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Modern Girl (song)
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"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.
, 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.
" 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.
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
written by Paul Jacobs
Paul Jacobs (musician)
Paul Ross Jacobs is an American Emmy award winning composer and musician.-Biography:Jacobs was born in New York City. He attended the Juilliard School and as a child, played at Carnegie Hall, on television and for Radio Free Europe. After watching The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, he started...
and Sarah Durkee
Sarah Durkee
Sarah Durkee is a singer-songwriter, a television lyricist and screenwriter, and an author and humorist.Durkee and her husband Paul Jacobs are the creators of the theme song for the popular PBS literacy education series, Between the Lions, and have also written many other musical numbers for the...
, first performed by Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...
. It was also the first single from his 1984 Bad Attitude
Bad Attitude (album)
- US version :* Mo Foster — bass * Paul Jacobs — piano, keyboards, backing vocals* Steve Rance — Fairlight programming* Ronnie Asprey — saxophone * Wells Kelly — drums, percussion, backing vocals* Curt Cress — drums...
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.
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 JacobsPaul Jacobs (musician)Paul Ross Jacobs is an American Emmy award winning composer and musician.-Biography:Jacobs was born in New York City. He attended the Juilliard School and as a child, played at Carnegie Hall, on television and for Radio Free Europe. After watching The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, he started...
/ Sarah DurkeeSarah DurkeeSarah Durkee is a singer-songwriter, a television lyricist and screenwriter, and an author and humorist.Durkee and her husband Paul Jacobs are the creators of the theme song for the popular PBS literacy education series, Between the Lions, and have also written many other musical numbers for the...
) - "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)
Music video
During the music video, directed by Brian GrantBrian Grant (director)
Brian Grant is a British television director and producer, famed for directing episodes of British television series including As If, Hex, Doctor Who, Party Animals, Sinchronicity, Britannia High, Highlander, Queen of Swords, Clocking Off...
, 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 LoafThe Very Best of Meat Loaf
The Very Best of Meat Loaf is a 1998 album spanning the first 21 years of Meat Loaf's recording career. Although not reaching the top ten in the UK, it recently went platinum, and was already platinum around the rest of the world just after its release...
" 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!
Bad Attitude - Live!
Bad Attitude - Live! is a live video recording of Meat Loaf. It was recorded on the UK leg of the 1985 Bad Attitude tour.-Set list:#"Bad Attitude" — 5:25 #"Dead Ringer for Love" — 6:43...
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.