The last original song Jim Steinman would ever write for Bonnie Tyler (by track order), “Rebel without a Clue” is at once both a very Steinman song and a very weird Steinman song. On the weird side, a huge percentage of the song is instrumental, there are some weirdly abrupt transition moments that almost make…

It’s been a few years at this point since Steinman’s last duet. Each of the Bat out of Hell follow-ups of course had one, but since then, the closest we’ve had is “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” which does have a prominent opposite-sex counterpoint vocal but I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone call a…

After a busy couple of years, Steinman really only released one thing in 1985, which I’m skipping. He wrote and produced “Hulk Hogan’s Theme” for The Wrestling Album, put out by the WWF (now WWE). The album was helmed by Rick Derringer, which probably explains Steinman’s connection, and is probably best-known at this point for…