{"id":1465,"date":"2026-04-28T14:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=1465"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:59:18","slug":"meat-loaf-tried-to-sue-to-record-this-song-and-he-eventually-released-his-own-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/meat-loaf-tried-to-sue-to-record-this-song-and-he-eventually-released-his-own-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Meat Loaf Tried To Sue To Record This Song (And He Eventually Released His Own Version)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When songwriter Jim Steinman was inspired by the novel Wuthering Heights<\/em><\/a>, he set out to write “the most passionate, romantic song” he possibly could in 1986. The result was the power ballad “It’s All Coming Back To Me Now”<\/a>. And longtime collaborator Meat Loaf<\/a> desperately wanted it for himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s All Coming Back To Me Now” was first recorded by Pandora’s Box, a girl group Steinman had put together, for their concept album Original Sin<\/em>. But the most famous version was done by C\u00e9line Dion. She fell in love with the song a decade later and included it on her 1996 album Falling Into You<\/em>. The song was a huge worldwide hit for her. Dion made a big, cinematic video to go along with it, rumored to be one of the most expensive made at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Meat Loaf wasn’t happy. He’d wanted to record “It’s All Coming Back To Me Now” for Bat Out Of Hell III<\/em>. He claimed Steinman had originally promised the song to him. But Steinman insisted the song was best suited for a woman to sing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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