226/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/meatloaf-vegan-veganuary-frankie-and-benny-s-a4324916.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Religion===
Although he did not belong to any faith-based institution, Meat Loaf was religious. While growing up, he attended church with his mother and studied the Bible, which influenced his work. Several of his songs, such as "40 Days" and "Fall from Grace", have religious themes. He prayed every night.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.popmatters.com/158850-bat-out-of-hell-hell-in-a-handbasket-an-interview-with-meat-loaf-2495849400.html |title=BAT OUT OF HELL, HELL IN A HANDBASKET: AN INTERVIEW WITH MEAT LOAF |first=Betsy |last=Kim |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=May 24, 2012 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123213324/https://www.popmatters.com/158850-bat-out-of-hell-hell-in-a-handbasket-an-interview-with-meat-loaf-2495849400.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Politics===
====Political affiliations====
Meat Loaf was not officially registered with any political party. In 1997, he performed at an [[United States presidential inaugural balls|inaugural ball]] during the [[second inauguration of Bill Clinton]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/inaug/events/postball.htm |title=All Across City, Celebration at Balls |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 21, 1997 |archive-date=November 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105032842/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/inaug/events/postball.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> and attended the [[first inauguration of George W. Bush]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2001-01-21/a-whirlwind-tour-of-inauguration-day |title=A Whirlwind Tour of Inauguration Day |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=January 21, 2001 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=August 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810114325/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2001-01-21/a-whirlwind-tour-of-inauguration-day |url-status=live}}</ref> He donated to the presidential campaigns of Republican candidates [[Rick Santorum]] and [[John McCain]], the latter of whom became the party's nominee in the [[2008 United States presidential election]].<ref name=endorses>{{cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/10/meat-loaf-endorses-mitt-romney-147330 |title=Meat Loaf endorses Mitt Romney |first=CAITLIN |last=MCDEVITT |work=[[Politico]] |date=October 26, 2012 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124000807/https://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/10/meat-loaf-endorses-mitt-romney-147330 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On October 25, 2012, Meat Loaf endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] for president, citing poor [[Russia–United States relations]] as a major reason he had been "arguing for Mitt Romney for a year."<ref name=Mitt>{{Cite news |last=Hohmann |first=James |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2012/10/meat-loaf-and-mitt-082911 |title=Meat Loaf and Mitt |work=[[Politico]] |date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027100139/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82911.html |archive-date=October 27, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> He said, "I have never been in any political agenda in my life, but I think that in 2012 this is the most important election in the history of the United States." He then said there are "storm clouds" over the United States and "thunder storms" over Europe: "There are hail storms – and I mean major hail storms! – in the Middle East. There are storms brewing through China, through Asia, through everywhere."<ref name=Mitt/> The same day, he performed "[[America the Beautiful]]" standing next to Romney.<ref name=endorses/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2012/10/25/meatloaf-endorses-romney-in-ohio/ |title=Meat Loaf endorses Romney in Ohio |date=October 25, 2012 |first=Philip |last=Rucker |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url-access=limited |archive-date=April 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409011454/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2012/10/25/meatloaf-endorses-romney-in-ohio/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In a 2017 interview with ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', he made positive remarks about President [[Donald Trump]], [[Ivanka Trump]], and [[Donald Trump Jr.]]; they had worked together on ''[[The Celebrity Apprentice]]'' in 2011.