"Not a Dry Eye in the House" is a song composed and written by Diane Warren, and recorded by

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. The song was released on January 15, 1996, as the second single from the album '' Welcome to the Neighborhood''. It peaked at number seven in the UK, becoming Meat Loaf's last top-10 hit there until "

It's All Coming Back to Me Now "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" is a power ballad written by Jim Steinman. According to Steinman, the song was inspired by ''Wuthering Heights'', and was an attempt to write "the most passionate, romantic song" he could ever create. ''The Sunda ...

" in 2006. It was the last US charting single to be released in Meat Loaf's lifetime before his death in January 2022.

Music video

The video for "Not a Dry Eye in the House" consisted of Meat Loaf overlooking an old theater stage. During the song he remembers the girl of his dreams leaving him (she was an old movie starlet). Aged, he goes back into flashbacks and overlooks the various times she broke his heart and cries out in song. This music video was directed by

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Track listings

US maxi-CD single # "Not a Dry Eye in the House" (Somewhere in Time Edit) – 5:02 # "Let It Be" – 2:26 # "Come Together" – 3:16 # "

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" (Live at the Beacon Theater, New York – October 1995) (feat. Patti Russo) – 7:23 European CD singles In Europe, there were two version released of the single. The first version contained live versions of "Where the Rubber Meets the Road" and "

", while the other had two Beatles' covers, " Let It Be" and "

Come Together "Come Together" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on their 1969 album ''Abbey Road'' and was also released as a single coupled with " Somethi ...

Charts

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Not A Dry Eye In The House 1995 singles 1995 songs MCA Records singles Meat Loaf songs Song recordings produced by Ron Nevison Songs written by Diane Warren Virgin Records singles Music videos directed by Howard Greenhalgh