Editing Total Eclipse of the Heart (section)

==Music video==
[[File:Steps at Former Holloway Sanatorium.JPG|thumb|[[Holloway Sanatorium]] steps, which feature in the video]]

The music video for "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was directed by Australian director [[Russell Mulcahy]]<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Lars |last= Brandle |title= Britain Counts On Bonnie Tyler to Play Eurovision Hero |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= 8 March 2013 |access-date= 19 August 2014 |url= http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1551168/britain-counts-on-bonnie-tyler-to-play-eurovision-hero}}</ref> and was filmed at the [[Holloway Sanatorium]], a large [[Gothic Revival architecture|Victorian Gothic]] hospital near [[Virginia Water]], [[Surrey]], England.<ref>{{cite book|first= Pete |last= Frame |year= 1999 |title= Pete Frame's rockin' around Britain : rock'n'roll landmarks of the UK and Ireland |publisher= [[Omnibus Press]] |location= London |page= [https://archive.org/details/peteframesrockin0000fram/page/174 174] |isbn= 978-0-71196-973-5}}</ref> The [[Surrealism|surrealist]] video features Tyler clad in white, dreaming or fantasizing about students in a boys' [[boarding school]]. Young men are seen dancing and participating in various school activities and singing in a choir.

The video received two nominations at the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Video Music Awards in 1983 for Best Performance by a Female and Most Effective Use of Symbolism.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Billboard Congratulates the Video Music Award Nominees |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page= 36 |date= 5 November 1983 |access-date= 12 May 2019 |url= https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/80s/1983/BB-1983-11-05-OCR-Page-0036.pdf}}</ref>

A long-running [[urban legend]] is that the boy who appears throughout the video and who shakes Tyler's hand at the end is former Italian footballer [[Gianfranco Zola]]. In a 2012 interview, Zola confirmed that he did not appear in the video.<ref>{{cite web|title= Chelsea great Gianfranco Zola: 'I don't star in Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart video' |work= Off the Post |date= 16 May 2012 |access-date= 5 September 2014 |url= http://www.offthepost.info/blog/2012/05/chelsea-great-gianfranco-zola-i-dont-star-in-bonnie-tylers-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-video/}}</ref>

In September 2023, the video exceeded one billion views on YouTube.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-video-1-billion-youtube-views-1235412970/ | title=Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Video Reaches 1 Billion YouTube Views  | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=6 October 2023}}</ref>