‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ – Bonnie Tyler
“Total Eclipse of the Heart” is one of the most famous power ballads of all time. It was released as the lead single from Bonnie Tyler’s fifth studio album, Faster Than the Speed of Night, and it topped the charts for the entire year, eventually becoming her biggest hit. Many people are unaware that “Total Eclipse of the Heart” began as a love song for vampires. Producer Jim Steinman wrote the song for Tyler after she rejected the first two songs he sent her. Returning to the novels, Steinman suddenly remembered a song he had started writing while working on a musical rendition of Nosferatu called “Vampires in Love.” He finished it and it became one of the greatest love ballads of all time. (If you listen closely, you can hear the echoes of a song about falling in love in the dark.)
‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’ Bonnie Tyler
