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"Modern Girl" 
Single by Meat Loaf from the album Bad Attitude Released 1984 Genre Rock Length 4:27 Writer(s) Paul Jacobs / Sarah Durkee Meat Loaf singles chronology "If You Really Want To"
(1983)"Modern Girl"
(1984)"Nowhere Fast"
(1984)"Modern Girl" is a song written by Paul Jacobs and Sarah Durkee, first performed by Meat Loaf. It was also the first single from his 1984 Bad Attitude album, resulting in one of his few hits during the 1980s. The single peaked at number 16 in Ireland and number 17 in the UK.
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Different formats
The "Modern Girl" single was released in several versions: the regular 12- and 7-inch singles, a 12" picture disk and a 7" shaped picture disc. All versions contained "Modern Girl" and "Take a Number", a non-album B-side. In the United States, the song was released as "(Give Me the Future with a) Modern Girl" with the album cut "Sailor To a Siren" as B-side.
12" maxi single and picture disc
- "Modern Girl" (extended version / freeway mix) — 5:54 (Paul Jacobs / Sarah Durkee)
- "Take a Number" (extended version) — 5:28 (Jacobs / Durkee)
7" single and shaped picture disc
- "Modern Girl" — 4:27 (Jacobs / Durkee)
- "Take a Number" — 3:27 (Jacobs / Durkee)
US 7" single
- "(Give Me the Future with A) Modern Girl" (single version) — 3:56 (Jacobs / Durkee)
- "Sailor to a Siren" — 5:09 (Jacobs / Durkee)
Other versions
Music video
During the music video, directed by Brian Grant,[1] Meat Loaf is sporting a leather jacket and walks by various scenes dealing with 'modern' women. It starts out with a "Miss America" and "Mr. Right" who are newfound parents. Then it gets into a biker-type charade and leads into the big gospel-type chorus near the end. It fades towards the end, which in the cut of the audio version, it doesn't fade-out.
Live performances
Meat Loaf has performed "Modern Girl" many times during the '80s as a regular on his set list. It made a comeback during the "The Very Best of Meat Loaf" and "Storytellers" tours in the late 1990s.
Live versions of the song can be found on the Live at Wembley album and the Bad Attitude - Live! video.
On the live version from the Live at Wembley album, Meat Loaf does not sing the "Gimme the future" part of the chorus, as he left it to the backing vocalists. He used similar arrangements for "Blind Before I Stop" on the same album.
References
- ^ "Brian Grant Videography - Music Video Database - The Base of Music Videos". Onlinemusikvideos.com. 2006-10-16. http://onlinemusikvideos.com/director/brian%20grant. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
Meat Loaf Studio albums Stoney & Meatloaf (1971) • Bat Out of Hell (1977) • Dead Ringer (1981) • Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983) • Bad Attitude (1984) • Blind Before I Stop (1986) • Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1993) • Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995) • Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003) • Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006) • Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010) • Hell in a Handbasket (2011)Live albums Live at Wembley (1987) • Live Around the World (1996) • VH1: Storytellers (1999) • Bat out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004) • 3 Bats Live (2008)Compilations Hits out of Hell (1984) • The Big Ones (1984) • Heaven & Hell (1989) • Paradise By The Dashboardlight (The Very Best of) (1991) • Back From Hell! The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1993) • Back From Hell Again! - The Very Best of Meat Loaf Vol. 2 (1994) • Alive In Hell (1994) • Heaven Can Wait – The Best Ballads of Meat Loaf Vol. 1 (1996) • The Very Best of Meat Loaf (1998) • Piece of the Action: The Best of Meat Loaf (2009)Videography Live • Hits out of Hell • Bad Attitude - Live! • Bat out of Hell II: Picture Show • VH1: Storytellers • To Hell and Back • Bat out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra • 3 Bats Live • Meat Loaf: In Search of ParadiseTours Bat Out of Hell (1977-78) • Dead Ringer (1981) • Meat Loaf & The Neverland Express Euro '82 (1982) • World Tour / Monsters of Rock (1983) • Bad Attitude (1984-85) • 20/20 (1986-87) • Lost Boys & Golden Girls / Bat Out of Hell 10th Anniversary (1988-89) • Everything Louder (1993-95) • Born to Rock (1996) • The Very Best of... (1999) • Storytellers (1999-2000) • Night of the Proms (2001) • Just Having Fun... (2002) • Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003-04) • The Hair of the Dog (2005) • Seize the Night / The Three Bats (2006-07) • Casa de Carne (2008) • Hang Cool (2010-11) • Guilty Pleasure (2011-12)Singles "What You See is What You Get" • "It Takes All Kinds of People" • "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" • "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (w/ Ellen Foley) • "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" • "All Revved Up with No Place to Go" • "Bat Out of Hell" • "I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us" • "Dead Ringer for Love" (w/ Cher) • "Read 'Em and Weep" • "Peel Out" • "In Europe '82 (4 Track EP)" • "If You Really Want To" • "Razor's Edge" • "Midnight at the Lost and Found" • "Modern Girl" • "Nowhere Fast" • "Surf's Up" • "Sailor to a Siren" • "Piece of the Action" • "Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries" (w/ John Parr) • "Getting Away with Murder" • "Blind Before I Stop" • "Special Girl" • "A Time for Heroes" (w/ Brian May) • "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" (w/ Lorraine Crosby) • "Life Is a Lemon and I Want My Money Back" • "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" • "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are" • "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" (w/ Patti Russo) • "Not a Dry Eye in the House" • "Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)" • "A Kiss Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" (w/ Bonnie Tyler) • "No Matter What" • "Is Nothing Sacred" (w/ Patti Russo) • "Did I Say That?" • "Couldn't Have Said It Better" (w/ Patti Russo) • "Man of Steel" • "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (w/ Marion Raven) • "Blind As a Bat" • "Cry Over Me" • "Los Angeloser" • "If I Can't Have You" • "All of Me"Related articles Discography • Neverland Express • Stoney & Meatloaf • Jim Steinman • Patti Russo • Shaun Murphy • Amanda Aday • Pearl Aday • The Seize the Night Tour • The Casa de Carne Tour • The Hang Cool Tour • The Celebrity Apprentice 4Categories:- 1984 singles
- Meat Loaf songs
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