High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are" is a song composed and written by Jim Steinman, and recorded by Meat Loaf. The song was released in 1994 as the third single from the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell and it reached #38 on US`s Billboard Hot 100, and #26 in the UK Top 40. With its chart success, this song became the hit with the longest un-bracketed title until Panic! at the Disco`s "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off". The title is derived from the safety warning on car side mirrors in the US, "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear".