music.wikisort.org - Composition"Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" is a song performed by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler and American singer Todd Rundgren, taken from Tyler's sixth studio album, Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986). Written and produced by Jim Steinman, the track was released as the second single from the album in 1985. Artwork for the single features cover paintings by the British artist and designer Edward Burne-Jones. 12-inch editions feature the cover painting The Beguiling of Merlin while 7-inch editions feature Phyllis and Demophoon. Some territories feature a photograph of Tyler. The music video features Welsh actor Hywel Bennett miming Rundgren's lines. The song has been re-recorded by Meat Loaf on his 2016 album Braver Than We Are, as a duet with Stacy Michelle.
1985 single by Bonnie Tyler and Todd Rundgren
Credits and personnel
Track listings
- "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" (Jim Steinman) — 5:40
- "Under Suspicion" (B. Tyler, P. Hopkins, P. Oxendale) — 4:24
- "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" (long version) (Jim Steinman) — 7:48
- "Under Suspicion" (B. Tyler, P. Hopkins, P. Oxendale) — 4:24
- "It's a Jungle Out There" (Dennis Polen, Paul Pilger, William Moloney) — 3:57
Charts
Meat Loaf version
"Loving You Is a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It)" |
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Released | 9 September 2016 |
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Length | 6:09 |
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- Caroline International S&D
- 429
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Songwriter(s) | Jim Steinman |
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Producer(s) | Paul Crook |
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The song was re-recorded by Meat Loaf on his 2016 album Braver Than We Are, as a duet with Stacy Michelle, under the slightly modified title of Loving You Is a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It).[11] On this version, the male and female vocals are reversed, with the male vocal being the lead, whereas on Bonnie Tyler's version, the female vocal sings the lead. It was not issued as a single for the album.
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- The Seize the Night Tour (2006–07)
- The Casa de Carne Tour (2008)
- Guilty Pleasure Tour (2011)
- Mad, Mad World Tour (2012)
- Last at Bat Tour (2013)
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