[1] Speaking with Paul Stenning upon the album's release, Meat Loaf explained the background behind the song, saying: "My daughter Pearl was out on tour with Motley Crue and people said to me 'you let your daughter go on tour with Motley Crue!
He explains, "I approached him in my best bad guy movie role after he'd just come off stage.
He decided as a surprise, he called James Michael who was writing already for this record (he'd also worked with Nikki on the last Motley Crue record) and said let's write a song for Pearl and her dad to sing together.
That was Man of Steel and they sent it to me and everybody got really mad at me because I wouldn't listen to it for nine or ten weeks.
I didn’t know what the album was going to be, I was waiting on James Michael to give me the first piece.