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Meat Loaf Talks 'Bat Out of Hell' Musical & Why President Trump Is 'Intelligent' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-musical-interview-7817657/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127011821/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8013905/meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-musical-interview |url-status=live}}</ref> When asked during an episode of ''The Celebrity Apprentice'' if he would vote for Trump, Meat Loaf said: "I would vote for you. In fact, I'll help you with your campaign.". Though months after that, according to a 2020 interview, he had a confrontation with Trump over a response to a journalist implying that Trump would be better as a financial advisor than a president. He recalls saying "You’re not running for President, back off man!" and said of the event "I stood up to him because I’m really not afraid of him".<ref name=rift/><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Meat Loaf: 'I'm not afraid of him' music icon on furious row with Donald Trump |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1225696/Meat-Loaf-Donald-Trump-argument-Apprentice-president-news-latest-update |magazine=[[Daily Express|Express]] |archive-date=September 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911235127/https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1225696/Meat-Loaf-Donald-Trump-argument-Apprentice-president-news-latest-update |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Climate change views====
Meat Loaf said that he did not believe in climate change.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/01/04/meat-loaf-here-are-his-claims-about-greta-thunberg-and-climate-change/ |title=Meat Loaf: Here Are His Claims About Greta Thunberg And Climate Change |first=Bruce Y. |last=Lee |work=[[Forbes]] |date=January 4, 2020 |url-access=limited |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123213326/https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/01/04/meat-loaf-here-are-his-claims-about-greta-thunberg-and-climate-change/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In an interview with the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' in 2020, he called [[Greta Thunberg]] "brainwashed" due to her views on climate change, saying: "I feel for that Greta. She has been brainwashed into thinking that there is climate change and there isn't. She hasn't done anything wrong but she's been forced into thinking that what she is saying is true.”<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Meat Loaf Claims Greta Thunberg Has Been 'Brainwashed' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-greta-thunberg-brainwashed-8547289/8 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121232112/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-greta-thunberg-brainwashed-8547289/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Criticism of COVID-19 rules====
He was critical of the [[COVID-19 lockdowns]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], telling the ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'' in August 2021: "I hug people in the middle of COVID ... I understood stopping life for a little while, but they cannot continue to stop life because of politics." He opposed [[mask mandate]]s and described a person who called for people on airplanes to wear masks as a "[[Nazism|Nazi]]" and "power-mad." Meat Loaf then said: "If I die, I die, but I'm not going to be controlled."<ref>{{cite news |last=Mervis |first=Scott |title=Q&A with Meat Loaf: Unable to perform, the rocker pays a visit to Steel City Con |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2021/08/09/Meat-Loaf-Steel-City-Con-Pittsburgh-interview-Bat-Out-of-Hell-Jim-Steinman-2021/stories/202108090006 |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=August 9, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121235215/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2021/08/09/Meat-Loaf-Steel-City-Con-Pittsburgh-interview-Bat-Out-of-Hell-Jim-Steinman-2021/stories/202108090006 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news |last=Cummings |first=Tommy |date=January 21, 2022 |title=Meat Loaf, the Dallas-born 'Bat Out of Hell' rocker, dies at 74 |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-the-dallas-raised-bat-out-of-hell-rocker-dies-at-74/ |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121232119/https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/music/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-the-dallas-raised-bat-out-of-hell-rocker-dies-at-74/ |url-status=live}}</ref> While no official cause of death has been announced, it is speculated that he did die of COVID-19.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/meat-loaf-us-singer-dies-facebook-statement-b977966.html |title=Meat Loaf dies aged 74 after falling ‘seriously ill’ with Covid |work=The Standard |last=Salisbury |first=John |date=21 January 2022 |access-date=23 May 2025}}</ref>

