Dead Ringer for Love

"Dead Ringer for Love" is a rock song performed by American rock singer Meat Loaf and American singer-actress Cher from Meat Loaf's third studio album, Dead Ringer. The song was written by Jim Steinman and one of only two tracks on the album produced by Steinman and Jimmy Iovine.

Song information

The song was originally written by Jim Steinman, Tony Hendra and Sean Kelly (and sung by Michael Simmons) for the short-lived television comedy series, Delta House. Steinman reworked the melody into the song "Dead Ringer for Love" for the Dead Ringer album, while portions of the lyric would later appear in his "Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young" Cher also wrote the song but remains uncredited.^[1]

The song was performed many times by Loaf but never by Cher. There is no footage of Cher and Loaf ever performing this song live together, and Cher appeared only in the music video. The song performed by Loaf is available in two live CDs; Live Around the World and Bat out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The song was also used in the Loaf's Hits out of Hell and in Cher's Greatest Hits: 1965–1992 compilations. The song can also be found on Cher's album Essential Collection.

The track was released in the United Kingdom in November 1981 and debuted at number 63 on the UK Singles Chart, it slowly climbed the chart and peaked at number five in early February 1982.

Allmusic editor William Ruhlmann highlighted the song.^[2] Also, Donald A. Guarisco praised the lyrics "The tongue-in-cheek lyrics tell the tale of a guy who’s realized he cant "live by rock ‘n’ roll and brew alone" and sets his sights on his ideal woman (...) The lyric devotes equal time to his vampy object of affection", and added that "This unique blend of vocal and instrumental firepower makes "Dead Ringer For Love" feel like a long-lost outtake from the Grease soundtrack on steroids."^[3]

Track listing

UK 7" Picture Disc (EPCA 1697)^[4]^[5]

"Dead Ringer For Love" (4:21)
"More Than You Deserve" (7:02)

Spanish 7" vinyl (Promo) (EPCA 1697)^[6]^[7]

"Dead Ringer For Love" (4:21)
"More Than You Deserve" (7:02)

Australian 7" vinyl (Promo) (ES698)^[8]^[9]

"Dead Ringer For Love" (4:21)
"More Than You Deserve" (7:02)

Austrian 5" CD Single (1991 Re-released) (6569822)^[10]^[11]

"Dead Ringer For Love" (4:21)
"Heaven Can Wait" (4:38)
"Bat Out Of Hell" (9:51)

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Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1981/1982)^[13]	Peak position
Australian ARIA Chart	65
Dutch Singles Chart	39
Irish Singles Chart	2
Netherlands Singles Chart	32
Swedish Singles Chart	16
UK Singles Chart	5
Chart (1991)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	53

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[14]	48

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)^[15]	Silver	250,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

↑ "Delta House Theme (Extended Version) - Michael Simmons". Realmofdreams. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
↑ Review by Allmusic, Retrieved 15 October 2013
↑ Song review by Allmusic Retrieved October 15 2013
↑ Cher - Dead Ringer for Love
↑ "Dead Ringer For Love Single".
↑ Cher - Dead Ringer for Love
↑ "Dead Ringer For Love Single".
↑ Cher - Dead Ringer for Love
↑ "Dead Ringer For Love Single".
↑ Cher - Dead Ringer for Love
↑ "Dead Ringer For Love Single".
↑ "Dead Ringer For Love Single".
↑ "Dead Ringer for Love" in Dutch and Swedish Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 26, 2009)
↑ "UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 1982 - Year End". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
↑ "British single certifications – Meat Loaf and Cher – Dead Ringer for Love". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Dead Ringer for Love in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search

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External links

Official indian songs website
Official Meat Loaf website
Official Cher website
Meat Loaf at the Internet Movie Database
Cher at the Internet Movie Database
Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Meat Loaf

Studio albums	Stoney & Meatloaf (1971) Bat Out of Hell (1977) Dead Ringer (1981) Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983) Bad Attitude (1984) Blind Before I Stop (1986) Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995) Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003) Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006) Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010) Hell in a Handbasket (2011) Braver Than We Are (2015)

Live albums	Live at Wembley (1987) Live Around the World (1996) VH1: Storytellers (1999) Bat out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004) 3 Bats Live (2008)

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	Live Hits out of Hell Bad Attitude – Live! Bat out of Hell II: Picture Show VH1: Storytellers To Hell and Back Bat out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 3 Bats Live Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise

