Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler & Frankie Miller
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler
“Total Eclipse of the Heart” was written by Jim Steinman and released by Bonnie Tyler in 1983. It reached number 1 in several countries, including the UK and US.
The “turn around, bright eyes” refrain originates from ‘The Dream Engine’, a musical that Steinman composed in 1969. The melody from the...
[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)
Total Eclipse of the Heart was written by Jim Steinman.
Total Eclipse of the Heart was produced by Jim Steinman.
Bonnie Tyler released Total Eclipse of the Heart on Fri Feb 11 1983.
“Total Eclipse of the Heart” reached high positions in many charts worldwide during 1983, including number 1 in the UK Singles and the US Billboard Top 100.
The song also won the Variety Club award in the UK for best single of 1983.
“Total Eclipse of the Heart” was written and produced by Jim Steinman. The “Turn around, bright eyes” refrain first appeared in “Come in the Night”, a song from Steinman’s 1969 musical ‘The Dream Engine’, which he premiered during his final year at Amherst College in Massachusetts.
Jim reused the m...
Jim never gave me a demo – I learned the entire song beside the piano as Jim played.
We recorded nine different takes of the song, and we went back to our apartments to listen to each take. I met up with Jim the next day and we both agreed on our favourite take to work with.
Then we went into stud...
Lots of people seem to think the song is inspired by vampires. Jim Steinman told Playbill that he was writing a musical inspired by the silent film ‘Nosferatu’ around the same time he completed “Total Eclipse of the Heart”. I can see why people might think that – especially with all the references t...