Annotation
The fingerprints https://acoustid.org/e9996b4c-0668-4452-96f9-47f12442d5aa and https://acoustid.org/eda2d3c2-35b4-42f2-9154-2ddf85dd232d are audibly the same recording.
Annotation last modified on 2022-03-24 16:22 UTC.
Appears on releases
# | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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1.7 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf | Dead Ringer | Meat Loaf | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 83645 |
1.7 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | Dead Ringer | Meat Loaf | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 32692 |
1.5 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Hits Out of Hell | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 450447 2 |
1.3 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Hits Out of Hell | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 57615 |
1.5 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Hits Out of Hell | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 450447 2 |
1.5 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Hits Out of Hell (DADC Austria / CDEPC-26156 22) | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation | Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 450447 2 | |
1.7 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | Dead Ringer | Meat Loaf | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | CDEPC 83645 |
1.4 | Dead Ringer for Love | ?:?? | Meatloaf | The History of Rock: Volume Thirty Seven | Meatloaf / Judas Priest / Saxon / Motorhead | Album + Compilation |
| Orbis (British subsidiary publishing house of De Agostini Group) | HRL 037 |
1.10 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf | 25 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1982: 20 of the Year’s Greatest Tracks | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Connoisseur Collection | YRNR CD82 |
1.8 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Anthology | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| CBS Special Products | LSP 980693 2 |
1.7 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | Soft Metal: It Ain't Heavy... | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stylus Music | SMR 862 |
1.7 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | Soft Metal: It Ain't Heavy... | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stylus Music | SMC 862 |
1.7 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | Soft Metal: It Ain’t Heavy… (special platinum edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stylus Music | SMD 862 |
1.7 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | Soft Metal: It Ain’t Heavy… | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stylus Music | SMD 862 |
1.1 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:27 | Meat Loaf | Heaven and Hell | Meat Loaf & Bonnie Tyler | Album + Compilation |
| Concept Records (Australia) | CC0215CD |
1.1 | Dead Ringer for Love (Rock 'n Roll and Brew) | 4:26 | Meatloaf | Heaven and Hell | Bonnie + Meatloaf | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2361 |
1.6 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf | Rock of America | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Trax Music | MODCD 1036 |
1.7 | Deadringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf | Rock of America | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Trax Music | MODCD 1036 |
1.9 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Leather & Lace | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DIN TV 9 |
1.9 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Leather & Lace | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DIN MC 9 |
1.9 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Leather & Lace | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DIN CD 9 |
1.8 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:24 | Meat Loaf | Bat out of Hell (re‐vamped) | Meat Loaf | Album |
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1.8 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:24 | Meat Loaf | Bat Out of Hell: Re-Vamped | Meat Loaf | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | CDX 82419 |
1.4 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:24 | Meatloaf | The Rock and Roll Decades: The Eighties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony (logo contains only the SONY® wordmark! do not use if there is a more specific label) | CSP 982 631-2 |
2.2 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:26 | Meat Loaf | The Rock Collection: Rock Heroes | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 527/03 |
1.4 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf | The Very Best Of | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 5320 61 |
1.13 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:24 | Meat Loaf & Cher | Cher’s Greatest Hits, 1965–1992 | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | GED24439 |
2.2 | Dead Ringer for Love | ?:?? | Meatloaf Gang | Breakaway | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Teledisc | TelCD 54 |
1.13 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:24 | Cher with Meat Loaf | Cher’s Greatest Hits: 1965-1992 | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | GED-24439 |
1.3 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf | Rock Power | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Stardust (subsidiary of Wisepack Ltd.) | STACD 019 |
1.5 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Back From Hell! The Very Best of Meat Loaf | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 475652 2 |
1.9 | Dead Ringer for Love (Rock 'n Roll and Brew) | 4:23 | Meat Loaf feat. Cher | Heaven & Hell | Meat Loaf & Bonnie Tyler | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 473666 2 |
1.3 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Hits Out of Hell | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 4755632 |
1.9 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | Meat Loaf and Friends | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 4724192 |
1.3 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf | Paradise by the Dashboard Light | Meat Loaf | Single |
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1.6 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | Rock Romance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | ARC3100032 |
2.14 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | The Chart Show: Ultimate Rock Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Hit Label | AHLCD9 |
1.2 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf | Twelve Inch Mixes | Meat Loaf | EP + Remix |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 450131 2 |
1.9 | Dead Ringer For Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf, Cher | Best Of - Heaven & Hell | Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC4779502 |
1.8 | Dead Ringer For Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf | The Best Of Nice Price Vol 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 477938 2 |
1.7 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | The Best 80’s Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 68 |
1.6 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:27 | Meat Loaf | Definitive Collection | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 480567 9 |
1.6 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:27 | Meat Loaf | Definitive Collection | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 480567 2 |
1.16 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | Driving Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD03 |
2.1 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf feat. Cher | Top Gear 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | MOOD CD 41 |
4.13 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf | Back to the 80’s: De Hits uit de Jaren ’80, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 486718-2 |
2.1 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf | Classic Rock: We Will Rock You | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 559/02 |
2.1 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Living in America: American Superstars | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 007 04 22 |
1.9 | Dead Ringer for Love (Rock 'n Roll and Brew) | 4:23 | Meat Loaf feat. Cher | Heaven and Hell | Bonnie & Meatloaf | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDCOL5254 |
1.5 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Hits Out of Hell | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | CDEPC 5252 H |
2.6 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:20 | Meat Loaf | The Very Best of Meat Loaf | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | CDV2868 |
2.6 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf | The Very Best of Meat Loaf | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 594 9272, 7243 5 94927 2 8, 7243 594927 2 8 |