===Health===
[[File:Meat Loaf - German Comic Con Preview 2019.jpg|thumb|Meat Loaf - German Comic Con Preview 2019]]
In 2003, Meat Loaf was diagnosed with [[Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome]], a condition marked by an extra electrical pathway in the heart that causes symptoms like a rapid heartbeat.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dansby |first=Andrew |title=Meat Loaf Has Heart Surgery |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-has-heart-surgery-248156/ |date=December 25, 2003 |url-access=limited |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121155349/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/meat-loaf-has-heart-surgery-248156/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Meat Loaf had [[asthma]] and, in July 2011, he fainted on stage while performing in [[Pittsburgh]] due to an [[asthma attack]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/meat-loaf-collapses-on-stage-in-pittsburgh-then-finishes-concert-/news-story/0d5a30bf14743b0305a4cab6ff38dbe6 |title=Meat Loaf 'collapses on stage in Pittsburgh then finishes concert' |work=[[News.com.au]] |date=July 30, 2011 |archive-date=June 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619061846/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/meat-loaf-collapses-on-stage-in-pittsburgh-then-finishes-concert/story-e6frfn09-1226104895129 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=china>{{Cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-couldnt-sing-after-endoscopy-months-before-death/ |title=Meat Loaf blamed China for COVID, revealed he couldn't sing months before death |first=Natalie |last=O'Neill |work=[[New York Post]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123213320/https://nypost.com/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-couldnt-sing-after-endoscopy-months-before-death/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/meat-loaf-12-1277681 |title=Meat Loaf collapses onstage after suffering 'asthma attack' – video |work=[[NME]] |date=July 31, 2011}}</ref>

He collapsed again while on stage in [[Edmonton]] in June 2016 due to severe dehydration, after having already canceled two other shows due to illness.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lamoureux |first=Mack |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/meatloaf-medical-emergency-edmonton-show-1.3639880 |title=Meat Loaf collapses onstage in Edmonton |work=[[CBC News]] |date=June 16, 2016 |archive-date=June 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617113406/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/meatloaf-medical-emergency-edmonton-show-1.3639880 |url-status=live}}</ref> The playback containing his pre-recorded, voice-over vocal track continued while he lay unconscious on the stage, which caused controversy over [[lip sync]]ing, claims that Meat Loaf denied, saying that his mic was live.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/meat-loaf-tells-rolling-stone-about-stage-collapse-in-edmonton-1.3695660 |title=Meat Loaf tells Rolling Stone about stage collapse in Edmonton |work=[[CBC News]] |date=July 26, 2016 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123213325/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/meat-loaf-tells-rolling-stone-about-stage-collapse-in-edmonton-1.3695660 |url-status=live}}</ref> After the incident, Meat Loaf used [[acupuncture]], [[physical therapy]] and a trainer for four days a week, an hour and a half each session.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/meat-loaf-s-strict-health-regime-after-collapsing-on-stage |title=Meat Loaf's strict health regime after collapsing on stage |first=Stef |last=Lach |work=[[Loudersound.com]] |date=July 11, 2016}}</ref> Meat Loaf had emergency back surgery in November 2016 including a [[spinal fusion]] due to a [[cyst]] that was pinching nerves, and in 2019, he was using a cane and a wheelchair to get around.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1553577/meat-loaf-dead-health-conditions-evg |title=Meat Loaf dead: Inside 'Bat Out of Hell' singer's emergency back surgery |first=MIRANDA |last=SLADE |work=[[Daily Express]] |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123204413/https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1553577/meat-loaf-dead-health-conditions-evg |url-status=live}}</ref>

