As I near the end of the Steinman project, I’m planning to end the last appearances of the song that have been covered multiple times by ranking every version of them, just for fun. However, there are some of his songs that have multiple covers but are not going to be showing up again, so…

As is tradition, Meat Loaf ends his pseudo-Bat out of Hell with a soft ballad. (“For Crying out Loud” is rather big and booming to be called a “soft” anything, but, for narrative’s sake, we’ll just go with that for now.) While some sources list this song as having been slated for Batman: The Musical,…

The lone break in the Steinman-written ending of so-called Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose is the dramatic power ballad “What about Love,” featuring co-lead vocals by Patti Russo. It’s perhaps the most nakedly Steinman-copying song on the album, but it actually does a decent job. It’s a dramatic power ballad that…