Not a Dry Eye in the House

"Not a Dry Eye in the House"
Single by Meat Loaf
from the album Welcome to the Neighborhood
Released 1995
Format CD, Cassette
Recorded Virgin
Length 5:54
Label MCA
Writer(s) Diane Warren
Meat Loaf singles chronology
"I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)"
(1995)		 "Not a Dry Eye in the House"
(1995)		 "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)"
(1995)

"Not a Dry Eye in the House" is a song composed and written by Diane Warren, and recorded by Meat Loaf. The song was released in 1995 as the second single from the album Welcome to the Neighborhood.

Music video

The video for "Not a Dry Eye in the House" consisted of Meat Loaf overlooking an old theater stage. During the song he remembers the girl of his dreams leaving him (she was an old movie starlet). Aged, he goes back into flashbacks and overlooks the various times she broke his heart and cries out in song.

Track listing

There were two version released off the single. The first version contained live versions of "Where the Rubber Meets the Road" and "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)", while the other had two Beatles' covers, "Let It Be" and "Come Together".

Covers

This song was covered by Rhydian Roberts on this self-titled debut album in 2008. Many critics believed that this version paled in comparison with the original.

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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