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{{Short description|1983 single by Bonnie Tyler}}
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| name       = Total Eclipse of the Heart
| cover      = Total Eclipse of the Heart - single cover.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = Picture sleeve of UK and some European releases
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Bonnie Tyler]]
| album      = [[Faster Than the Speed of Night]]
| B-side     = 
* "Take Me Back" (UK)
* "[[Straight from the Heart (Bryan Adams song)|Straight from the Heart]]" (US)
| released   = {{start date|1983|2|11|df=y}}<ref name="BEL"/>
| recorded   = 1982<ref name="Flans"/>
| studio     = [[Power Station (recording studio)|Power Station]] (New York City)<ref name="Flans">{{cite magazine|first= Robyn |last= Flans |title= Classic Tracks: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" |magazine= [[Mix (magazine)|Mix]] |date= 16 September 2019 |access-date= 31 January 2020 |url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/classic-tracks-total-eclipse-of-the-heart}}</ref>
| venue      =
| genre      = 
* [[Pop rock]]<ref>{{cite book|first= James |last= Arena |year= 2017 |title= Stars of '90s Dance Pop: 29 Hitmakers Discuss Their Careers |chapter= Nicki French: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (1995) |page= 68 |publisher= [[McFarland & Company]] |isbn= 978-1-4766-6756-0 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=U7vDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA68}}</ref>
* [[power pop]]<ref name= "Billboard Pop 500">{{cite magazine|last= Billboard Staff|title= The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url= https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/|date= October 19, 2023|accessdate= February 24, 2024}}</ref>
| length     = 
* {{Duration|m=6|s=58}} (album version)
* {{Duration|m=4|s=30}} (single edit)
* 5:34 (video version)
| label      =
* [[Sony Music|CBS]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer     = [[Jim Steinman]]
| producer   = Jim Steinman
| prev_title = Sayonara Tokyo
| prev_year  = 1981
| next_title = Take Me Back
| next_year  = 1983
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|lcOxhH8N3Bo|"Total Eclipse of the Heart"}}}}
}}
"'''Total Eclipse of the Heart'''" is the lead [[Single (music)|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 [[Sony Music|CBS]]/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]] in 1983.

The song became Tyler's biggest career hit, topping the [[UK Singles Chart]], and becoming the [[1983 in British music#End of Year Charts|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),<ref>{{cite news|first= Samuel |last= Spencer |title= Jim Steinman Dead: 10 Great Songs to Remember Him By |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |date= 21 April 2021 |access-date= 25 April 2021 |url= https://www.newsweek.com/jim-steinman-dead-best-songs-meat-loaf-bonnie-tyler-1585295}}</ref> and it was ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} number-six [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1983|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<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title= Tyler releases new Total Eclipse |publisher= [[BBC News]] |date= 2 September 2009 |access-date= 23 July 2015 |url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8232149.stm}}</ref> and was certified [[RIAA certification|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.<ref>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Grein |title=New Golden Rule: 500,000 Sales Mark for All Singles |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=14 May 1989 |access-date= 8 March 2017 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-14-fi-188-story.html}}</ref> In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's third favourite [[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s|1980s number one]] in a poll for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Caroline |last=Westbrook |title=The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One: 12 more classic 80s chart-toppers which didn't make the cut |newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=25 July 2015 |access-date=23 May 2017 |url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/25/the-nations-favourite-80s-number-one-12-more-classic-80s-chart-toppers-which-didnt-make-the-cut-5312786/}}</ref>

