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===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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