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Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was written and produced by Jim Steinman, and released on Tyler's fifth studio album, Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983).

The song was released as a single by Columbia Records on 11 February 1983 in the United Kingdom, and 31 May 1983 in the United States.

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" became Tyler's biggest career hit, reaching number one in several countries including the UK, where it was the fifth-best-selling single in 1983, and the US, making her the first and only Welsh singer to reach the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100. It was Billboard's number-six song of the year for 1983. With physical sales in excess of 9 million copies, Tyler's recording is one of the best-selling singles of all time.

The song has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Steinman said in an interview with Playbill, "with Total Eclipse of the Heart, I was trying to come up with a love song and I remembered I actually wrote that to be a vampire love song. Its original title was Vampires in Love because I was working on a musical of Nosferatu, the other great vampire story. If anyone listens to the lyrics, they're really like vampire lines. It's all about the darkness, the power of darkness and love's place in dark...”

He also told People magazine that he thought Tyler sounded like John Fogerty, and wrote the song "to be a showpiece for her voice."

Tyler described the song as "a challenge [to sing]," stating that she "[doesn't] like songs that anybody can sing. I like songs that need a lot of energy."

After Steinman presented her with the song she told The Times, "I just had shivers right up my spine... ...I couldn't wait to actually get in and record it."

According to Meat Loaf, Steinman had written the song, along with "Making Love Out of Nothing at All", for Meat Loaf's album Midnight at the Lost and Found; however, Meat Loaf's record company refused to pay Steinman and he wrote separate songs himself. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was then given to Bonnie Tyler and "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" to Air Supply.

Tyler has denied this claim to be true.

"Meat Loaf was apparently very annoyed that Jim gave that to me," Tyler stated. "But Jim said he didn’t write it for Meat Loaf, that he only finished it after meeting me."

The song's melody originally appeared as part of the soundtrack for the 1980 film A Small Circle of Friends.

Music Video

The music video for "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was directed by Russell Mulcahy.

It was story-boarded by Jim Steinman and drew inspiration from the 1976 film Futureworld.

The Gothic-themed video features Bonnie Tyler clad in white, apparently having an erotic dream or fantasy about her students in a boys' boarding school.

Young men are seen dancing and participating in various school activities such as swimming, karate, gymnastics, football, fencing, soccer, and singing in a choir.

The video was shot at Holloway Sanatorium, notable for its Gothic architecture and distinguished for the multi-arched grand entrance as seen at the end of the video.

The lyrics:

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit nervous

That the best of all the years have gone by

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit terrified

And then I see the look in your eyes

Turn around bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart

Turn around bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit restless and I dream of something wild

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit helpless and I'm lying like a child in your arms

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit angry and I know I've got to get out and cry

Turn around, every now and then I get a little bit terrified

But then I see the look in your eyes

Turn around bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart

Turn around bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight

And I need you more than ever

And if you only hold me tight

We'll be holding on forever

And we'll only be making it right

'Cause we'll never be wrong together

We can take it to the end of the line

Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time

I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark

We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks

I really need you tonight

Forever's gonna start tonight

Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love

But now I'm only falling apart

There's nothing I can do

A total eclipse of the heart

Once upon a time there was light in my life

But now there's only love in the dark

Nothing I can say

A total eclipse of the heart

Turn around bright eyes

Turn around bright eyes

Turn around, every now and then I know you'll never be the boy you always wanted to be

Turn around, every now then I know you'll always be the only boy who wanted me the way that I am

Turn around, every now and then I know there's no one in the universe as magical and wondrous as you

Turn around, every now and then I know there's nothing any better

And there's nothing that I just wouldn't do

Turn around bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart

Turn around bright eyes, every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight

And I need you more than ever

And if you'll only hold me tight

We'll be holding on forever

And we'll only be making it right

'Cause we'll never be wrong together

We can take it to the end of the line

Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time

I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark

We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks

I really need you tonight

Forever's gonna start tonight

Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love

But now I'm only falling apart

Nothing I can do

A total eclipse of the heart

Once upon a time there was light in my life

But now there's only love in the dark

Nothing I can say

A total eclipse of the heart

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Bonnie Tyler - Loving You's A Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It)

Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It is a pop song written and composed by Jim Steinman and has been released in 1986 by Bonnie Tyler in duet with Todd Rundgren.

The song appears on Bonnie Tyler's album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire.

A promotional video was made for the song which featured Hywel Bennett who was miming to the Todd Rundgren lines.

The lyrics:

When the sky is falling and you're looking round for somewhere to hide

Did you ever call out to someone, did you ever call out to me

I've never been gone, I've been right here by your side

There ain't nothin' but clouds, there ain't nothin' but clouds in your eyes

Why don't you believe it when you finally found the truth

You've been drinking poison water from the fountain of youth

Why don't you stop tearing up everyone you need the most

You're so busy trying to get even, you never even try to get close

I can't explain it away, it doesn't make any sense

To know what it's like, I guess you gotta go through it

I guess you gotta go through it, I guess you gotta go through it

It doesn't matter, baby

Loving you's a dirty job

But somebody's gotta do it

There were times when we'd never fake it

There were times when we'd always make it

There were times when we'd take it to the limit

And we'd never, never, ever leave each other alone

We were flesh and blood and bone

There were times we had it all

There were times we had it all

There were times when we took our chances

There were times when we were damn good dancers

There were times when we heard all the answers

In the beating of the drummer and the riches of the rock and the roll

I can see right through your soul

There were times we had it all

There were times we had it all

If your fears could only be forgotten, we could pull all of the barriers down

Would you follow your dreams' desire

Would you follow your secret dreams and forbidden fire

Let's just peel out of this town

It's been nothing but dreams

It's been nothing but dreams until now

You're never gonna see it

You got your head stuck in the sand

It's the land of the free and easy Street

It's the home of the damned

You're never gonna see it

You better open up your eyes

You're the only one who's left

Who's gonna believe all your lies

I can't explain it away, it doesn't make any sense

To know what it's like, I guess you gotta go through it

I guess you gotta go through it, I guess you gotta go through it

It doesn't matter, baby

Loving you's a dirty job

But somebody's gotta do it

There were times when our bodies glistened

There were times that we can't stop missing

There were times that we'd lay in bed and listen

To the pounding, pounding chorus of our desperate hearts

Nothing could have torn us apart

There were times we had it all

There were times we had it all

There were times when we fought like tigers

There were times we were damn good liars

There were times we extinguished every fire

That was burning, burning, burning up each other alive

From the heavens on down to the dives

There were times we lost it all

There were times we lost it all

There were times when we fought like tigers

There were times we were damn good liars

There were times when our bodies glistened

There were times that we can't stop missing

There were times that we'd lay in bed and listen

To the pounding, pounding chorus of our desperate hearts

Nothing could have torn us apart

There were times we had it all

There were times we had it all

It's a dirty job, loving you, baby

Somebody's gotta do it

It's a dirty job, loving you, baby

Somebody's gotta do it

It's a dirty job, loving you, baby

Somebody's gotta do it