Heaven & Hell (Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler album)

Heaven & Hell
Heaven & Hell
Compilation album by Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler
Released	1989
Recorded	1971–1986
Genre	Pop rock
Length	61:42
Label	Telstar; Columbia; Sony;
Meat Loaf chronology
Bonnie Tyler chronology
Alternative cover
	1993 reissue album cover

Heaven & Hell is a compilation album by American singer Meat Loaf and Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was originally released in 1989 by Telstar Records and reissued in 1993 by Columbia Records. The majority of songs included on Heaven & Hell were written by Jim Steinman, who wrote some of Meat Loaf and Tyler's biggest hits.

Released1989

Recorded1971–1986

GenrePop rock^[1]

Length61:42

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Though the album was not an immediate commercial success, due to steady sales Heaven & Hell was certified platinum by the BPI in 2013.

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Dead Ringer for Love" (with Cher)	Jim Steinman	Dead Ringer	4:26
2.	"Holding Out for a Hero"	Steinman Dean Pitchford	Footloose: Original Soundtrack of the Paramount Motion Picture	4:23
3.	"You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"	Steinman	Bat Out of Hell	4:13
4.	"Faster Than the Speed of Night"	Steinman	Faster Than the Speed of Night	4:41
5.	"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"	John Fogerty	Faster Than the Speed of Night	3:48
6.	"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"	Steinman	Bat Out of Hell	3:57
7.	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"	Steinman	Faster Than the Speed of Night	4:32
8.	"Bat Out of Hell"	Steinman	Bat Out of Hell	4:55
9.	"Straight from the Heart"	Bryan Adams Eric Kagna	Faster Than the Speed of Night	3:40
10.	"Read 'Em and Weep"	Steinman	Dead Ringer	3:48
11.	"Loving You's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It)" (with Todd Rundgren)	Steinman	Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire	4:12
12.	"Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries" (with John Parr)	Al Hodge Michael Dan Ehmig	Blind Before I Stop	4:56
13.	"If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)"	Desmond Child	Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire	3:59
14.	"Modern Girl"	Paul Jacobs Sarah Durkee	Bad Attitude	4:25

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Bat Out of Hell"	Jim Steinman	Bat Out of Hell	4:55
2.	"Faster Than the Speed of Night"	Steinman	Faster Than the Speed of Night	4:42
3.	"You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth"	Steinman	Bat Out of Hell	5:05
4.	"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"	John Fogerty	Faster Than the Speed of Night	4:08
5.	"Read 'Em and Weep"	Steinman	Dead Ringer	3:48
6.	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"	Steinman	Faster Than the Speed of Night	4:31
7.	"Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"	Steinman	Bat Out of Hell	4:50
8.	"Holding Out for a Hero"	Steinman Dean Pitchford	Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire	3:31
9.	"Dead Ringer for Love" (with Cher)	Steinman	Dead Ringer	4:23
10.	"If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)"	Desmond Child	Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire	4:02
11.	"If You Really Want To"	George Meyer Ted Neeley	Midnight at the Lost and Found	3:39
12.	"Straight from the Heart"	Bryan Adams Eric Kanga	Faster Than the Speed of Night	3:43
13.	"Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" (with Todd Rundgren)	Steinman	Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire	5:50
14.	"Heaven Can Wait"	Steinman	Bat Out of Hell	4:41

Chart (2022)	Peak position
German Downloads (Offizielle Download Top 100)^[6]	25
Irish Compilations Chart (OCC)^[7]	3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[8]	83
UK Album Downloads (OCC)^[9]	17
UK Compilation Chart (OCC)^[10]	34

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)^[11]	Platinum	300,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Country	Date	Version	Format(s)	Label	Ref.
United Kingdom	1989	Original	Cassette	Telstar
Europe	5 May 1993		CD	Columbia	^[12]
	1994		CD	Epic
	2004		Digital download	Columbia	^[12]

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