==Background and composition==
After her contract with [[RCA Records]] ended in 1981, Tyler found a new manager in David Aspden. After seeing [[Meat Loaf]] perform "[[Bat Out of Hell (song)|Bat Out of Hell]]" live on ''[[The Old Grey Whistle Test]]'', she approached Meat Loaf's writer, [[Jim Steinman]], and asked him to be her producer.<ref name="RW">{{cite magazine|first= Roger |last= Wolmuth |title= 'One-Hit Wonder' Bonnie Tyler Resumes Her Singing Career with a 'Total Eclipse' of the Chart |magazine= [[People (magazine)|People]] |volume= 20 |issue= 21 |date= 21 November 1983 |access-date= 14 June 2013 |url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20198439,00.html |archive-date= 8 June 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090608120512/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20198439,00.html}}</ref> Tyler aimed to create an album utilizing the [[Wall of Sound]] production techniques of [[Phil Spector]], and she believed that Steinman was the only person who could still create the same sound as Spector had mostly retired from the music business.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Dick |title=Bonnie Tyler aims for 'total eclipse' of charts |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19830920&id=CWZPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VCQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6160,2695215 |access-date=9 February 2022 |work=The Times-News |date=20 September 1983}}</ref> Tyler visited Steinman in his apartment in New York in April 1982 with her manager, where she was presented with two tracks: "[[Have You Ever Seen the Rain?]]" and "Goin' Through the Motions". She stated that had she not liked the songs Steinman played for her, he would have rejected Tyler's invitation to collaborate.<ref name="RW"/> She returned to his studio apartment weeks later, where Steinman and [[Rory Dodd]] performed "Total Eclipse of the Heart" for her. Steinman also hand-picked the recording band for the song, which included Dodd as a featured vocalist (the "Turn around..." refrain).<ref>{{cite AV media notes|first= Patrick |last= Humphries |title= Ravishing - The Best Of |year= 2009 |type= CD booklet |page= 1 |publisher= [[Sony Music Entertainment]] |location= London |id= In "Ravishing - The Best Of"}}</ref>

The lyric "Turn around, bright eyes" had originally appeared in Steinman's 1969 college musical ''The Dream Engine''.<ref>{{cite web|first= Bill |last= Sweet |title= "Turn Around, Bright Eyes," as You've Never Heard It Before |publisher= [[Amherst College]] |date= 10 June 2019 |access-date= 18 October 2020 |url= https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2019/6-2019/-turn-around-bright-eyes-as-you-ve-never-heard-it-before}}</ref> Steinman had originally written the song's verse melody for his score to the 1980 film ''[[A Small Circle of Friends]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" |website= [[Stereogum]] |date= 27 July 2020 |access-date= 18 October 2020 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2092526/the-number-ones-bonnie-tylers-total-eclipse-of-the-heart/franchises/columns/the-number-ones/}}</ref>

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" had to be shortened for radio play. Tyler did not believe that the song was radio-friendly at its full length; the song was reduced from seven minutes and two seconds to four minutes and thirty seconds.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|first= Michael |last= Heatley |title= The Collection |year= 2013 |type= CD booklet |page= 3 |publisher= [[Demon Music Group]] |location= London |id= In "The Collection"}}</ref>

The [[power ballad]]<ref>{{cite news|first= Alice |last= Vincent |title= The 21 best power ballads |newspaper= [[The Daily Telegraph]] |date= 7 May 2017 |access-date= 26 July 2017 |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/21-best-power-ballads/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/21-best-power-ballads/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> became Tyler's highest-charting song in several countries, peaking at No. 1 in the United States, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom. At its peak, it sold 60,000 copies per day and approximately 6 million copies in total.<ref name="BBC"/> It won the [[Variety, the Children's Charity|Variety Club]] award in the UK for best recording artist of 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DcFAAAAAIBAJ&dq=awards+bonnie+tyler&pg=PA10&article_id=5631,1467693|title=Wayne Sleep dances off with a top award|publisher=The Glasgow Herald|date=8 February 1984|access-date= 14 June 2023}}</ref> The song also made number 82 of VH1's top 100 love songs.
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Tyler told ''[[Record Mirror]]'' that she thought the song was about "someone who wants to love so badly she's lying there in complete darkness."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= John |last= Shearlaw |title= Bonnie voyage |magazine= [[Record Mirror]] |date= 12 March 1983 |page= 8}}</ref>

