Total Eclipse Of The Heart

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" was released on February 11, 1983 in UK and May 31, 1983 in USA, on Columbia Records. It featured on Bonnie Tyler's fifth studio album, Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983). The track was written and produced by Jim Steinman. The original full-length version is slightly over 7 minutes long, but a shorter radio version was produced lasting 4.5 minutes. 2017 - No.1 Again The track became the unofficial anthem for the solar eclipse event on August 21, 2017, with Tyler performing a shortened version (just under 3 minutes, to fit with the duration of the solar eclipse) of the song on board a cruise ship in the Caribbean during the natural phenomenon. The track shot to nuber 1 on the iTunes store and Last.fm's live chart, despite it first being released over 30 years earlier.

[Verse 1] (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 [Refrain] (Turn around, bright eyes!) Every now and then I fall apart (Turn around, bright eyes!) Every now and then I fall apart [Verse 2] (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 [Refrain] (Turn around, bright eyes!) Every now and then I fall apart (Turn around, bright eyes!) Every now and then I fall apart [Chorus] 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 [Post-Chorus] Once upon a time I was falling in love 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 [Instrumental Interlude] (Turn around, bright eyes) (Turn around, bright eyes) [Verse 3] (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 [Refrain] (Turn around, bright eyes) Every now and then I fall apart (Turn around, bright eyes) Every now and then I fall apart [Chorus] 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) [Post-Chorus] Once upon a time I was falling in love 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 A total eclipse of the heart A total eclipse of the heart [Outro] (Turn around, bright eyes) (Turn around, bright eyes) (Turn around)