Ellen Foley (born 1951, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American singer and actress whose range of talent and experience has spanned edgy rock, mainstream pop, standard Broadway, sitcom television, and Hollywood. She has released three albums on her own, but she is best known for her collaborative work with Meat Loaf.
Her first big break was singing the duet with Meat Loaf on 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light' from the 1977 album Bat out of Hell. Although Karla DeVito is featured on the video, she is miming to Foley's vocals.
Her best known television acting role is the role of Billie Young on Night Court for one season, after which she was replaced by Markie Post. She had small but memorable parts in Miloš Forman's 1979 film adaptation of the stage musical Hair, as well as the films Cocktail, Fatal Attraction and Married to the Mob.
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Paradise by the dashboard light You got to do what you can And let Mother Nature do the rest Ain't no doubt about it We were doubly blessed 'Cause we were barely seventeen And we were barely-We're gonna go all the way tonight We're gonna go all the way. Watch the official music video for 'Paradise By The Dashboard Light' by Meat LoafListen to Meat Loaf: to the offici. Directed by Arnold Levine. With Karla DeVito, Meat Loaf, Phil Rizzuto. The music video for Meat Loaf's 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light.' Featured on Meat Loaf’s magnum opus “Bat Out Of Hell,” “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” only peaked at #39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 but it was certified platinum by the RIAA and remains a staple in classic rock radio stations. Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Old Grey Whistle Test (BBC) - May 30th 1978. Meat Loaf & Patti Russo - Paradise By The Dashboard Light.
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Featured on Meat Loaf’s magnum opus “Bat Out Of Hell,” “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” only peaked at #39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 but it was certified platinum by the RIAA and remains a staple in classic rock radio stations.
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Like all the other songs on Meat Loaf’s stunning debut album, this was written by Jim Steinman. Clocking in at over eight minutes, it’s mostly known for its unique structure. Also, there’s a 5:32 version released in some countries. Interestingly, Meat Loaf once revealed on VH1 Storytellers that it was originally intended to go on for 27 minutes!
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Speaking about the track, Steinman said that his aim was to write “the ultimate car/sex song in which everything goes horribly wrong in the end.”
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In the first part, the two characters reminisce about their days as a young couple who are “barely seventeen.” A baseball broadcast can be heard before the second part wherein the girl stops him and will only go further if he promises to love her, marry her, never leave her, and make her happy for the rest of his life. He asks to give her the answer in the morning but since she doesn’t give in, he had no choice but to promise to his god and his mother’s grave that he will love her “to the end of time.”
And in the third part, their marriage is on the rocks with the boy “praying for the end of time” because he “couldn’t take it any longer.” During the live performances of this song, Meat Loaf and Karla DeVito would conclude the song with a spoken-word epilogue – an argument about who gets to keep what after the divorce.