Paradise by the Dashboard Light
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| Paradise by the Dashboard Light | |
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| Album: | None |
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| Released: | May 15, 2012 |
| By: | Meatloaf |
| Sung by: | New Directions |
| Solos: | Finn, Rachel, Puck, Kurt, Blaine, Santana, Brittany and Mercedes |
| Place: | 2012 National Show Choir Championships |
| Episode: | Nationals |
Paradise by the Dashboard Light by Meat Loaf is featured in Nationals, the twenty-first episode of Season Three. It is sung by the New Directions. Finn and Rachel sing lead, with solos sung by Puck, Brittany, Blaine, Kurt, Santana and Mercedes as well.
The song was performed after The Troubletones' number The Edge Of Glory and Rachel's solo, It's All Coming Back to Me Now and is the final song in the New Directions 2012 Nationals Championship Setlist.
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Lyrics
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I remember every little thing
As if it happened only yesterday
Parking by the lake
And there was not another car in sight
And I never had a girl
Looking any better than you did
And all the kids at school
They were wishing they were me that night
Puck with New Directions:
And now our bodies are oh so close and tight
It never felt so good, it never felt so right
Kurt (and Blaine in show Version) with New Directions:
And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife
Blaine:
C'mon, hold tight,
C'mon, hold tight
Santana and Brittany with New Directions:
Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night
Blaine and Kurt with New Directions:
I can see paradise by the dashboard light
Finn:
Though it's cold and lonely in the (with New Directions: deep dark)
Finn and Mercedes with New Directions:
Night
Mercedes with New Directions:
In the deep dark night
Finn:
Paradise by the
Finn and Mercedes with New Directions:
Dashboard light
Finn and Puck:
We're gonna go all the way tonight
We're gonna go all the way
And tonight's the night
Finn, Puck and Blaine:
We're gonna go all the way tonight
We're gonna go all the way
And tonight's the night
Finn, Puck, Blaine and Brittany with New Directions:
We're gonna go all the way tonight
We're gonna go all the way
And tonight's the night
Finn, Puck, Blaine, Brittany and Mercedes with New Directions:
We're gonna go all the way tonight
We're gonna go all the way
And tonight's the night
Rachel:
(Mercedes: Night) Stop right there
I gotta know right now
Before we go any further
Do you love me
Will you love me forever
Do you need me
Will you never leave me
Will you make me so happy
For the rest of my life
Will you take me away
And will you make me your wife
Finn:
Let me sleep on it (New Directions: Sleep on it)
Baby, baby let me sleep on it (New Directions: Sleep on it)
Let me sleep on it
And I'll give you an answer in the morning
Rachel:
I gotta know right now
Do you love me (New Directions: Do you, do you love me)
Will you love me forever
Do you need me (New Directions: Do you, do you need me)
Will you never leave me
Will you make me so happy (New Directions: Will you never leave me)
For the rest of my life
Will you take me away (New Directions: Do you, do you, do you)
And will you make me your wife
(With New Directions: Do you love me)
Will you love me forever
Finn with New Directions Boys:
Let me sleep on it
Rachel with New Directions Girls:
Will you love me forever
Finn with New Directions Boys:
Let me sleep on it
Rachel with New Directions Girls:
Will you love me forever
Finn:
I couldn't take it any longer
Lord I was crazed
And when the feeling came upon me
Like a tidal wave
I started swearing to my god
And on my mother's grave
(With New Directions:) That I would love you to the end of time
I swore I would love you to the end of time
Finn with New Directions:
So now I'm praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
'Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don't think that I can really survive
I'll never break my promise or forget my vow
Finn:
But God only knows what I can do right now
Finn with New Directions:
I'm praying for the end of time
It's all that I can do (Mercedes: All that I can do!)
Prayin' for the end of time
So I can end my time with you! (Mercedes: You! Yeah!)
Finn with New Directions (Rachel):
It was long ago and it was far away (It never felt so good, It never felt so right)
And it was so much better than it is today. (And we were glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife)
It was long ago and it was far away (It never felt so good, It never felt so right)
And it was so much better than it is today. (And we were glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife)
It was long ago and it was far away (It never felt so good, It never felt so right)
And it was so much better than it is today. (And we were glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife)
Finn, Rachel and Mercedes with New Directions:
Felt so right!
Felt so good!
Paradise!
Reception
While a number of reviewers, including Chaney and Dodge, questioned the choice of the song for a variety of reasons, they expressed enthusiasm with the final result. Jyll Saskin of MTV called it a "quirky yet catchy song choice" that "was the episode's standout", and both Slezak and Strecker gave it an "A" grade; the latter said it was the "real group number" of the three and added, "The vocals, choreography and energy were all top-notch." Chaney's grade of "A−" came with the declaration that "this may have been Finn at his absolute best" and Futterman said he did "a surprisingly decent Meatloaf"; Futterman added that the "already theatrical song is somehow made better by the show choir arrangement". VanDerWerff described it as "one of the better New Directions group performances". Source
Trivia
- The songs original run time was 9 minutes but Glee cut it down to just under 4 minutes.
- In the setlist of New Directions in Props, This was originally performed by Finn, Rachel, Puck, Artie, Tina, Mike, Santana, Brittany, Sam, Mercedes, Kurt and Blaine with New Directions.
- This is the 400th Musical Number on Glee (including unreleased songs/performances like Chapel of Love, The Music of the Night and so on.)
- They did the complete song in the episode, possibly because it's the 400th performance/musical number in Glee.
- This was the final song that Rachel, Kurt, Finn, Puck, Quinn, Mercedes, Santana and Mike get to perform at a competition in New Directions.
- On the official GleeOnFox website, instead of Paradise By The Dashboard Light, it says "Meatloaf Mashup" despite the fact it wasn't a mashup.
- The first New Directions competition performance that Joe is seen performing in upon entering the club.
- This song was voted the winner of "Best Dancing Performance in a Group Number" at the 2012 Glee Wiki Awards.
Errors
- At the beginning of the song Quinn runs across the stage with the other girls, and 3 seconds later when they show you the girls on the steps Quinn isn't there, you don't see her run off, she just appears later in the song.
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