Bad For Good - Legacy

Legacy

Many of the tracks, or elements thereof, on Bad for Good have been recorded by other artists, including projects that Steinman has been involved in. He produced Barbra Streisand recording "Left in the Dark" for her album Emotion, with the single, reaching #4 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1984. Her version changes a few lines, with her version changing "so take off your dress" to "as I watch you undress", to fit the song being sung from a female point of view.

The intro to "Stark Raving Love" was used for "Holding Out for a Hero", a 1984 hit for Bonnie Tyler. He used excerpts from "The Storm" for "Opening of the Box" on the Pandora's Box album Original Sin, and in the "Ouverture" for the musical Tanz der Vampire.

Meat Loaf has recorded most of Bad for Good:

• "Surf's Up" appears on his 1984 album Bad Attitude;
• "Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through," "Out of the Frying Pan (And Into the Fire)," "Love And Death and an American Guitar" (which was renamed to "Wasted Youth," and still performed by Steinman), and "Lost Boys and Golden Girls" appear on Bat out of Hell II: Back Into Hell. These were the only covers of Meat's from "Bad for Good" that were produced by Steinman;
• "Left in the Dark" appears on 1995's Welcome to the Neighborhood (Meat uses the last line of Steinman's spoken word opening to the song, "Who made the very first move" to end his version).;
• "Bad for Good" on Bat out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose, with guest performer Brian May on guitar. In a documentary promoting the 2006 album, Meat Loaf acknowledged that there is a "core of fans that know that song," so he "had that under the microscope more than any other on the album." An excerpt of "The Storm" is used as intro to "Seize the Night" on Bat III.