Bat Out Of Hell

"Bat Out of Hell" is a song written by Jim Steinman, for the 1977 album Bat out of Hell and performed by Meatloaf. It was released as a single in 1979, and again in 1993.

Like most songs on the album, the song was written about Peter Pan and the Neverland story. Steinman had intended for the song to appear on "a rock 'n roll sci-fi version of Peter Pan".

The song was also inspired by teenage tragedy songs such as "Leader of the Pack", "Terry" and "Tell Laura I Love Her", the latter being the first single Jim Steinman had ever bought. Steinman wanted to write the "most extreme crash song of all time".

The score has percussion lines for Drums, Timpani, percussion 1 (xylophone, glock and Tub Bells) and percussion 2 (Tub Bells and Tambourine)