At the 2019 [[Texas Frightmare Weekend]] at the [[Hyatt]] Regency DFW hotel, Meat Loaf fell off an interview stage and broke his [[clavicle]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Sam |title=Meat Loaf reportedly breaks collarbone after falling off stage |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/meat-loaf-reportedly-suffers-broken-collarbone-falling-off-stage-2484987 |work=[[NME]] |date=May 7, 2019 |archive-date=February 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226181959/https://www.nme.com/news/music/meat-loaf-reportedly-suffers-broken-collarbone-falling-off-stage-2484987 |url-status=live}}</ref> Meat Loaf and his wife sued Texas Frightmare Weekend and Hyatt due to the accident.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/meatloaf-hyatt.pdf |title=Michael Lee Aday and Deborah Lee Gillespie Aday, Plaintiffs, vs. Hyatt Corporation d/b/a Hyatt Regency DFW; and Texas Frightmare Weekend, LLC, Defendants |date=January 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/meat-loaf-entertainment-texas-lawsuits-dallas-b6fa1b21aa293fde922a78ddaeb25b06 |title=Meat Loaf sues hotel, blaming negligence for disabling fall |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=January 14, 2020}}</ref>

===Death===
Meat Loaf died in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], on the evening of January 20, 2022, at the age of 74. No official [[cause of death]] was released.<ref name=cbsdied/> He was reportedly ill with COVID-19 earlier in January, and reporting by [[TMZ]] suggested that he died from COVID-19 complications.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rodriguez |first=Katherine |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Howard Stern wants Meat Loaf's survivors to advocate for COVID-19 vaccines |work=[[The Patriot-News]] |url=https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2022/01/howard-stern-wants-meat-loafs-survivors-to-advocate-for-covid-19-vaccines.html?e=27466ea18de088f6092383835123372f}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Koehn |first1=Alexandra |title=Music City remembers music legend Meat Loaf |url=https://www.newschannel5.com/news/music-city-remembers-music-legend-meat-loaf |work=[[WTVF]] |date=January 21, 2022}}</ref> As his health rapidly declined, his two daughters rushed to see him in the hospital with his wife being beside him as he died.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Jeff |last2=Duncan |first2=Gabrielle |date=January 24, 2022 |title=Meat Loaf's Wife Deborah Aday Recalls Love Story with Late Husband: 'He Was My World' |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |url=https://people.com/music/meat-loaf-wife-deborah-aday-recalls-their-love-story/ |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124221146/https://people.com/music/meat-loaf-wife-deborah-aday-recalls-their-love-story/ |url-status=live}}</ref> His daughter had posted to [[Instagram]] in early January that: "We are not sick, but we have too many friends and family testing positive [for COVID-19] right now, positive but doing OK."<ref name=":1" /> Notable people who posted tributes include [[Bonnie Tyler]], [[Cher]], [[Brian May]], [[Boy George]], [[Travis Tritt]], [[Marlee Matlin]], [[Stephen Fry]], and his ''Rocky Horror'' co-star [[Nell Campbell]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-dead-tributes/ |title=Meat Loaf tributes pour in as fans remember 'rare and rather wonderful' showman, 'rebellious chameleon' |first1=Adela |last1=Suliman |first2=Marisa |last2=Iati |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 21, 2022 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Meat Loaf dies: Bonnie Tyler, Cher and Brian May lead tributes to singer and actor after death aged 74 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/the-vaults-of-heaven-will-be-ringing-with-rock-cher-bonnie-tyler-and-brian-may-lead-tributes-to-meat-loaf-12521812 |work=[[Sky News]] |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121235715/https://news.sky.com/story/the-vaults-of-heaven-will-be-ringing-with-rock-cher-bonnie-tyler-and-brian-may-lead-tributes-to-meat-loaf-12521812 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=rift>{{cite news |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-trump-meat-loaf-20220121-witfpmuq4fbzfgsuveky6um5g4-story.html |last=Goldiner |first=Dave |date=January 21, 2022 |title=Trump calls Meat Loaf a 'great guy' despite rift over run for president |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url-access=limited |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121162457/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-trump-meat-loaf-20220121-witfpmuq4fbzfgsuveky6um5g4-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[King's Guard|Queen's Guard]] performed a rendition of "[[I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)]]."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/20220124131547/the-queens-guard-tribute-meat-loaf/ |title=The Queen's Guard make fans emotional with touching tribute to Meat Loaf |first=AINHOA |last=BARCELONA |work=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]] |date=January 24, 2022}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{main|Meat Loaf discography}}