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) Mad, Mad World (2012) Last At Bat (2013)

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" "Peace on Earth" "If I Can't Have You" "Stand in the Storm" "All of Me" "The Giving Tree"

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Cher

Albums Singles Filmography Tours Videography Awards

Studio albums	All I Really Want to Do The Sonny Side of Chér Chér With Love, Chér Backstage 3614 Jackson Highway Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves Foxy Lady Bittersweet White Light Half-Breed Dark Lady Stars I'd Rather Believe in You Cherished Take Me Home Prisoner I Paralyze Cher Heart of Stone Love Hurts It's a Man's World Believe not.com.mercial Living Proof Closer to the Truth

Compilations	Golden Greats Superpack Vol. 1 and 2 Greatest Hits Greatest Hits: 1965–1992 If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits The Greatest Hits The Very Best of Cher Gold

Soundtracks	Chastity Mermaids Burlesque

Music video releases	The Video Collection The Very Best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection

Live releases	Extravaganza: Live at the Mirage Live in Concert Live! The Farewell Tour The Farewell Tour Live at the Mirage

Other video releases	CherFitness: A New Attitude CherFitness: Body Confidence

Concert tours	Take Me Home Tour Heart of Stone Tour Love Hurts Tour Do You Believe? Living Proof: The Farewell Tour Dressed to Kill Tour

Residency shows	Cher Show (at Monte Carlo - 79-81) A Celebration at Caesar's Palace - 81-82 Cher at the Colosseum

Motion pictures	Good Times Chastity Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Silkwood Mask Suspect The Witches of Eastwick Moonstruck Mermaids The Player Prêt-à-Porter Faithful If These Walls Could Talk Tea with Mussolini Stuck on You Burlesque Zookeeper

Documentaries	Dear Mom, Love Cher

Television	The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Cher The Sonny and Cher Show Cher... Special The X-Files: The Post-Modern Prometheus Super Bowl XXXIII Will & Grace: Gypsies, Tramps and Weed

Theatrical plays	Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

Books	The Ugly Duckling (audiobook)

Related music	Sonny Bono Sonny & Cher (discography) Gregg Allman "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" "Be My Baby" Two the Hard Way (with Gregg Allman) Black Rose The Beavis and Butt-head Experience The Glory of Gershwin "Love Can Build a Bridge"

Related tours	Two the Hard Way Tour The Black Rose Show

Related soundtracks	Roller Boogie Foxes Chances Are Days of Thunder

Record companies	Warner Bros. WEA Geffen Columbia Casablanca MCA Kapp Atco Imperial

Related articles	Cher as a gay icon Chaz Bono Elijah Blue Allman Mego Sonny & Cher Toys Uninhibited 9: The Last Resort

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Cher singles

1960s	"All I Really Want to Do" "Where Do You Go" "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" "Alfie" "I Feel Something in the Air" "Sunny" "Hey Joe" "You Better Sit Down Kids" "For What It's Worth"

1970s	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" "The Way of Love" "Living in a House Divided" "Don't Hide Your Love" "Am I Blue" "Half-Breed" "Dark Lady" "Train of Thought" "Take Me Home" "Wasn't It Good" "Hell on Wheels"

1980s	"Rudy" "I Paralyze" "I Found Someone" "We All Sleep Alone" "Skin Deep" "Bang Bang" "Main Man" "After All" "If I Could Turn Back Time" "Just Like Jesse James"

1990s	"Heart of Stone" "You Wouldn't Know Love" "Baby I'm Yours" "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" "Love and Understanding" "Save Up All Your Tears" "Love Hurts" "Could've Been You" "When Lovers Become Strangers" "Oh No Not My Baby" "Whenever You're Near" "Many Rivers to Cross" "Walking in Memphis" "One by One" "Not Enough Love in the World" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" "Paradise Is Here" "Believe" "Strong Enough" "All or Nothing" "Dov'è l'amore"

2000s	"The Music's No Good Without You" "Song for the Lonely" "Alive Again" "A Different Kind of Love Song" "When the Money's Gone" "Love One Another"

2010s	"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" "Woman's World" "I Hope You Find It" "Take It Like a Man" "I Walk Alone"

Guest singles	"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Dead Ringer for Love" "I Got You Babe" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "Love Can Build a Bridge" "Più che puoi" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"

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