"Loving You's A Dirty Job But Somebody's Gotta Do It" | ||||
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Single by Bonnie Tyler and Todd Rundgren | ||||
from the album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire | ||||
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Released | November 1985 (Europe) 1986 (US) |
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Format | 7" single, 12" maxi | |||
Genre | Rock, wagnerian rock | |||
Length |
7:48 5:40 (7") 4:57 (US Promo 7") |
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Label | CBS | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jim Steinman | |||
Producer(s) | Jim Steinman | |||
Bonnie Tyler singles chronology | ||||
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"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.
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.
The song was number #82 in U.S Cash Box Top 100.[1]