{{div col}} 
* ''[[Bat Out of Hell]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Dead Ringer (album)|Dead Ringer]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Midnight at the Lost and Found]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Bad Attitude (album)|Bad Attitude]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Blind Before I Stop]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Welcome to the Neighbourhood (Meat Loaf album)|Welcome to the Neighbourhood]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Couldn't Have Said It Better]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Hang Cool Teddy Bear]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Hell in a Handbasket]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Braver Than We Are]]'' (2016)
{{div col end}}

==Tours==
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2022}}
{{div col}}
* Bat Out Of Hell (1977–1978)
* Neverland Express '81-'82 Tour (1981)
* In Euro '82 (1982)
* World Tour '83 (1983)
* Bad Attitude Tour '84/585 (1984–1985)
* 20/20 World Tour (1987)
* Lost Boys and Golden Girls World Tour (1988)
* World Tour '89 (1989)
* Irish Tour (1990)
* World Tour '90 (1990)
* Tour 1991 (1991)
* Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell Tour (1993)
* Everything Louder World Tour (1993–1994)
* Born To Rock Tour (1996)
* The Giants of Rock In Concert (1997)
* Meat Loaf '99 / The Very Best Of Tour (1999)
* VH1 Storytellers Tour (1999–2000)
* [[Night of the Proms]] (2001)
* Just Having Fun With Friends Tour (2002–2003)
* The Last World Tour (2003–2004)
* Hair Of The Dog Tour (2005)
* The Bases Are Loaded Tour (2006)
* [[The Seize the Night Tour]] (2007)
* [[The Casa de Carne Tour]] (2008)
* Hang Cool Tour (2010–2011)
* [[Guilty Pleasure Tour]] (2011)
* [[Mad Mad World Tour]] (2012)
* [[Last at Bat Tour]] (2013)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Walters |first=Sarah |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music/sarah-walters-speaks-meat-loaf-1884164 |title=Final UK tour as Meat Loaf serves up his tasty rock |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |date=March 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811092517/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music/sarah-walters-speaks-meat-loaf-1884164 |archive-date=August 11, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Rocktellz & Cocktails (2013–2014)
* In Concert Tour (2015–2016)
Note: Meat Loaf's band The [[Neverland Express]] has since continued with American Idol winner [[Caleb Johnson]]
{{div col end}}

<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meat Loaf Dates |url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSWlIh_HnQoIwJzmEeJLdLio1zoUDGGQG2taF0pO5jP7y8AFzGGcc9TN1__-zvxfVJjsYA-IEd6PoIx/pub |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=docs.google.com}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes 
! Ref.
|-
| 1962
| ''[[State Fair (1962 film)|State Fair]]''
| Boy In Stands
| Uncredited
| <ref name="Bahr">{{cite web |last=Bahr |first=Jeff |title=Concert schedule includes a serving of Meat Loaf |publisher=[[The Grand Island Independent]] |date=27 February 2016 |url=https://theindependent.com/life/entertainment/concert-schedule-includes-a-serving-of-meat-loaf/article_6d4368c2-ddd7-11e5-a505-0fa4b6efbe7b.html |access-date=19 August 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1975
| data-sort-value="Rocky Horror Picture Show, The" | ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''
| Eddie
|as Meatloaf
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1979
| ''[[Americathon]]''
| Roy Budnitz
| rowspan="4" |
| <ref name=Larger/>
|-
| ''[[Scavenger Hunt]]''
| Scum
| <ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAdlSuiP8gw |title=Meatloaf Scavenger Hunt (1979) Meat Loaf |via=YouTube}}</ref>
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Roadie (1980 film)|Roadie]]''
| Travis W. Redfish
| <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://fredericksburg.com/meat-loaf-1980/image_ab791af0-d784-5190-a880-c4617dc447f2.html |title=MEAT LOAF, 1980 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[The Free Lance–Star]] |date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 1981
