Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler - MP3 instrumental karaoke

When we talk about songs that defined the 1980s, it's almost impossible not to bring up Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart." Written by the Welsh singer with American composer Jim Steinman, who had previously worked with Meat Loaf and Air Supply, the power ballad was included in her fifth studio album Faster Than the Speed of Light (1983) and instantly became a global hit, topping the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. The track borrows its verse melody from Jim Steinman's score for the 1980 film A Small Circle of Friends and the refrain "Turn around, bright eyes" had first appeared on his 1969 college musical The Dream Engine. Driven forward by Bonnie Tyler's distinctive raspy vocals and lush string arrangements, the melodramatic song likens the end of a romantic relationship with a solar eclipse. In fact, in more recent years, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" has experienced a surge in streaming numbers every time a real eclipse happens.