Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back

"Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back"
Promotional single by Meat Loaf
from the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
Released	October 25, 1993
Length	7:59
Label	Virgin
Songwriter	Jim Steinman
Producer	Jim Steinman
Meat Loaf singles chronology
"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" (1993) "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" (1993) "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" (1994)

"Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" is a radio single by Meat Loaf released in October 1993. It was the second single from the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell and charted on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart at number 17.

Critical reception

AllMusic called the song "a stomping rocker that wraps serious feelings in a cryptically witty metaphor". ^[1]

Track listing

1. "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" (7:59)
2. "Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)" (6:50)

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [2]	17

References

1. Guarisco, Donald A. "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back Review by Donald A. Guarisco". AllMusic . NETAKTION LLC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
2. "Meat Loaf Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 June 2019.