The Stirring Jim Steinman Lyric That Meat Loaf Finally Sang a Dozen Years After the Fact

Jim Steinman wrote “Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through” for Meat Loaf in the early 1980s, but the singer did not record it until 1993. Their eventual reunion for *Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell* gave Meat Loaf the chance to sing the song himself, bringing the pair’s intended collaboration to fruition after more than a decade.

The delay followed the success of *Bat Out Of Hell*: Meat Loaf lost his voice during sessions for a planned follow-up, so Steinman recorded the songs himself. Rory Dodd sang the lead on Steinman’s 1981 version, which reached the US Top 40. For Meat Loaf’s 1993 recording, Steinman added a verse whose imagery presents music as a source of comfort during difficult times.