| ''Dead Ringer''
| Meat Loaf / Marvin
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Out of Bounds (1986 film)|Out of Bounds]]''
| Gil
| rowspan="12" | as Meatloaf
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/person/meat-loaf |title=MEAT LOAF |date=November 16, 2004 |publisher=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>
|-
| 1987
| data-sort-value="Squeeze, The" | ''[[The Squeeze (1987 film)|The Squeeze]]''
| Titus
| rowspan="2" | <ref name=rotten>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/meat_loaf |title=Meat Loaf |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Motorama (film)|Motorama]]''
| Vern
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1992
| ''[[Wayne's World (film)|Wayne's World]]''
| "Tiny"
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/21/bat-out-of-hell-singer-meat-loaf-dies-aged-74.html |title=Meat Loaf, rocker and 'Bat Out of Hell' singer, dies at 74 |date=January 21, 2022 |work=[[CNBC]] |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121141730/https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/21/bat-out-of-hell-singer-meat-loaf-dies-aged-74.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=rotten/>
|-
| data-sort-value="Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, The" | ''[[The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag]]''
| Lawrence
|
|-
| ''[[Leap of Faith (film)|Leap of Faith]]''
| Hoover
| <ref name=rotten/>
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Spice World (film)|Spice World]]''
| Dennis
| <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/bladerunner-spice-world-five-amazing-8970784 |title=Bladerunner, Spice World and five amazing alternative films to see near you this week |last=Young |first=Graham |date=April 2, 2015 |work=[[Birmingham Mail]] |archive-date=February 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201193410/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/bladerunner-spice-world-five-amazing-8970784 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1998
| ''[[Gunshy]]''
| Lew Collins
| rowspan="4" | <ref name="rotten" />
|-
| ''[[Black Dog (1998 film)|Black Dog]]''
| "Red"
|-
| data-sort-value="Mighty, The" | ''[[The Mighty]]''
| Iggy Lee
|-
| ''[[Outside Ozona]]''
| Floyd Bibbs
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1999
| ''[[Crazy in Alabama]]''
| Sheriff John Doggett
| <ref name=rotten/>
|-
| ''[[Fight Club]]''
| Robert "Bob" Paulsen
|as Meat Loaf Aday
| <ref>{{Cite news |last=Parker |first=Ryan |title=Meat Loaf Fans Honor Actor in Classic 'Fight Club' Fashion |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/meat-loaf-fans-honor-fight-club-robert-paulson-1235078726/ |date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122012916/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/meat-loaf-fans-honor-fight-club-robert-paulson-1235078726/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| data-sort-value="Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man, The" | ''The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man'' ([[:hu:A tekerölantos naplója|hu]])
|
| rowspan="15" |
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2001
| ''Face to Face''
| Driver
|-
| ''Rustin''
| Coach Trellingsby
| <ref name=rotten/>
|-
| ''[[Focus (2001 film)|Focus]]''
| Fred
|
|-
| data-sort-value="51st State, The" | ''[[The 51st State]]''
| "The Lizard"
| <ref name=rotten/>
|-
| ''Polish Spaghetti''
| Food Critic
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-0txf5q/polish-spaghetti/ |title=Polish Spaghetti |publisher=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130022521/https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-0txf5q/polish-spaghetti/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| data-sort-value="Salton Sea, The" | ''[[The Salton Sea (2002 film)|The Salton Sea]]''
| Bo
|
|-
| ''[[Wishcraft]]''
| Detective "Sparky" Shaw
| rowspan="8" | <ref name="rotten" />
|-
| 2003
| ''Learning Curves''
| Timmons
|-
| 2004
| data-sort-value="Hole in One, A" | ''[[A Hole in One]]''
| Billy
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2005
| ''Extreme Dating''
| Marshall Jackson
|-
| ''[[Chasing Ghosts (2005 film)|Chasing Ghosts]]''
| Richard Valbruno
|-
| ''Crazylove''
| John
|-
| ''[[BloodRayne (film)|BloodRayne]]''
| Leonid
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| data-sort-value="Pleasure Drivers, The" | ''[[The Pleasure Drivers]]''
| Dale
|-
| ''[[Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny]]''
| Bud Black, [[Jack Black]]'s father, providing vocals on the film's opening song "[[Kickapoo (song)|Kickapoo]]".
