Read ’em and Weep

~ Video by Meat Loaf

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.3Read ’em and Weep5:38Meat LoafBat Out of Hell (25th anniversary edition)Meat LoafAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)508653 3
2.3Read ’em and Weep5:38Meat LoafBat Out of Hell (remastered special edition)Meat LoafAlbum
Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (2004–2008)88697010122
2.3Read ’em and Weep5:38Meat LoafBat Out of Hell & Hits Out of Hell (special edition)Meat LoafAlbum + Compilation
Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697010122

Relationships

recording of:Read ’em and Weep (Meat Loaf’s original 1981 version)

Read ’em and Weep (Meat Loaf’s original 1981 version)

lyricist and composer:Jim Steinman
publisher:Carlin Music Corporation
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) (in 1981)
Neverland Music Publishing Company (in 1981)
Peg Music Company (in 1981)
later versions:Read ’em and Weep (Barry Manilow’s 1983 version, with altered lyrics in the second verse)