Not a Dry Eye in the House

{{Short description|1995 single by Meat Loaf}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Not a Dry Eye in the House

| cover = Nadiith.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Meat Loaf

| album = Welcome to the Neighborhood

| B-side = "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" (live)

| released = {{start date|1996|1|15}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Soft rock{{cite web | url=https://spectrumculture.com/2019/03/11/revisit-meat-loaf-bat-out-of-hell-ii-back-into-hell-welcome-to-the-neighborhood/ | title=Revisit: Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell/Welcome to the Neighborhood | date=March 12, 2019 }}

| length = 5:54

| label =

| writer = Diane Warren

| producer = Ron Nevison

| prev_title = I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Runnin' for the Red Light (I Gotta Life)

| next_year = 1996

}}

"Not a Dry Eye in the House" is a song composed and written by Diane Warren, and recorded by Meat Loaf. 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" in 2006. It was the last US charting single to be released in Meat Loaf's lifetime before his death in January 2022.{{Cite web|title=Meat Loaf, 'Bat Out of Hell' singer, has died at 74|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/entertainment/meat-loaf-obit/index.html|access-date=January 22, 2022|website=CNN|date=January 21, 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 Howard Greenhalgh.

Track listings

US maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Not a Dry Eye in the House|others=Meat Loaf|date=1996|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=MCA Records|id=MCADM-55177}}

  1. "Not a Dry Eye in the House" (Somewhere in Time edit) – 5:02
  2. "Let It Be" – 2:26
  3. "Come Together" – 3:16
  4. "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" (Live at the Beacon Theater, New York – October 1995) (feat. Patti Russo) – 7:23

UK CD singles

In the United Kingdom, there were two version released of the single. The first version contains live versions of "Where the Rubber Meets the Road" and "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)", while the other has two Beatles' covers, "Let It Be" and "Come Together".

Charts

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!Chart (1996)

!Peak
position

scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url= https://imgur.com/a/zsUy9FB | title= Meat LoafARIA Chart history (1988-2024)|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=July 28, 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

| 111

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|80|chartid=2898|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-02-17.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=7|page=17|date=February 17, 1996|access-date=June 30, 2020}}

|37

{{single chart|Germany|93|artist=Meat Loaf|song=Not a Dry Eye in the House|songid=20236|rowheader=true|access-date=March 10, 2018}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|23|song=Not a Dry Eye in the House|rowheader=true|access-date=August 13, 2019}}
{{single chart|Scotland|9|date=19960203|rowheader=true|access-date=March 10, 2018}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|7|artist=Meat Loaf|artistid=20647|rowheader=true|access-date=November 17, 2020|refname="uk"}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|82|artist=Meat Loaf|rowheader=true|access-date=March 10, 2018}}

Release history

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!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|January 15, 1996

|{{hlist|CD1|cassette}}

|Virgin

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-01-13.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=January 13, 1996|access-date=June 29, 2021}}

scope="row"|United States

|January 16, 1996

|Contemporary hit radio

|MCA

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1996/R&R-1996-01-12.pdf|title=Selected New Releases|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1128|page=26|date=January 12, 1996|access-date=August 12, 2021}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|January 22, 1996

|CD2

|Virgin

|{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=January 20, 1996}}

References