Steinman said in an interview with ''[[Playbill]]'' about the inclusion of the song in his 1997 musical ''[[Dance of the Vampires (musical)|Dance of the Vampires]]'':<blockquote>with 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', I was trying to come up with a love song and I remembered I actually wrote that to be a vampire love song. Its original title was 'Vampires in Love' because I was working on a musical of ''[[Nosferatu]]'', the other great vampire story. If anyone listens to the lyrics, they're really like vampire lines. It's all about the darkness, the power of darkness and love's place in the dark...<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Ernio |last= Hernandez |title= Rando, Steinman Talk About Dance of the Vampires at Press Preview, Sept. 18 |magazine= [[Playbill]] |date= 18 September 2002 |access-date= 19 August 2014 |url= http://www.playbill.com/news/article/72168-Rando-Steinman-Talk-About-Dance-of-the-Vampires-at-Press-Preview-Sept-18 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140313031549/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/72168-Rando-Steinman-Talk-About-Dance-of-the-Vampires-at-Press-Preview-Sept-18 |archive-date= 13 March 2014}}</ref></blockquote>He also told ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' that he thought Tyler sounded like [[John Fogerty]] and wrote the song "to be a showpiece for her voice."<ref name="AmericanSongwriterReview">{{cite magazine|first= Jim |last= Beviglia |title= Bonnie Tyler, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" |magazine= [[American Songwriter]] |date= 24 February 2014 |access-date= 25 February 2014 |url= http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/02/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-heart/}}</ref> Tyler described the song as "a challenge [to sing]," stating that she "[doesn't] like songs that anybody can sing. I like songs that need a lot of energy." After Steinman presented her with the song, she told ''[[The Times]]'', "I just had shivers right up my spine...I couldn't wait to actually get in and record it."<ref>{{cite news|first= Dick |last= Clark |title= Bonnie Tyler aims for 'total eclipse' of charts |newspaper= [[Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina)|Times-News]] |date= 20 September 1983 |access-date= 25 August 2014 |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19830920&id=CWZPAAAAIBAJ&pg=6160,2695215}}</ref>

According to [[Meat Loaf]], Steinman had written the song, along with "[[Making Love Out of Nothing at All]]", for Meat Loaf's album ''[[Midnight at the Lost and Found]]''; however, Meat Loaf's record company refused to pay Steinman, and he wrote separate songs himself. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was given to Bonnie Tyler and "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" to [[Air Supply]].<ref>{{cite news |first= Cameron |last= Adams |title= Meat Loaf's a Hell raiser |newspaper= [[Herald Sun]] |date= 26 October 2006 |url= http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20642893-5006024,00.html |access-date= 26 October 2006 |archive-date= 30 June 2012 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120630064206/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/meat-loafs-a-hell-raiser/story-e6frf9hf-1111112415532 |url-status= dead }}</ref> Tyler has denied this claim.<ref>{{cite web|first= Edward |last= Champion |title= The Bat Segundo Show: Bonnie Tyler |date= 12 September 2008 |access-date= 8 May 2013 |publisher= The Bat Segundo Show |url= http://www.edrants.com/the-bat-segundo-show-bonnie-tyler/}}</ref> "Meat Loaf was apparently very annoyed that Jim gave that to me," Tyler stated. "But Jim said he didn't write it for Meat Loaf, that he only finished it after meeting me."<ref>{{cite news|first= Patrick |last= Freyne |title= Bonnie Tyler: 'There's nothing I won't talk about' |newspaper= [[The Irish Times]] |date= 20 August 2014 |access-date= 20 August 2014 |url= http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/bonnie-tyler-there-s-nothing-i-won-t-talk-about-1.1901587?}}</ref> Steinman said to ''People'' that he considered it "an aria to me, a [[wagnerian]]-like onslaught of sound and emotion. I wrote it to be a showpiece for her voice."<ref name="RW" />

In an interview with journalist [[Mick Wall]] shortly after the release of Meat Loaf's 2006 album ''[[Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose]]'', Steinman stated: "I didn't write [Total Eclipse of the Heart] for anyone but Bonnie." Steinman believed that CBS were expecting him to write something similar to "[[It's a Heartache]]", but he had different ideas.<ref>{{cite book|first= Mick |last= Wall |year= 2017 |title= Like a Bat Out of Hell: The Larger than Life Story of Meat Loaf |publisher= Hachette UK |page= 270 |isbn= 9781409173526 |access-date= 29 May 2018 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=2h8UDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT205}}</ref>

==Music video==
[[File:Steps at Former Holloway Sanatorium.JPG|thumb|[[Holloway Sanatorium]] steps, which feature in the video]]

The music video for "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was directed by Australian director [[Russell Mulcahy]]<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Lars |last= Brandle |title= Britain Counts On Bonnie Tyler to Play Eurovision Hero |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= 8 March 2013 |access-date= 19 August 2014 |url= http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1551168/britain-counts-on-bonnie-tyler-to-play-eurovision-hero}}</ref> and was filmed at the [[Holloway Sanatorium]], a large [[Gothic Revival architecture|Victorian Gothic]] hospital near [[Virginia Water]], [[Surrey]], England.<ref>{{cite book|first= Pete |last= Frame |year= 1999 |title= Pete Frame's rockin' around Britain : rock'n'roll landmarks of the UK and Ireland |publisher= [[Omnibus Press]] |location= London |page= [https://archive.org/details/peteframesrockin0000fram/page/174 174] |isbn= 978-0-71196-973-5}}</ref> The [[Surrealism|surrealist]] video features Tyler clad in white, dreaming or fantasizing about students in a boys' [[boarding school]]. Young men are seen dancing and participating in various school activities and singing in a choir.

