I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us

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"I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us"
Single by Meat Loaf
from the album Dead Ringer
ReleasedSeptember 4, 1981 [1]
Genre Rock
Length7:09
4:29 (single edit)
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Jim Steinman
Meat Loaf singles chronology
"Dead Ringer for Love"
(1981)
"I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us"
(1981)
"Read 'Em and Weep"
(1981)
Music video
Video on YouTube

"I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us" is a song by Meat Loaf released in 1981. It was released as the lead single from the album Dead Ringer .

Contents

Record World said that "Meat comes roaring to the rescue of a mistreated woman." [2]

Track listing

  1. "I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us"
  2. "Everything Is Permitted"

Charts

ChartPosition
Billboard Hot 100 84
UK Singles Chart 62
New Zealand40

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References

  1. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 28.
  2. "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. September 5, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-01.