A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

"A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"
Single by Meat Loaf
from the album The Very Best of Meat Loaf
Released 1998 (1998)
Genre Wagnerian rock
Length 7:37 (album version)
5:20 (single version)
Label Virgin, Sony
Writer(s) Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman
Producer Jim Steinman
Meat Loaf singles chronology
"Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)"
(1996)		 "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"
(1998)		 "Is Nothing Sacred"
(1999)

"A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" is a song from the 1996 musical Whistle Down the Wind, and was covered by Meat Loaf, with guest vocals by Bonnie Tyler, for the 1998 compilation album The Very Best of Meat Loaf. The music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and the lyrics were written by Jim Steinman. Steinman also produced the Meat Loaf version of the song, which was mixed by Frank Filipetti and arranged by Steinman, Lloyd Webber and Roy Bittan, with orchestral arrangements by Lloyd Webber and David Cullen.

Reception

Bob Gajarsky of Consumable Online said that "A Kiss Is A Terrible Thing To Waste", brings together all of the elements fans love (or hate) about the full-fledged productions behind [Jim] Steinman and Meat Loaf in yet another seven-and-a-half minute epic."[1]

Personnel

Lead Vocals - Meat Loaf
Guest Vocals - Bonnie Tyler
Guitars - Eddie Martinez
Solo Guitar - Clem Clempson
Bass, Backing Vocals - Kasim Sulton
Acoustic Piano - Roy Bittan
Drums - Kenny Aronoff
Orchestra Conducted by Mike Reed
Backing Vocals - Glen Burtnick, Keith Murrell
"If Only's": Cathy Porter[2]

References

  1. ^ Jimsteinman.com
  2. ^ MLJS.evilnickname.org
Meat Loaf
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Hits out of Hell (1984) • The Big Ones (1984) • Heaven & Hell (1989) • Paradise By The Dashboardlight (The Very Best of) (1991) • Back From Hell! The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1993) • Back From Hell Again! - The Very Best of Meat Loaf Vol. 2 (1994) • Alive In Hell (1994) • Heaven Can Wait – The Best Ballads of Meat Loaf Vol. 1 (1996) • The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998) • Piece of the Action: The Best of Meat Loaf (2009)
Videography
Tours
Bat Out of Hell (1977-78)  • Dead Ringer (1981)  • Meat Loaf & The Neverland Express Euro '82 (1982)  • World Tour / Monsters of Rock (1983)  • Bad Attitude (1984-85)  • 20/20 (1986-87)  • Lost Boys & Golden Girls / Bat Out of Hell 10th Anniversary (1988-89)  • Everything Louder (1993-95)  • Born to Rock (1996)  • The Very Best of... (1999)  • Storytellers (1999-2000)  • Night of the Proms (2001)  • Just Having Fun... (2002)  • Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003-04)  • The Hair of the Dog (2005)  • Seize the Night / The Three Bats (2006-07)  • Casa de Carne (2008)  • Hang Cool (2010-11)  • Guilty Pleasure (2011-12)
Singles
"What You See is What You Get" • "It Takes All Kinds of People" • "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" • "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (w/ Ellen Foley) • "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" • "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" • "Bat Out of Hell" • "I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us" • "Dead Ringer for Love" (w/ Cher) • "Read 'Em and Weep" • "Peel Out" • "In Europe '82 (4 Track EP)" • "If You Really Want To" • "Razor's Edge" • "Midnight at the Lost and Found" • "Modern Girl" • "Nowhere Fast" • "Surf's Up" • "Sailor to a Siren" • "Piece of the Action" • "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries" (w/ John Parr) • "Getting Away with Murder" • "Blind Before I Stop" • "Special Girl" • "A Time for Heroes" (w/ Brian May) • "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" (w/ Lorraine Crosby) • "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" • "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" • "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are" • "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" (w/ Patti Russo) • "Not a Dry Eye in the House" • "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)" • "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" (w/ Bonnie Tyler) • "No Matter What" • "Is Nothing Sacred" (w/ Patti Russo) • "Did I Say That?" • "Couldn't Have Said It Better" (w/ Patti Russo) • "Man of Steel" • "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (w/ Marion Raven) • "Blind As a Bat" • "Cry Over Me" • "Los Angeloser" • "If I Can't Have You" • "All of Me"
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