The video received two nominations at the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Video Music Awards in 1983 for Best Performance by a Female and Most Effective Use of Symbolism.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Billboard Congratulates the Video Music Award Nominees |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page= 36 |date= 5 November 1983 |access-date= 12 May 2019 |url= https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/80s/1983/BB-1983-11-05-OCR-Page-0036.pdf}}</ref>

A long-running [[urban legend]] is that the boy who appears throughout the video and who shakes Tyler's hand at the end is former Italian footballer [[Gianfranco Zola]]. In a 2012 interview, Zola confirmed that he did not appear in the video.<ref>{{cite web|title= Chelsea great Gianfranco Zola: 'I don't star in Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart video' |work= Off the Post |date= 16 May 2012 |access-date= 5 September 2014 |url= http://www.offthepost.info/blog/2012/05/chelsea-great-gianfranco-zola-i-dont-star-in-bonnie-tylers-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-video/}}</ref>

In September 2023, the video exceeded one billion views on YouTube.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-video-1-billion-youtube-views-1235412970/ | title=Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Video Reaches 1 Billion YouTube Views  | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date=6 October 2023}}</ref>

==Live performances==
Since the song's release, Tyler has performed "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in all of her concerts.<ref>{{cite web|title= Bonnie Tyler: 'Forget being a star - do it for the love of it' |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |date= 10 May 2009 |access-date= 16 March 2014 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/10/bonnie-tyler-husky-voice}}</ref> "I sing it much better now than I used to," she told ''[[The Huffington Post]]''. "I think my voice is probably not as husky as it was, I think it's mellowed a bit."<ref>{{cite web|first= Caroline |last= Frost |title= Bonnie Tyler Interview: 'I Won't Mind If Believe in Me Gets Nil Points at Eurovision Song Contest' |work= [[The Huffington Post]] |date= 7 May 2013 |access-date= 26 August 2014 |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/07/bonnie-tyler-eurovision-malmo-believe-in-me-total-eclipse-of-the-heart_n_3228950.html}}</ref> The song was performed at the [[26th Annual Grammy Awards]], held at the [[Shrine Auditorium]], Los Angeles, on 28 February 1984.<ref>{{cite news|title= Jackson, Police top Grammy Awards list |newspaper= [[The Michigan Daily]] |date= 29 February 1984 |access-date= 26 August 2014 |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2706&dat=19840229&id=pwhKAAAAIBAJ&pg=3394,1892711}}</ref>

Bonnie Tyler sang "Total Eclipse of the Heart" live on board a [[Royal Caribbean International|Royal Caribbean]] cruise ship during the [[solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|solar eclipse of 21 August 2017]], backed by [[DNCE]].<ref>{{cite press release|first= Melissa |last= Mahtani |title= Bonnie Tyler sings 'Total Eclipse' live on CNN |agency= CNN |date= 21 August 2017 |access-date= 22 August 2017 |url= http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/21/entertainment/bonnie-tyler-sings-total-eclipse-cnntv/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first= Ryan |last= Reed |title= Bonnie Tyler Will Sing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' During Solar Eclipse |magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] |date= 16 August 2017 |access-date= 18 August 2017 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bonnie-tyler-to-sing-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-on-eclipse-w498094}}</ref>

Live recordings of Tyler performing the song have been released on her albums ''[[Bonnie Tyler Live]]'' (2006) and ''[[Live in Germany 1993]]'' (2011). Video performances have also been released on Tyler's DVDs, ''[[Bonnie on Tour]]'' (2006) and the DVD edition of ''Live in Germany 1993''.

