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The phrase that inspired the song's title, 'bat out of hell,' can be traced back to the Greek playwright Aristophanes' 414 BC work entitled The Birds. It features a boy who is riding so fast and ecstatically that he is unable to see an obstruction until it is 'way too late'. It is the result of Steinman's desire to write the 'most extreme crash song of all time'. The album opens with its title track, ' Bat Out of Hell', taken from Steinman's Neverland musical. According to manager David Sonenberg, 'Jim would always come up with these great titles and then he would write a song that would try to justify the greatness of the title.'

Todd Rundgren acknowledges that Steinman was highly influenced by the 'rural urban teenage angst' of Bruce Springsteen. Steinman says that he finds that 'puzzling, musically', although they share influences 'Springsteen was more an inspiration than an influence.' A BBC article added, 'That Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan from Springsteen's E Street Band played on the album only helped reinforce the comparison.' The three songs were ' Bat Out of Hell', ' Heaven Can Wait' and 'The Formation of the Pack', which was retitled ' All Revved Up With No Place to Go'.Д«at Out of Hell is often compared to the music of Bruce Springsteen, particularly the Born to Run album. Steinman and Meat Loaf, who were touring with the National Lampoon show, felt that three songs were 'exceptional' and Steinman began to develop them as part of a seven-song set they wanted to record as an album.

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The album developed from a musical, Neverland, a sci-fi update of Peter Pan, which Steinman wrote for a workshop performed at the Kennedy Centre in 1977. Its musical style is influenced by Steinman's appreciation of Richard Wagner, Phil Spector and Bruce Springsteen. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it at number 343 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. This makes it one of the top-ten worldwide best-selling albums of all time, continuing to sell approximately 200,000 per year. In 2007, Steve Popovich estimated total record sales at around 43 million copies. Bat Out of Hell is the 1977 smash hit album created by songwriter Jim Steinman, singer Meat Loaf, and producer Todd Rundgren.

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