| Uncredited
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Meat Loaf's Epic Cameo In 'Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny' Is Still The Greatest Thing Ever |website=Society Of Rock |date=July 12, 2017 |url=https://societyofrock.com/meat-loafs-epic-cameo-in-tenacious-d-in-the-pick-of-destiny-is-still-the-greatest-thing-ever/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121143559/https://societyofrock.com/meat-loafs-epic-cameo-in-tenacious-d-in-the-pick-of-destiny-is-still-the-greatest-thing-ever/ |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| ''[[Urban Decay (film)|Urban Decay]]''
| Rick "Zero"
| rowspan="3" |
| {{IMDb name|1533}}
|-
| ''[[History Rocks]]''
| Himself
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise]]''
| Himself
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| ''[[Burning Bright (film)|Burning Bright]]''
| Howie
| Uncredited
| {{IMDb name|1533}}
|-
| ''[[Beautiful Boy (2010 film)|Beautiful Boy]]''
| Motel Manager
| rowspan="8" |
| rowspan="2" | <ref name=rotten/>
|-
| ''Polish Bar''
| Joe
|-
| 2011
| ''Absolute Killers''
| Dan
| {{IMDb name|1533}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| data-sort-value="Moment, The" | ''[[The Moment (2013 film)|The Moment]]''
| Sergeant Goodman
| <ref name=rotten/>
|-
| ''All American Christmas Carol''
| Ross
| <ref>{{cite news |first=Ilana |last=Kaplan |title=The 9 Christmas movie hidden gems you need to watch on Netflix |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/netflix-christmas-holiday-movies-mariah-carey-christmas-prince-a8106731.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=December 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205072244/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/netflix-christmas-holiday-movies-mariah-carey-christmas-prince-a8106731.html |archive-date=February 5, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| ''[[Stage Fright (2014 film)|Stage Fright]]''
| Roger McCall
| rowspan="2" | <ref name="rotten" />
|-
| ''[[Wishin' and Hopin' (film)|Wishin' and Hopin']]''
| Monsignor Muldoon
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Sausage Party]]''
| [[Meatloaf]] (archive recording)
| 
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! Ref.
|-
| 1978–81
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Himself
| 2 episodes
|
|-
| 1985
| data-sort-value="Equalizer, The" | ''[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series)|The Equalizer]]''
| Sugar Fly Simon
| Episode: "[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series) season 1#ep10|Bump and Run]]"
| {{IMDb name|1533}}
|-
| 1987
| data-sort-value="Grand Knockout Tournament, The" | ''[[The Grand Knockout Tournament]]''
| Himself
| Television special
| 
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Monsters (American TV series)|Monsters]]''
| Dr. Willard Wingite
| Episode: "Where's the Rest of Me?"
| 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1992
| ''[[Lightning Force]]''
| Richard Talbot
| Episode: "MIA"
| {{IMDb name|1533}}
|-
| ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
| Mr. Chumley
| Episode: "What's Cookin'?"