==Critical reception==
Mike DeGagne from [[AllMusic]] retrospectively described "Total Eclipse of the Heart" as "one of the finest [[Sentimental ballad|ballads]] ever to hit radio." He noted the "lush instrumentation" and said that Tyler's voice "produced the perfect type of 'desperate lovelorn' effect to suit the romantic lyrics." He described [[Roy Bittan]]'s piano playing as "dreamy" and described Tyler's voice as "wonderfully gritty."<ref>{{cite web|first= Mike |last= DeGagne |title= Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart – Song Review |website= AllMusic |access-date= 12 January 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/song/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-mt0048045343}}</ref> Donald A. Guarisco, also from AllMusic, retrospectively reviewed ''Faster Than the Speed of Night'' and noted the song as an "epic ballad", describing the whole album as "rock at its most melodramatic."<ref>{{cite web|first= Donald A. |last= Guarisco |title= Bonnie Tyler – Faster Than the Speed of Night – Album Review |website= AllMusic |access-date= 13 January 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/faster-than-the-speed-of-night-mw0000196124}}</ref> Jim Beviglia from ''American Songwriter'' said that Tyler's raspy vocals helped to legitimize the "melodrama inherent in the lyrics," and described the song as a "garment-rending, chest-beating [and] emotionally exhausting ballad" that suits the throes of a turbulent relationship.<ref name="AmericanSongwriterReview"/>

==Impact==
In a 2013 UK survey, the song came first in a list of most popular songs to sing in the shower, above songs by [[Justin Bieber]], [[Robbie Williams]], [[One Direction]] and [[Elton John]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Bonnie Tyler power ballad takes top spot in shower singing survey |newspaper= [[Western Mail (Wales)|Western Mail]] |date= 23 May 2013 |access-date= 29 May 2013 |url= http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/bonnie-tylers-total-eclipse-heart-4005161}}</ref> In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's third-favourite [[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s|1980s number one]] in a poll for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].<ref>{{cite news|first= Caroline |last= Westbrook |title= The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One: 12 more classic 80s chart-toppers which didn't make the cut |newspaper= [[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date= 25 July 2015 |access-date= 27 July 2015 |url= http://metro.co.uk/2015/07/25/the-nations-favourite-80s-number-one-12-more-classic-80s-chart-toppers-which-didnt-make-the-cut-5312786/}}</ref>

Due to the song's lyrics comparing an ended romance with an [[eclipse]],<ref>{{cite news|first= Jim |last= Farber |title= Songs for the eclipse – 10 of the best |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |date= 20 August 2017 |access-date= 3 July 2021 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/20/solar-eclipse-america-songs-bonnie-tyler}}</ref> it often receives attention during [[Solar eclipse|solar]] and [[lunar eclipse]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Raisa |last= Bruner |title= Bonnie Tyler Will Sing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' During the Actual Eclipse |magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date= 16 August 2017 |access-date= 2 July 2021 |url= https://time.com/4902109/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-bonnie-tyler-cruise/}}</ref> During the [[Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015|solar eclipse of 20 March 2015]], Tyler's version received a 214% increase of [[Spotify]] streams throughout the day.<ref>{{cite news|first= Jess |last= Wilson |title= Solar Eclipse: Spotify reveals streaming of Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart is up 214 per cent |newspaper= [[Daily Mirror]] |date= 20 March 2015 |access-date= 2 April 2015 |url= https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/solar-eclipse-spotify-reveals-streaming-5372156}}</ref> A similar impact was experienced during the [[solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|solar eclipse of 21 August 2017]], when [[Nielsen SoundScan|Nielsen Music]] reported a 503% increase in record sales.<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Keith |last= Caulfield |title= 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Sales Rise More Than 500% |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= 21 August 2017 |access-date= 21 August 2017 |url= https://www.billboard.com/pro/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-sales-up-500-percent/}}</ref> Around that time, the song hit number one on the [[iTunes]] chart.<ref>{{cite news|first= Nicole |last= Pelletiere |title= 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' hits no. 1 on iTunes for solar eclipse |publisher= [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date= 21 August 2017 |access-date= 22 August 2017 |url= https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/total-eclipse-heart-hits-itunes-chart-surpassing-despacito/story?id=49342319}}</ref>