2.6 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf | The Very Best of Meat Loaf | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | E2K 69335 |
1.5 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Hits Out of Hell | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 4504479 |
1.1 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:24 | Meat Loaf | Pure Rock 1981 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SR International | 33 911 9 |
2.6 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf | The Very Best of Meat Loaf | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | CDEPC5668J |
2.6 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf | The Very Best of Meat Loaf | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 724384691820 |
1.2 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf | The Very Best of Meat Loaf | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 594927 2 8 |
3.5 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf | The Best Singles of All Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Startel Entertainment | SAN0028, SANCD0028A |
2.6 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf | The Very Best of Meat Loaf | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
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2.6 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf | The Very Best of Meat Loaf | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| VJCP-36080-81 | |
2.1 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf | Classic Rock: We Will Rock You | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 559/02 |
1.10 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf & Cher | Bat out of Hell | Meat Loaf | Album |
| Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697995612 |
1.15 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | Absolute Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records) | ACCD 3001 |
1.8 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf feat. Cher | Millennium Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited), Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | 585 642-2 |
1.10 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Bat out of Hell | Meat Loaf | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 499944 2 |
1.7 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | Dead Ringer | Meat Loaf | Album |
| Cleveland International Records, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 500578 2 |
1.21 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf & Cher | Essential Collection | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | 314 585 499 2 |
2.13 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf feat. Cher | Typisch tachtig | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 5049892 |
2.2 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:24 | Meat Loaf | School Disco.com: Spring Term | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 506297 2 |
1.4 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf | Air Guitar Heaven | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 605356 2 |
6.13 | Dead Ringer for Love (feat. Cher) | 4:24 | Meat Loaf | 100% Rock, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | SSP 987962 2 |
1.14 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf | Absolute Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records ANS (Norway) | EVACD 158 |
1.10 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf & Cher | Bat out of Hell (25th Anniversary Edition) | Meat Loaf | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 508653 3 |
1.1 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:24 | Meat Loaf | Meat Loaf and Friends | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 506079 2 |
1.5 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | Two Out of Three Ain't Bad | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| A 58144 | |
1.10 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf & Cher | Bat out of Hell | Meat Loaf | Album |
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1.2 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:24 | Meat Loaf | Fallen Angel | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 511307 2 |
2.11 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf feat. Cher | The Very Best of Drive Time: 40 Driving Classics and Feel Good Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), BMG UK & Ireland, Telstar TV | TTVCD3336 |
2.22 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf & Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 25646 0864 2 |
1.5 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:24 | Meat Loaf | Hot City Nights | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | STVCD167 |
1.2 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf | The Very Best of Meat Loaf | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 513743 2 |
1.15 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Cher feat. Meat Loaf | The Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
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1.8 | Deadringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | The Collection | Meat Loaf and Friends | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 4724195 |
2.22 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf & Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | WTVD 60864 |
2.22 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf & Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| 25646 0864 2 | |
2.22 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf & Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records, MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across), Warner Strategic Marketing | 25646 0864 5 |
2.22 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf feat. Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 2564608465 |
2.22 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf & Cher | The Very Best of Cher | Cher | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing, Geffen Records, MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 2564 60864-5 |
2.8 | Dead Ringer for Love (album version) | 4:24 | Meat Loaf with Cher | Ultimate 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG TV | 82876649832 |
1.9 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf & Cher | Heaven & Hell | Meat Loaf & Bonnie Tyler | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
2.6 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf | Soft Rock Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV | MOODCD91 |
1.17 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:21 | Meat Loaf & Cher | Blandat & Klart | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
2.13 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:22 | Meat Loaf | Good Times No.1 Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 986884 2 |
Promotion | |||||||||
1.1 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:26 | Meat Loaf | Rock Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Mail on Sunday (newspaper) | MOS020 |
1.7 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf & Cher | Duets, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| peoplesound, Sunday Express (UK newspaper) | PSCD0136 |
1.1 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:26 | Meat Loaf | Rock Anthems (Alternate disc 1) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Mail on Sunday (newspaper) | MOS020, MOS020-A2, MOS020-B2 |
1.1 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:23 | Meat Loaf (with Cher) | Legends of Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| News of the World (UK newspaper), Spin Music | SM/NOTW010GB |
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2.1 | Dead Ringer for Love | ?:?? | Meat Loaf | Top Gear 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | MOOD C 41 |
1.4 | Dead Ringer for Love | 4:25 | Meat Loaf | Greatest Music Gallery | Meat Loaf | Album + Compilation |
| Lighthouse (Russian bootleg label) | 8 290099 |
Relationships
bass guitar: | Steve Buslowe |
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drums (drum set): | Liberty DeVitto (US drummer) |
guitar [guitars]: | Davey Johnstone |
horn: | Alan Rubin Lou Delgatto Lou Marani Tom Malone (US trombonist) |
percussion: | Jimmy Maelen (Percussion) |
piano: | Roy Bittan |
slit drum [African logs]: | Neleam Ymmij |
background vocals: | Allan Nicholls (Canadian musician) Rhonda Coullet Rory Dodd Ted Neeley Eric Troyer |
vocals: | Cher Meat Loaf |
performer: | Cher |
phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1981) |
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recording of: | Dead Ringer for Love |
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Related works
Dead Ringer for Love
lyricist and composer: | Jim Steinman |
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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) |
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