You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth

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"You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"

Side-A label of U.S. 7-inch vinyl single
Single by Meat Loaf
from the album Bat Out of Hell
Released 1977
Format 7"
Recorded 1976
Genre Soft rock
Length 4:16 (single version)
5:04 (album version)
Label Epic
Writer(s) Jim Steinman
Producer(s) Todd Rundgren
Meat Loaf singles chronology
- "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"
(1977)
"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
(1977)

"You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" (also known as "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)") is the first single by the American musician Meat Loaf in his solo career. It is a track off his 1977 album Bat Out of Hell, written by Jim Steinman.

The album version includes a spoken word intro by Steinman and Marcia McClain. This was removed from the single version and most radio spins.

Background

Steve Popovich reportedly listened to the intro to the song and it became a key factor of his accepting Bat Out of Hell for Cleveland International Records. The ultimate irony was that Meat Loaf, Steinman, and the band tried for a year or so to get the record label with their music, and how they allegedly did so was a 45-second recording with no singing at all. The song has a reminiscently Motown feel to it, particularly in its echoed vocals, drums and drum breakdown.

According to his autobiography, Meat Loaf asked Jim to write a song that wasn't 15 or 20 minutes long, and, in Meat Loaf's words, a "pop song." His autobiography also dates the writing of the song to 1975, the song reportedly being a key factor in Meat and Jim deciding to do an album together.

When released, it wasn't too successful as a single, because critics condemned it for being too "theatrical." The track was never fully noticed until it became a B-side to "Paradise by the Dashboard Light."

The song was the first single released from the album (with an edit of "For Crying Out Loud" as the B-side); it failed to chart.

It was re-released after "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" and "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" became Top 40 hits; this time the B-side was a severely truncated version of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light". This issue charted to #39 on the Billboard chart.

Music video

The video, as with "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad," "Paradise," and the others in the Bat set, was filmed on a soundstage as if it were a live performance, with Meat Loaf in his signature suspenders, ripped formal shirt, and bearing a red scarf.

Covers

Charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Dutch Top 40 3
UK Singles Chart 33
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 39

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