Hit Song
"Read 'Em and Weep" |
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Single by Meat Loaf |
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from the album Dead Ringer |
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B-side | "Everything Is Permitted" |
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Released | November 1981 (US) |
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Genre | Rock |
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Label | Epic |
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Songwriter(s) | Jim Steinman |
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Producer(s) | Jim Steinman, Jimmy Iovine |
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Meat Loaf singles chronology |
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Music video |
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Video on YouTube |
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"Read 'Em and Weep" |
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Single by Barry Manilow |
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from the album Greatest Hits Vol. II |
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B-side | "One Voice" |
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Released | November 1983 (1983) |
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Genre | Easy listening |
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Length | 5:16 |
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Label | Arista |
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Songwriter(s) | Jim Steinman |
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Producer(s) | Jim Steinman |
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Barry Manilow singles chronology |
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"Read 'Em and Weep" is a rock music song composed by Jim Steinman. It was originally written for Meat Loaf and recorded for his 1981 album, Dead Ringer, the second of only two tracks on the album produced by Steinman and Jimmy Iovine.
Barry Manilow version
"Read 'Em and Weep" did not become a hit until late 1983, when a slightly rewritten version was recorded by Barry Manilow as one of three new tracks on his compilation album, Greatest Hits, Vol. II. This version featured new lyrics for the second half of the song's second verse, as well as slight changes in the first verse and final chorus. It was a chart topping success, hitting #1 on the Canadian and U.S. Adult Contemporary charts for six weeks, as well as peaking at number #18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in the first weeks of 1984.[2][3]
Chart (1983–84) | Peak position |
Canada Adult Contemporary | 1 |
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[4] | 17 |
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 1 |
US Billboard Hot 100 | 18 |
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1983 (U.S.)
References
- ^ "Meat Loaf singles".
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 156.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1984-01-28. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
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Live albums | - Live at Wembley (1987)
- Live Around the World (1996)
- VH1: Storytellers (1999)
- Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004)
- 3 Bats Live (2008)
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Videography | - Hits Out of Hell
- Bat Out of Hell II: Picture Show
- VH1: Storytellers
- To Hell and Back: The Meat Loaf Story
- Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
- 3 Bats Live
- Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise
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