Whats all the buzz about the “total eclipse of the heart” video?
“Total Eclipse of the Heart” is a song written and produced by Jim Steinman and recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler in 1983 on her fifth studio album Faster Than the Speed of Night. It has been covered several times, and rewritten with Michael Kunze for the musical Tanz der Vampire as “Totale Finsternis”. Background The song remains Tyler’s most successful song, peaking at #1 in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. At its peak, it sold 60,000 copies per day, and approximately 5-6 million copies in total. It won the Variety Club award in the UK for best single of 1983. [1] Tyler’s career reached new heights with this release and put her as the only Welsh artist to hit the number-one slot in the U.S Billboard charts. According to Meat Loaf, Steinman had given the song, along with “Making Love (Out of Nothing At All),” to Meat Loaf for his Midnight at the Lost and Found album. However, Meat Loaf’s record company refused to pay for Steinman and he wrote separate
“Total Eclipse of the Heart” is a song written and produced by Jim Steinman and recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler in 1983 on her fifth studio album Faster Than the Speed of Night. It has been covered several times, and rewritten with Michael Kunze for the musical Tanz der Vampire as “Totale Finsternis”. Background The song remains Tyler’s most successful song, peaking at #1 in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. At its peak, it sold 60,000 copies per day, and approximately 5-6 million copies in total. It won the Variety Club award in the UK for best single of 1983. [1] Tyler’s career reached new heights with this release and put her as the only Welsh artist to hit the number-one slot in the U.S Billboard charts. According to Meat Loaf, Steinman had given the song, along with “Making Love (Out of Nothing At All),” to Meat Loaf for his Midnight at the Lost and Found album. However, Meat Loaf’s record company refused to pay for Steinman and he wrote separate