The song again reached No. 1 on the iTunes sales chart in the US during the [[solar eclipse of April 8, 2024|solar eclipse of 8 April 2024]].<ref>{{cite web|last=McIntyre|first=Hugh|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2024/04/08/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-hits-no-1during-the-actual-eclipse/?sh=4a75d7d53b95|title='Total Eclipse Of The Heart' Hits No. 1 During Solar Eclipse 2024|work=[[Forbes]]|date=8 April 2024|access-date=8 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408212432/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2024/04/08/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-hits-no-1during-the-actual-eclipse/?sh=4a75d7d53b95|archive-date=8 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> In the following week, Tyler re-entered the ''Billboard'' Artist 100 chart at No. 79,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/artist-100/2024-04-20|title=Billboard Artist 100 – April 20, 2024|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=17 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418004449/https://www.billboard.com/charts/artist-100/2024-04-20|archive-date=18 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" entered the LyricFind Global chart at No. 25,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/lyricfind-global/2024-04-20|title=LyricFind Global – April 20, 2024|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=17 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418004116/https://www.billboard.com/charts/lyricfind-global/2024-04-20|archive-date=18 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> the Canadian Digital Song Sales chart at No. 9,<ref name="CADigitalSongs2024">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-canada-digital-song-sales/2024-04-20|title=Canadian Digital Song Sales – April 20, 2024|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=17 April 2022|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418005304/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-canada-digital-song-sales/2024-04-20|archive-date=18 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> and the US Digital Song Sales Chart at No. 5.<ref name="USDigitalSongs2024">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-song-sales/2024-04-20|title=Digital Song Sales – April 20, 2024|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=17 April 2022|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418004935/https://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-song-sales/2024-04-20|archive-date=18 April 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Formats and track listings==
* '''UK 7-inch single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title= Total Eclipse of the Heart |year= 1983 |type= [[7-inch single]] |publisher= [[Sony Music Entertainment|CBS Records]] |id= LC0149}}</ref>
#"Total Eclipse of the Heart" – 4:29
#"Take Me Back" – 5:05

* '''US 7-inch single'''
#"Total Eclipse of the Heart" – 4:29
#"[[Straight from the Heart (Bryan Adams song)|Straight from the Heart]]" – 3:38

* '''UK 12-inch single'''
#"Total Eclipse of the Heart" – 6:59
#"Take Me Back" – 5:22

==Credits and personnel==
Credits are adapted from AllMusic.<ref>{{cite web|title= Faster Than the Speed of Night – Credits |website= AllMusic |access-date= 22 August 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/faster-than-the-speed-of-night-mw0000196124/credits}}</ref>
*[[Bonnie Tyler]] – lead vocals
*[[Rick Derringer]] – guitar
*Steve Buslowe – bass guitar
*[[Roy Bittan]] – piano
*[[Larry Fast]] – synthesizers
*Steve Margoshes – additional synthesizers
*[[Max Weinberg]] – drums
*[[Jimmy Maelen]] – percussion
*[[Rory Dodd]] – featured and backing vocals
*[[Eric Troyer]], [[Holly Sherwood]] – backing vocals

