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Total Eclipse

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is the lead 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 CBS/Columbia in 1983. The song became Tyler's biggest career hit, topping the UK Singles Char

Biography

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is the lead 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 CBS/Columbia in 1983. The song became Tyler's biggest career hit, topping the UK Singles Chart, and becoming the 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), and it was Billboard's number-six 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 and was certified 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. In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's third f

Scores

influence score
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reach score
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house crew relevance score
60/100
booking potential score
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emerging artist score
40/100
contact confidence score
0/100
citation confidence score
95/100
agent readability score
90/100
brand fit score
36/100
interview potential score
28/100
sponsorship potential score
12/100
education value score
10/100
house crew priority score
33/100

Sources & provenance

FieldValueSourceVerifiedConf.
origin_countryFRMusicBrainzJune 10, 202695
genresgoa trance, psytrance, psy-trance, tranceMusicBrainzJune 10, 202680
origin_cityFranceMusicBrainzJune 10, 202675
musicbrainzhttps://musicbrainz.org/artist/79484531-2a64-41fd-b44a-60d0b0f14a14MusicBrainzJune 10, 202699
bandcamphttps://totaleclipse.bandcamp.com/MusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
discogshttps://www.discogs.com/artist/516MusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/3gFM6G3s4hvHUnZbUf61O0MusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
beatporthttps://www.beatport.com/artist/total-eclipse/2929MusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
soundcloudhttps://soundcloud.com/total-eclipseMusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
apple_musichttps://music.apple.com/gb/artist/4624104MusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3262992WikidataJune 10, 202695
youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgfmT636faK4L4jtW5viUKwMusicBrainzJune 10, 202688
wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Eclipse_of_the_HeartWikipediaJune 10, 202685
bio_short"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is the lead 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 CBS/Columbia in 1983. The song became Tyler's biggest career hit, topping the UK Singles CharWikipediaJune 10, 202680
bio_long"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is the lead 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 CBS/Columbia in 1983. The song became Tyler's biggest career hit, topping the UK Singles Chart, and becoming the 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), and it was Billboard's number-six 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 and was certified 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. In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's third fWikipediaJune 10, 202680

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House Music Intelligence Database. "Total Eclipse — House Music Artist Profile." Published by World Famous House Crew. Last verified June 10, 2026. URL: https://database.worldfamoushousecrew.org/artist/total-eclipse