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{{Short description|1983 single by Bonnie Tyler}} {{For|the TV episode|Total Eclipse of the Heart (The Vampire Diaries){{!}}Total Eclipse of the Heart (''The Vampire Diaries'')}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox song | name = Total Eclipse of the Heart | cover = Total Eclipse of the Heart - single cover.jpg | alt = | caption = Picture sleeve of UK and some European releases | type = single | artist = [[Bonnie Tyler]] | album = [[Faster Than the Speed of Night]] | B-side = * "Take Me Back" (UK) * "[[Straight from the Heart (Bryan Adams song)|Straight from the Heart]]" (US) | released = 11 February 1983 (UK)<ref name="BEL"/><br/>12 June 1983 (US)<ref name="RIAA"/> | recorded = 1982<ref name="Flans"/> | studio = [[Power Station (recording studio)|Power Station]], New York City<ref name="Flans">{{cite magazine|first= Robyn |last= Flans |title= Classic Tracks: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" |magazine= [[Mix (magazine)|Mix]] |date= 16 September 2019 |access-date= 31 January 2020 |url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/classic-tracks-total-eclipse-of-the-heart}}</ref> | venue = | genre = * [[Pop rock]]<ref>{{cite book|first= James |last= Arena |year= 2017 |title= Stars of '90s Dance Pop: 29 Hitmakers Discuss Their Careers |chapter= Nicki French: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (1995) |page= 68 |publisher= [[McFarland & Company]] |isbn= 978-1-4766-6756-0 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=U7vDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA68}}</ref> * [[power pop]]<ref name= "Billboard Pop 500">{{cite magazine|last= Billboard Staff|title= The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url= https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/|date= October 19, 2023|accessdate= February 24, 2024}}</ref> | length = * {{Duration|m=6|s=58}} (album version) * {{Duration|m=4|s=30}} (single edit) * 5:34 (video version) | label = * [[Sony Music|CBS]] * [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | writer = [[Jim Steinman]] | producer = Jim Steinman | prev_title = Sayonara Tokyo | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = Take Me Back | next_year = 1983 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|lcOxhH8N3Bo|"Total Eclipse of the Heart"}}}} }} "'''Total Eclipse of the Heart'''" is the lead [[Single (music)|single]] by Welsh singer [[Bonnie Tyler]] from her fifth studio album, ''[[Faster Than the Speed of Night]]'' (1983) written and produced by [[Jim Steinman]] and recorded in 1982, released as a single by [[Sony Music|CBS]]/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]] in 1983. The song, a duet with [[Rory Dodd]], became Tyler's biggest career hit, topping the [[UK Singles Chart]], and becoming the [[1983 in British music#End of Year Charts|fifth-best-selling single in 1983]] in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the single spent four weeks at the top of the charts, keeping another Steinman penned song "[[Making Love Out of Nothing at All]]" by [[Air Supply]] from reaching the top spot (a song Tyler would later cover in 1995),<ref>{{cite news|first= Samuel |last= Spencer |title= Jim Steinman Dead: 10 Great Songs to Remember Him By |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |date= 21 April 2021 |access-date= 25 April 2021 |url= https://www.newsweek.com/jim-steinman-dead-best-songs-meat-loaf-bonnie-tyler-1585295}}</ref> and it was ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} number-six [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1983|song of the year for 1983]]. The song was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]. Its accompanying music video was directed by [[Russell Mulcahy]] and filmed in [[Surrey]], England. Worldwide, the single has sales in excess of six million copies<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title= Tyler releases new Total Eclipse |publisher= [[BBC News]] |date= 2 September 2009 |access-date= 23 July 2015 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8232149.stm}}</ref> and was certified [[RIAA certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] for sales of over one million copies after its release, updated to platinum in 2001 when the certification threshold changed.<ref>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Grein |title=New Golden Rule: 500,000 Sales Mark for All Singles |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=14 May 1989 |access-date= 8 March 2017 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-14-fi-188-story.html}}</ref> In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's third favourite [[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s|1980s number one]] in a poll for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Caroline |last=Westbrook |title=The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One: 12 more classic 80s chart-toppers which didn't make the cut |newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=25 July 2015 |access-date=23 May 2017 |url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/25/the-nations-favourite-80s-number-one-12-more-classic-80s-chart-toppers-which-didnt-make-the-cut-5312786/}}</ref>
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