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Chart (1983)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |author-link= David Kent (historian) |year= 1993 |title= Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |edition= illustrated |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= [[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, N.S.W.]] |page= 316 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| 1
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{{single chart|Flanders|14|artist=Bonnie Tyler|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014|refname="BEL"}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=6244|rowheader=true|access-date=6 July 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|9|chartid=4373|rowheader=true|access-date=6 July 2018}}
|-
!scope="row"|Denmark (BT/[[IFPI Danmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Hits of the World |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= 30 July 1983 |page= 52 |access-date= 11 July 2019 |url= https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/80s/1983/BB-1983-07-30-OCR-Page-0050.pdf}}</ref>
| 6
|-
!scope="row"| [[European Hot 100 Singles#Europarade Top 40|Europarade Top 40]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=16 July 1983 |title=Europarade – 16 July 1983 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1983/Music-Week-1983-07-16-I.pdf |magazine=[[Music Week]] |access-date=15 June 2021 }}</ref>
| 7
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!scope="row"| [[Europarade]] Euro Hit 40 <ref>{{cite web|title= Europarade Singles – 3 Jul. 1983 |access-date= 23 March 2024 |url=https://www.hitnoteringen.nl/hitlijsten/europarade/1983-27}}</ref>
| 6
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!scope="row"|Finland ([[Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=267|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Bonnie Tyler|page=267|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=11 July 2022|language=fi}}</ref>
| 6
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!scope="row"|France ([[Institut français d'opinion publique|IFOP]])<ref>{{cite web|title= InfoDisc : Tous les Titres par Artiste |website= InfoDisc |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_T.php |id= Select "Bonnie Tyler" from the artist drop-down menu |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130920092618/http://infodisc.fr/Bilan_T.php |archive-date= 20 September 2013 |language= fr}}</ref>
| 3
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{{single chart|Ireland2|1|song=Total Eclipse of the Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
!scope="row"|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e dischi]]|language=it|access-date=8 June 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Bonnie Tyler".</ref>
| 17
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|24|year=1983|week=17|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014|refname="Dutch40"}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|18|artist=Bonnie Tyler|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Bonnie Tyler|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
{{single chart|Norway|1|artist=Bonnie Tyler|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
!scope="row"|Peru ([[UPI]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=azhEAAAAIBAJ&dq=la+opinion+canciones+mas+populares&pg=PA10&article_id=1436,8843983|title=Las canciones más populares en América Latina|newspaper=[[La Opinión (Los Angeles)]]|language=es|access-date=September 30, 2024|date=December 19, 1983}}</ref>
| 2
|-
!scope="row"|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web|title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (T) |website= Rock.co.za |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(T).html#bonnietyler}}</ref>
| 1
|-
!scope="row"|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book|first= Fernando |last= Salaverri |date= September 2005 |title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition= 1st |publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE |location= Spain |isbn= 84-8048-639-2 |language= es}}</ref>
| 9
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{{single chart|Sweden|3|artist=Bonnie Tyler|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|3|artist=Bonnie Tyler|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|1|date=19830312|artist=Bonnie Tyler|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Bonnie Tyler|rowheader=true|access-date=4 February 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|7|artist=Bonnie Tyler|rowheader=true|access-date=4 February 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|23|artist=Bonnie Tyler|rowheader=true|access-date=4 February 2019}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending October 8, 1983 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19831008.html |archive-date= 13 September 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120913113025/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19831008.html}}</ref>
| 1
|-
!scope="row"|Venezuela ([[UPI]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TzhEAAAAIBAJ&dq=canciones+mas+populares+la+opinion&pg=PA10&article_id=1473,3708531|title=Las canciones más populares en América Latina|newspaper=[[La Opinión (Los Angeles)]]|language=es|access-date=September 30, 2024|date=November 21, 1983}}</ref>
| 4
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|16|artist=Bonnie Tyler|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|songid=955|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
!scope="row"|Zimbabwe (ZIMA)<ref name="zimbabwe">{{cite book|first= Chris |last= Kimberley |year= 2000 |title= Zimbabwe : Zimbabwe Singles Chart Book |location= Harare}}</ref>
|1
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Year
!Chart 
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|2008
{{single chart|UK|57|artist=Bonnie Tyler|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|date=20080914|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014|refname="Tyler2008"}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|2011
!scope="row"|Belgium ([[Ultratop|Back Catalogue Singles]] Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|title= 50 Back Catalogue Singles – 05/02/2011 |publisher= [[Ultratop]]. Hung Medien |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= http://www.ultratop.be/nl/weekchart.asp?cat=sb&year=2011&date=20110205}}</ref>
| 17
|-
{{single chart|Denmark|35|artist=Bonnie Tyler|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
|2012
{{single chart|France|57|artist=Bonnie Tyler|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
|2013
{{single chart|France|98|artist=Bonnie Tyler|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014|refname="France2013"}}
|-
|2014
{{single chart|France|114|artist=Bonnie Tyler|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=20 August 2014|refname="France2014"}}
|-
|rowspan="4"|2017
!scope="row"|Canadian Digital Song Sales<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Canadian Digital Song Sales – September 9, 2017 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= 9 March 2022 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-canada-digital-song-sales/2017-09-09/}}</ref>
| 38
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Digital Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Digital Song Sales – September 9, 2017 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= 29 August 2017 |url= http://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-song-sales/2017-09-09}}</ref>
| 13
|-
!scope="row"|US Pop Digital Songs Sales (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Digital Song Sales |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= 29 August 2017 |url= https://www.billboard.com/music/bonnie-tyler/chart-history/PPD}}</ref>
| 8
|-
!scope="row"|US Hot Canadian Pop Digital Songs Sales (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Digital Song Sales |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= 29 August 2017 |url= https://www.billboard.com/music/bonnie-tyler/chart-history/CNS}}</ref>
| 38
|-
|2019
!scope="row"|Hungary ([[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|Single Top 40]])<ref>{{cite web|title= Single (track) Top 40 lista: 2019.10.18. – 2019.10.24. |access-date= 4 March 2020 |url= https://zene.slagerlistak.hu/single-track-top-40-lista/2019/43 |language= hu}}</ref>
| 29
|-
|rowspan="4"|2024
!scope="row"|Canadian Digital Song Sales<ref name="CADigitalSongs2024"/>
| 9
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Digital Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="USDigitalSongs2024"/>
| 5
|-
!scope="row"|US [[TikTok Billboard Top 50|TikTok ''Billboard'' Top 50]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= TikTok Top 50 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= 20 April 2024 |url= https://www.billboard.com/music/bonnie-tyler/chart-history/PPD}}</ref>
| 13
|-
!scope="row"|US LyricFind Global (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= LyricFind |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= 20 April 2024 |url= https://www.billboard.com/music/bonnie-tyler/chart-history/PPD}}</ref>
| 25
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Chart (1983)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus83">{{cite web |url=https://i.imgur.com/860ttad.jpg |title=Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983 |publisher=[[Kent Music Report]] |via=Imgur.com |access-date=22 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Forum - ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s |publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |archive-date= 6 October 2014}}</ref>
| 6
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|5|chartid=6699|rowheader=true|access-date=29 December 2023|refname=CanadaYearEnd}}
|-
!scope="row"|France (IFOP)<ref>{{cite web|title= TOP – 1983 |website= Top-france.fr |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1983.htm |language= fr}}</ref>
| 15
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{cite web|title= End of Year Charts 1983 |publisher= Recorded Music New Zealand |access-date= 20 May 2020 |url= https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1983-12-31}}</ref>
| 5
|-
!scope="row"|South Africa (Springbok Radio)<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 20 Hit Singles of 1983 |website= Rock.co.za |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/sahits_1983.html}}</ref>
| 3
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite book|editor-first= Peter |editor-last= Scaping |year= 1984 |title= BPI Year Book 1984 |chapter= Top 100 singles: 1983 |publisher= [[British Phonographic Industry]] |pages= 42–43 |isbn= 0-906154-04-9}}</ref>
| 5
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="US">{{cite web|title= Top 100 Hits for 1983 |website= The Longbored Surfer |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1983}}</ref>
| 6
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1983 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1983YESP.html |archive-date= 11 September 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120911042042/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1983YESP.html}}</ref>
| 5
|}

