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==Other cover versions== ===Lissette version=== [[Cuban Americans|Cuban-American]] singer [[Lissette]] covered the song in Spanish as "Eclipse Total del Amor" in 1984, from her album ''Caricatura'', being her best hit in the Latin American charts.<ref>{{cite news |first= Javier |last= Santiago |title= Lissette |publisher= [[National Foundation for Popular Culture|Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular]] |access-date= 27 March 2020 |url= http://www.prpop.org/biografias/l_bios/lissette.shtml |language= es |archive-date= 7 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131207122210/http://www.prpop.org/biografias/l_bios/lissette.shtml |url-status= dead }}</ref> The secondary male voice was sung by Cuban-American singer [[Jon Secada]].<ref>{{cite book|first= Jon |last= Secada |year= 2014 |title= Un Día Nuevo |publisher= [[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |page= 33 |isbn= 978-0-451-46936-6 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=DR10AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT33 |language= es}}</ref> ===Jan Wayne version=== German electronic dance music producer [[Jan Wayne]] released his version in 2001. It peaked at No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/140/jan-wayne/|title=JAN WAYNE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=[[Official Charts]]}}</ref> ===Yuridia version=== Mexican singer [[Yuridia]] covered the song in Spanish as "Eclipse Total del Amor" from her second studio album ''[[Habla El Corazón]]'' in 2006. The single peaked at number 36 on the ''Billboard'' [[Latin Pop Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|title= Yuridia – Awards |website= AllMusic |access-date= 29 May 2015 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/yuridia-mn0000338585/awards}}</ref> ===Westlife version=== {{Infobox song | name = Total Eclipse of the Heart | cover = Westlife - Total Eclipse of the Heart (digital download cover).jpg | alt = | type = promo | artist = [[Westlife]] | album = [[The Love Album (Westlife album)|The Love Album]] | released = 2007<ref name="Eil">{{cite web|title= Westlife Total Eclipse of the Heart |website= Eil.com |access-date= 20 April 2014 |url= http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=430459}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 4:40 | label = [[Sony BMG]] | writer = [[Jim Steinman]] | producer = | chronology = [[Westlife]] singles | misc = }} Irish [[boy band]] [[Westlife]] recorded a cover of the song on their 2006 album ''[[The Love Album (Westlife album)|The Love Album]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first= Sharon |last= Mawer |title= Westlife – The Love Album |website= AllMusic |access-date= 12 January 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-love-album-mw0000457703}}</ref> The song was to be released as the album's second single but was cancelled due to their [[The Love Tour|Love Tour]] conflicts. Three official remixes were produced for their version as well as a remix done by [[Jim Steinman]], which was ultimately rejected by the record label but has since surfaced on the Internet. The song was released as a promotional single in 2007. The [[Sunset Strippers]] Radio Mix version of the song charted at number 210 on the Official Russian Top Radio Hits Chart on 26 February 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title= Westlife – Total Eclipse of the Heart |publisher= [[Tophit]] |access-date= 18 February 2019 |url= https://tophit.ru/ru/tracks/7615/}}</ref> It was composed in the traditional [[verse–chorus form]] in [[Bb major]], with Filan and Feehily's vocal ranging from the chords of [[C (musical note)|C<sub>4</sub>]] to [[C (musical note)|C<sub>6</sub>]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Total Eclipse of the Heart by Westlife – Digital Sheet Music |website= Musicnotes |date= 28 April 2008 |access-date= 12 August 2019 |url= https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0064897}}</ref> Promotional CD single<ref name="Eil"/><ref>{{cite web|title= Total Eclipse of the Heart (Sunset Strippers Remixes) – EP |publisher= [[iTunes]]. [[Apple Inc.]] |access-date= 16 December 2020 |url= https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/total-eclipse-heart-sunset/id216333252 |archive-date= 12 December 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151212055916/https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/total-eclipse-heart-sunset/id216333252}}</ref> #"Total Eclipse of the Heart" <small>(Sunset Strippers Verse Club Mix)</small> #"Total Eclipse of the Heart" <small>(Sunset Strippers Dub Mix)</small> #"Total Eclipse of the Heart" <small>(Sunset Strippers Radio Edit)</small> ===L'Aura version=== Italian singer [[L'Aura]] covered the song in Italian as "Eclissi del cuore" from her third studio album ''Sei come me'' in 2010, which was not originally released as a single. One year later, a new version of the song, now a duet with fellow Italian singer [[Nek]] was officially released as a single, this duet peaking at number 6 on the Italian charts.<ref>{{cite web|title= Database Top of the music: L'Aura |publisher= [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]] |access-date= 11 June 2018 |url= http://www.fimi.it/ricerca#/type:artists/show:charts/keyword:L'aura/page:0}}</ref> ===''Glee'' cast version=== The hit [[Musical film|musical]] [[comedy-drama]] series ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' reworked the song for its [[Glee (season 1)|season one]] episode "[[Bad Reputation (Glee)|Bad Reputation]]," recorded by cast members [[Lea Michele]], [[Cory Monteith]], [[Mark Salling]], and special guest star [[Jonathan Groff]] as their characters [[Rachel Berry]], [[Finn Hudson]], [[Noah Puckerman]], and [[Jesse St. James]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox.com/glee/recaps/season-1/episode-17/|title=Bad Reputation|publisher=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]|access-date=15 November 2010|archive-date=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026132306/http://www.fox.com/glee/recaps/season-1/episode-17/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was released as a single<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/glee-cast/315816847 |title='Glee' Cast Songs on iTunes|publisher=[[iTunes]]|access-date=5 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091117081915/http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/glee-cast/id315816847| archive-date= 17 November 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> and reached number 17 in Canada,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jonathan-groff/ |title=Jonathan Groff Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=28 February 2022}}</ref> 28 in Australia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Glee+Cast|title=Discography Glee Cast|publisher=australian-charts.com. Hung Medien|access-date=17 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030003255/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Glee+Cast|archive-date=30 October 2010}}</ref> 9 in the UK,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5980/glee-cast/|title=The Official Charts Company – Glee Cast|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=25 February 2010}}</ref> and 16 in the US.