| {{IMDb name|1533}}
|-
|''[[Sniz & Fondue|Psyched for Snuppa]]''
|Snuppa (voice)
|TV Pilot
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Psyched for Snuppa (1992) |url=http://www.stretchfilms.com/node/26 |website=[[Stretch Films]] |archive-date=September 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907172848/http://www.stretchfilms.com/node/26 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1995
| ''[[To Catch a Yeti]]''
| Jake "Big Jake" Grizzly
| TV movie
| rowspan="2" | <ref name=rotten/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1997
| ''[[Dead Man's Gun]]''
| Aaron Freemont
| Episode: "The Mail Order Bride"
|-
| ''[[Nash Bridges]]''
| Charlie Pep
| Episode: "Wild Card"
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| ''[[Behind the Music]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Meat Loaf"
|-
| ''[[South Park]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "[[Chef Aid]]"
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''
| CSA Colonel Angus Devine
| Episode: "[[Gettysburg (The Outer Limits)|Gettysburg]]"
| 
|-
| ''Blacktop''
| Jack
| TV movie
| rowspan="19" |
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| data-sort-value="Ballad of Lucy Whipple, The" | ''The Ballad of Lucy Whipple''
| Amos "Rattlesnake Jake" Frogge
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Trapped (2001 film)|Trapped]]''
| Jim Hankins
| TV movie
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Masters of Horror]]''
| Jake Feldman
| Episode: "[[Pelts (Masters of Horror)|Pelts]]"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2007
| ''[[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve]]''
| rowspan="2" | Himself
|
|-
| ''[[Private Sessions]]''
| Episode: "Meat Loaf"
|-
| ''Go-Phone Commercial''
| Singing Father
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| 2008
| data-sort-value="F Word, The" | ''[[The F Word (British TV series)|The F Word]]''
| rowspan="2" | Himself
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2009
| ''[[Hannity]]''
| Panel member
|-
| ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''
| Eddie
| Episode: "[[Simple Explanation]]"
|-
| ''[[Citizen Jane (film)|Citizen Jane]]''
| Detective Jack Morris
| TV movie
|-
| ''[[Bookaboo]]''
| rowspan="3" | Himself
| Episode: "The Lamb Who Came for Dinner"
|-
| ''[[Don't Forget the Lyrics! (American game show)|Don't Forget the Lyrics!]]''
| He won $500,000 for [[The Painted Turtle]]
|-
| ''[[Ghost Hunters (TV series)|Ghost Hunters]]''
| Episode: "Bat Out of Hell"
|-
| ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]''
| Reverend Hadley Jorgensen
| Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse"
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2010
| ''[[Popstar to Operastar]]''
| rowspan="4" | Himself
| Judge
|-
| ''[[Spicks and Specks (TV series)|Spicks and Specks]]''
| 
|-
| ''Behind the Music: Remastered''
| Episode: "Meat Loaf"
|-
| ''[[WWE Raw]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]''
| Barry Jeffries
| Episode: "[[The Rocky Horror Glee Show]]"
|
|-
| ''[[Ghost Hunters (TV series)|Ghost Hunters]]''
| rowspan="3" | Himself
| Episode: "Sloss Furnaces"
| <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.masslive.com/television/2010/11/ghost_hunters_heats_up_with_me.html |title=Ghost Hunters heats up with Meat Loaf and Sloss Furnaces |first=Laura |last=Merwin |work=[[Masslive.com]] |date=November 18, 2010}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[This Week (2003 TV programme)|This Week]]''
| rowspan="2" |
|
|-
| 2011
| data-sort-value="Celebrity Apprentice, The" | ''[[The Apprentice (American season 11)|The Celebrity Apprentice]]''
| <ref name=viral/>
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Fairly Legal]]''
| Charlie DeKay
| Episode: "Kiss Me, Kate"
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://tvline.com/2012/02/22/meat-loaf-cast-fairly-legal-season-2/ |title=Exclusive: USA's ''Fairly Legal'' Serves Up a Savory Helping of Meat Loaf |work=[[TVLine]] |first=Matt Webb |last=Mitovich |date=February 22, 2012 |archive-date=February 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228052826/http://www.tvline.com/2012/02/meat-loaf-cast-fairly-legal-season-2/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]''
| Herman Wolf
| Episode: "The Ballad of Lady Frances"
|
|-
| 2017–2018
| ''[[Ghost Wars (TV series)|Ghost Wars]]''
| Doug Rennie
| Main cast
|
|}

==Books==
* {{cite book |author=Meat Loaf |title=To Hell and Back: An Autobiography |url=https://archive.org/details/tohellbackautobi00meat |publisher=[[ReganBooks]] |year=1999 |isbn=0-06-039293-2}}

==See also==
* [[List of bestselling music artists]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{AllMusic|id=p4882}}
* {{IMDb name|1533}}
* {{IBDB name}}

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