Total Eclipse of the Heart
Total Eclipse of the Heart is a song by Bonnie Tyler in 1982, which was written and produced by Jim Steinman. The piece appeared on Tyler's album Faster Than the Speed of Night.
Formation
Originally the song the singer Meat Loaf for his album Midnight at the Lost and Found was offered. However, Meat Loaf record company refused to pay Steinman for it, and as Meat Loaf wrote the songs for his album itself
The original album version of the song is over seven minutes, is therefore played an abbreviated version of the radio mostly. In this, the second and third verse were removed and shortened the prolonged suppression, so that the playing time is only 4:30 minutes. The used for the music video version, in which the second verse has been maintained, is about five and a half minutes.
Musician list
- Bonnie Tyler - Vocals
- Rick Derringer - Guitar
- Steve Buslowe - Bass
- Roy Bittan - piano
- Larry Fast - synthesizer
- Steve Margoshes - additional synthesizer
- Max Weinberg - drums
- Jimmy Maelen - percussion
- Rory Dodd - backing vocals, singing the line turn around
- Eric Troyer - Backing Vocals
Video
The music video for Total Eclipse of the Heart was filmed in Holloway Sanatorium in England. The storyboard is from Jim Steinman, who was inspired by the film Future World. Directed by Russell Mulcahy. The video shows Bonnie Tyler dressed in white who has a dream or a fantasy of students in a boys boarding school. The male protagonists dance and take part in various school activities such as swimming, fencing, football, and singing in a choir.
Achievements
The song reached number one in the UK, the U.S., Australia, Canada and Norway. In Sweden and Switzerland, the single climbed to number three in Germany the single reached number 16 in the Billboard charts of the year for 1983 took the title of 6th place Tyler is the only singer from Wales, which so far a number -one hit was in the USA. The piece represented the high point in Tyler's career and is considered Steinman's most successful song. Worldwide, more than five million records were sold. 1983 Variety Club Award won the song in the UK for the best single of the year.
In November 2002, the song in the UK was voted number 72 of the "largest number - one hits of all time ". Also in the UK it reached in a survey "the greatest music video of all time " Place 94 In October 2006 the song was voted at number 56 of the "100 VH1's greatest hits of the 80s". The song was the content of the trailer for the computer game "Battlefield 4".
Brian Molko, the singer of the band " Placebo", referred to the song as his " absolute favorite song ."
Cover versions
- The London Symphony Orchestra took in 1989 to an orchestral version of the piece, which can be heard on the album rock monument.
- Nicki French released a dance version in 1994, which became a success worldwide. In the USA and Australia made it this version at number two, in the UK at number five.
- 1997 Michael Kunze wrote the song for the musical Dance of the Vampires, entitled Total Eclipse around.
- 2001 Jan Wayne had a great success with his dance version.
- In December 2003, an Anglo- French duet version with the title Si demain ... ( Turn Around ) was published. It was sung by Bonnie Tyler and Kareen Antonn and reached number one in France and Belgium; in Switzerland made it the version at number seven and was sold about two million copies worldwide.
- The Norwegian band Hurra Torpedo in 2005 published a cover version that due to the use of Küchenmobilar as drums for the band had a relatively large area.
- In 2006, Westlife the song for her album The Love album.
- In January 2007 Baby Pink Star recorded the song with Bonnie Tyler in a Punk-/Elektro-Remix-Version.
- 2010, the song in the television series Glee has been covered.
- 2010 Song of the British-Irish boyband One Direction has been covered in the British talent show X Factor.
- 2011 appeared an Italian version called Eclissi Del Cuore, sung by L' Aura feat. Nek.
- 2013, the song was in the game "Battlefield 4" used.