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=glee|chart=Hot 100}}|title=Glee Cast Album & Song Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|access-date=10 October 2010}}</ref> It appears in the [[soundtrack album]] ''[[Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Glee-The-Music-Vol-3-Showstoppers/Glee-Cast/e/886977209321/?itm=2&USRI=glee+volume+3|title=Glee: The Music, Vol. 3 Showstoppers (Deluxe Ed.)|publisher=[[Barnes & Noble]]|access-date=21 April 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630175958/http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Glee-The-Music-Vol-3-Showstoppers/Glee-Cast/e/886977209321/?itm=2&USRI=glee+volume+3|archive-date=30 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Doro version === On October 27, 2023, [[Doro (musician)|Doro Pesch]] released a cover featuring [[Rob Halford]] of [[Judas Priest]] from her album ''Conqueress – Forever Strong And Proud''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2023-10-27 |title=ROB HALFORD Joins DORO For Cover Of 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'; Official Music Video Released |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/rob-halford-joins-doro-for-cover-of-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-official-music-video-released |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> ===Parody versions=== A parody of the song and music video were published in 2009, in what the fans and makers call a "[[Literal music video|literal video version]]", which is a type of video that replaces the original song lyrics with humorous lyrics describing the images in the video. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time magazine]]'' listed it as the 6th best [[viral video]] of 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The Top 10 Viral Videos of 2009 |magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date= 17 August 2010 |url= http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,59392900001_1950326,00.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2 January 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100102055324/http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,59392900001_1950326,00.html}}</ref><!--PLEASE don't add a link to YouTube – the video is NOT in the public domain, and thus adding a link to it breaches Wikipedia's rules on copyright violation --> This was also the 6th literal video produced by professional video editor David A. Scott Jr.; the singer who performed for this [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|re-dub]] was Scott's friend Felisha Noble using the pseudonym Persephone Maewyn.<ref>{{cite book|first1= David |last1= Laderman |first2= Laurel |last2= Westrup |year= 2014 |title= Sampling Media |publisher= [[Oxford University Press]] |page= 230 |isbn= 978-0-19-994933-5 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CkakAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA230}}</ref> In 2010, Tyler appeared in an advertisement for [[MasterCard]], performing a short parody of the song with its noted new lyric "Turn around, Neville."<ref>{{cite news|first= Leo |last= Benedictus |title= A word on our sponsors: Total eclipse of the card |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |date= 21 April 2010 |access-date= 20 August 2014 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/21/total-eclipse-card}}</ref> She performed the original song in a similar advertisement for [[Westpac]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title= Westpac brings in Bonnie Tyler to sing at couple's fantasy wedding |work= mUmBRELLA |date= 21 November 2012 |access-date= 22 August 2014 |url= http://mumbrella.com.au/westpac-brings-in-bonnie-tyler-to-sing-at-couples-fantasy-wedding-126552}}</ref> [[Warby Parker]] produced a parody video in anticipation of the [[solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|solar eclipse of 21 August 2017]].<ref>{{cite web|first= Samantha |last= Matthewson |title= This 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Parody Video for the 2017 Solar Eclipse Is Just Awesome |website= [[Space.com]] |date= 1 August 2017 |access-date= 3 August 2017 |url= https://www.space.com/37675-warby-parker-total-solar-eclipse-parody.html}}</ref> The [[Marsh Family]], a couple with four children in [[Faversham]], [[Kent]], produced a parody titled "Totally Fixed Where We Are" expressing the feelings of people under a third [[lockdown]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], which went [[Viral video|viral]] in February 2021.<ref>{{cite news|first= Christy |last= Somos |title= U.K. family covers 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' in pandemic parody video |publisher= [[CTV News]] |date= 6 February 2021 |access-date= 8 February 2021 |url= https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/u-k-family-covers-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-in-pandemic-parody-video-1.5298688}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first= Jenny |last= Eclair |title= I have never known how to listen to music, but I envy those like the Marsh family who find solace in it |newspaper= [[The Independent]] |date= 8 February 2021 |access-date= 19 February 2021 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/voices/music-marsh-family-lockdown-coronavirus-b1799048.html}}</ref> In 2019, in the ''Canta Uma Para Mim'' segment on Brazilian television program ''Alerta Amazonas'', the song was performed by contestant Priscila Munhoes, who did not know how to speak English, and instead substituted her own "gibberish" lyrics. Munhoes was eliminated from the program, but the video of her performance went viral on the internet.<ref>Nery, E. M. (2022) ''Programa de Sikêra Jr. virou piada na Argentina com The Voice fake; entenda.''(in Portuguese). Noticias Da TV. (online) Available at: https://noticiasdatv.uol.com.br/noticia/televisao/programa-de-sikera-jr-virou-piada-na-argentina-com-voice-fake-entenda-82704 (Accessed: February 24, 2024).</ref>
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