"Total Eclipse of the Heart" es un clásico de 1983 de la cantante galesa Bonnie Tyler, incluido en su álbum *Faster Than the Speed of Night*. La canción fue escrita y producida por Jim Steinman, colaborador habitual de Meat Loaf, y estuvo cuatro semanas en el número 1.
Curiosidades:
- Gran parte del éxito de la canción se debió a su videoclip, grabado en el sanatorio Holloway de Inglaterra y dirigido por Russell Mulcahy, el mismo director del primer vídeo emitido en la MTV, "Video Killed the Radio Star" de The Buggles.
- En 2023, el videoclip alcanzó los mil millones de visualizaciones en YouTube , todo un hito para la artista.
- En 2017, durante un eclipse solar total, Tyler interpretó el tema en un crucero de Royal Caribbean acompañada por DNCE, la banda de Joe Jonas, justo en el momento de la totalidad del eclipse.
- Un año después, en 1984, Tyler tuvo otro top 40 con otra producción de Steinman: "Holding Out for a Hero", del soundtrack de Footloose.
Vídeo (videoclip oficial):
En 1994/95, la cantante inglesa Nicki French publicó una versión hi-NRG del tema que también fue un éxito mundial, alcanzando el top 5 tanto en Reino Unido como en Estados Unidos. Merece la pena escucharla por lo diferente que suena respecto al original:
Letra:
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit lonely
And you're never coming 'round
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit tired
Of listening to the sound of my tears
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit nervous
That the best of all the years have gone by
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit terrified
And then I see the look in your eyes
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then
I fall apart
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit restless
And I dream of something wild
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit helpless
And I'm lying like a child in your arms
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit angry
And I know I've got to get out and cry
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit terrified
But then I see the look in your eyes
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then
I fall apart
Turn around, bright eyes
Every now and then
I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (all of the time)
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
(Forever's gonna start tonight)
Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know you'll never be the boy
You always wanted to be
(Turn around)
But every now and then
I know you'll always be the only boy
Who wanted me the way that I am
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know there's no one in the universe
As magical and wondrous as you
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know there's nothing any better
There's nothing that I just wouldn't do
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (all of the time)
I don't know what to do
I'm always in the dark
Living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
(Forever's gonna start tonight)
Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
Nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around)
