Format 7" single, 12" maxi Label CBS | Genre Rock, wagnerian rock | |
B-side "Under Suspicion""It's a Jungle Out There" Released November 1985 (Europe)1986 (US) Length 7:485:40 (7")4:57 (US Promo 7") | ||
"Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" is a song performed by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler and American singer Todd Rundgren, taken from Tylers's fourth studio album, Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986). Written and produced by Jim Steinman, the track was released as the second single from the album in 1985.
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Artwork for the single features cover paintings by the British artist and designer Edward Burne-Jones. 12" editions feature the cover painting The Beguiling of Merlin while 7" editions feature Phyllis and Demophoon. Some territories feature a photograph of Tyler. The music video features Welsh actor Hywel Bennett miming Rundgren's lines.
The song has been re-recorded by Meat Loaf on his 2016 album Braver Than We Are, as a duet with Stacy Michelle.
Track listings
- "Loving You's a Dirty Job But Somebody's Gotta Do It" (Jim Steinman) — 5:40
- "Under Suspicion" (B. Tyler, P. Hopkins, P. Oxendale) — 4:24
- "Loving You's a Dirty Job But Somebody's Gotta Do It" (long version) (Jim Steinman) — 7:48
- "Under Suspicion" (B. Tyler, P. Hopkins, P. Oxendale) — 4:24
- "It's a Jungle Out There" (Dennis Polen, Paul Pilger, William Moloney) — 3:57
Charts
The song was number #82 in U.S Cash Box Top 100.[1]