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paragraph_text: 1980s and 1990s
  
  Derringer played guitar on "My Rival" from Steely Dan's Gaucho (1980) and contributed to Fagen's first solo album, The Nightfly (1982). In 1983, he played guitar on two hit power ballads written and produced by Jim Steinman: Air Supply 's " Making Love Out of Nothing at All " and Bonnie Tyler 's " Total Eclipse of the Heart ". Derringer said his guitar solo in "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" was his favorite of all the solos he had recorded. That same year, he recorded guitar parts for Meat Loaf 's poorly received album Midnight at the Lost and Found. Both "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" were originally offered to Meat Loaf by Steinman for that album, but Meat Loaf's record company refused to pay Steinman for the compositions.
  
  In 1983, Derringer wrote "Shake Me" for his Good Dirty Fun solo album, accompanied by a video produced by Jake Hooker, the husband of Lorna Luft. Singer Lourett Russell Grant appeared in the video alongside Derringer. In 1984, Derringer played guitar on Barbra Streisand 's cover of Steinman's " Left in the Dark ", released as the lead single from her album Emotion. In 1985, Derringer's friendship with Cyndi Lauper led him and Steinman to collaborate again, with Derringer producing The Wrestling Album (1985) for the World Wrestling Federation, consisting mostly of wrestlers' theme songs. He wrote several songs for the album, including "Real American", co-written with Bernard Kenny. The song was originally used as the theme song for U.S. Express (Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda), but became Hulk Hogan 's theme song after Windham left the World Wrestling Federation in 1985. The song was used by US President Barack Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner, where he played it while unveiling his birth certificate. It was used as a campaign song by Hillary Clinton, as a victory song by Newt Gingrich, and in four videos during the campaign of Donald Trump.
  
  In 1986, Derringer worked with Meat Loaf again on Blind Before I Stop, co-writing the song "Masculine". He played guitar on two songs on Cyndi Lauper 's album True Colors, "Calm Inside the Storm" and "The Faraway Nearby". From 1986 to 1992, he served as a guitarist on Lauper's tours and commented that Lauper was "better live" than Barbra Streisand. He played with Lauper again on her third album, A Night to Remember, which was released in 1989.
  
  In 1987, Meat Loaf appeared on Way Off Broadway, a nationally distributed cable TV show with Derringer as the music director. The show was hosted by Joy Behar. Other guests on the show included Larry Carlton, Robbie Dupree, and Edgar Winter. Derringer returned to the World Wrestling Federation in 1987 to produce a second music album, Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II. He co-wrote the theme song for Demolition and recorded a new version of "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" as a duet with Gene Okerlund.
  
  In the 1980s, he produced the Kodomo Band and toured in Asia, including with Edgar Winter, during the 1990 White Light tour, and worked for several New York City-based jingle houses. Derringer produced "Weird Al" Yankovic 's debut album, "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983). Between 1983 and 1989, he produced six Yankovic albums, for which he received his only Grammy Award. Yankovic expressed openness to the idea of working with Derringer again.
  
  In 1997, Derringer became an Evangelical Christian. Thereafter, he consistently aligned himself with conservative causes in the United States. He described himself as a " Jesus freak " and recorded albums of Christian songs with his third wife, Jenda.
  
  Derringer played guitar on "My Rival" from Steely Dan's Gaucho (1980) and contributed to Fagen's first solo album, The Nightfly (1982). In 1983, he played guitar on two hit power ballads written and produced by Jim Steinman: Air Supply 's " Making Love Out of Nothing at All " and Bonnie Tyler 's " Total Eclipse of the Heart ". Derringer said his guitar solo in "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" was his favorite of all the solos he had recorded. That same year, he recorded guitar parts for Meat Loaf 's poorly received album Midnight at the Lost and Found. Both "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" were originally offered to Meat Loaf by Steinman for that album, but Meat Loaf's record company refused to pay Steinman for the compositions.
  
  In 1983, Derringer wrote "Shake Me" for his Good Dirty Fun solo album, accompanied by a video produced by Jake Hooker, the husband of Lorna Luft. Singer Lourett Russell Grant appeared in the video alongside Derringer. In 1984, Derringer played guitar on Barbra Streisand 's cover of Steinman's " Left in the Dark ", released as the lead single from her album Emotion. In 1985, Derringer's friendship with Cyndi Lauper led him and Steinman to collaborate again, with Derringer producing The Wrestling Album (1985) for the World Wrestling Federation, consisting mostly of wrestlers' theme songs. He wrote several songs for the album, including "Real American", co-written with Bernard Kenny. The song was originally used as the theme song for U.S. Express (Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda), but became Hulk Hogan 's theme song after Windham left the World Wrestling Federation in 1985. The song was used by US President Barack Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner, where he played it while unveiling his birth certificate. It was used as a campaign song by Hillary Clinton, as a victory song by Newt Gingrich, and in four videos during the campaign of Donald Trump.
  
  In 1986, Derringer worked with Meat Loaf again on Blind Before I Stop, co-writing the song "Masculine". He played guitar on two songs on Cyndi Lauper 's album True Colors, "Calm Inside the Storm" and "The Faraway Nearby". From 1986 to 1992, he served as a guitarist on Lauper's tours and commented that Lauper was "better live" than Barbra Streisand. He played with Lauper again on her third album, A Night to Remember, which was released in 1989.
  
  In 1987, Meat Loaf appeared on Way Off Broadway, a nationally distributed cable TV show with Derringer as the music director. The show was hosted by Joy Behar. Other guests on the show included Larry Carlton, Robbie Dupree, and Edgar Winter. Derringer returned to the World Wrestling Federation in 1987 to produce a second music album, Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II. He co-wrote the theme song for Demolition and recorded a new version of "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" as a duet with Gene Okerlund.
  
  In the 1980s, he produced the Kodomo Band and toured in Asia, including with Edgar Winter, during the 1990 White Light tour, and worked for several New York City-based jingle houses. Derringer produced "Weird Al" Yankovic 's debut album, "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983). Between 1983 and 1989, he produced six Yankovic albums, for which he received his only Grammy Award. Yankovic expressed openness to the idea of working with Derringer again.
  
  In 1997, Derringer became an Evangelical Christian. Thereafter, he consistently aligned himself with conservative causes in the United States. He described himself as a " Jesus freak " and recorded albums of Christian songs with his third wife, Jenda.