Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)

"Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)" is a song written by Jim Steinman. It was first performed by Pandora's Box on their album Original Sin (1989). Group member Holly Sherwood performed lead vocals.

For the song by Cheap Trick, see The Doctor (Cheap Trick album). For the song by Modern Talking, see In the Garden of Venus.
"Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)"
Single by Pandora's Box
from the album Original Sin
B-side"Requiem Metal"
ReleasedJanuary 1990
Recorded1989
GenrePop
Length6:24 (Main version)
3:38 (7" edit)
LabelVirgin Records
Songwriter(s)Jim Steinman
Producer(s)Jim Steinman
Pandora's Box singles chronology
"It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
(1989)		 "Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)"
(1990)

Like many Jim Steinman song titles, this song's title appears to be derived from a popular expression or figure of speech. "Good girls go to heaven, but bad girls go everywhere" made its way into popular culture through entertainer Mae West and also Helen Gurley Brown, author of the popular book Sex and the Single Girl.

Cover versions of this song have been recorded by Japanese singer Megumi Shiina, and by Meat Loaf for Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell.

Pandora's Box version

The song was released as a 7" single, which also included the instrumental tracks "Requiem Metal" and "Pray Lewd". The 12" single replaced "Pray Lewd" with "Pandora's House - Room By Room".

Video

A video for the Pandora's Box version was directed by Brian Grant. Set in a prison. It shows the arrival of a new inmate called Jenny (the name featured in the first chorus) and her induction. As the song begins, the other inmates dance around her. Holly Sherwood doesn't appear in this video. Instead, a female dancer lip-syncs to her vocals.

Pandora's Box line-up
Arranged by Jim Steinman, Roy Bittan and the band
Backing vocals arranged by Todd Rundgren and Eric Troyer

Meat Loaf version
"Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)"
Single by Meat Loaf
from the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
ReleasedJuly 25, 1994
Recorded1993
GenreHard rock
Length6:53
LabelVirgin Records
Songwriter(s)Jim Steinman
Producer(s)Jim Steinman

The song was recorded by Meat Loaf for Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, which was also produced by Steinman. The album contained two tracks from the album Original Sin, the other being "It Just Won't Quit".

The main guitar melody of this version was reused in the instrumental track on Bat II, Back into Hell. It was also the main melody of Carpe Noctem from the Steinman musical Tanz Der Vampire (which Meat also recorded as Seize the Night on Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose, leaving the melody intact).

Meat Loaf line-up


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