===All-time charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Chart (1958–2018)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Hot 100 Turns 60 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= 5 January 2018 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary}}</ref>
| 161
|}
{{col-end}}

==Sales and certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|artist=Bonnie Tyler|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1983|certyear=2019|access-date=28 October 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Bonnie Tyler|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|award=Platinum|relyear=1983|certyear=1984}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Bonnie Tyler|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|award=Platinum|id=11718|relyear=1983|certyear=2022|access-date=4 October 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|artist=Bonnie Tyler|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|award=Gold|relyear=1983|certyear=1983|source=infodisc}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Bonnie Tyler|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1983|certyear=2023|access-date=21 January 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Bonnie Tyler|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|award=Platinum|relyear=2012|certyear=2015|certweek=4|id=2989}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Bonnie Tyler|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=1983|certyear=2025|access-date=30 October 2025|source=radioscope}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|type=single|artist=Bonnie Tyler|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|award=Gold|relyear=1983|certyear=2022|id=file_2022-05-13-15-04-29.pdf|access-date=23 May 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|artist=Bonnie Tyler|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1983|certyear=2024|access-date=26 September 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Bonnie Tyler|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2004|certyear=2024|id=7719-2167-1|access-date=20 December 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Bonnie Tyler|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|award=Platinum|relyear=1983|certyear=2001|refname="RIAA"}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

==Other versions by Bonnie Tyler==
Since the original release in 1983, Tyler has re-recorded the song numerous times. In 2004, she released a duet version of the song with [[Peter Brocklehurst]] on his album ''For You''.<ref>{{cite web|title= For You by Peter Brocklehurst |date= January 2004 |publisher= [[iTunes Store]]. [[Apple, Inc.]] |access-date= 19 August 2014 |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/for-you/358291835}}</ref> A solo version of the recording was released on her own studio album, ''[[Wings (Bonnie Tyler album)|Wings]]'', the following year.

In January 2007, Tyler released another version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in collaboration with the British punk-electronic group BabyPinkStar.<ref>{{cite web|title= Bonnie Tyler biography |publisher= [[BBC Cymru Wales|BBC Wales]] |date= 17 November 2008 |access-date= 12 January 2014 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/bonnie-tyler/pages/biography.shtml}}</ref> It peaked at no. 40 on the [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Independent Singles]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20070211/130|title=Official Independent Singles Chart - 11 February 2007 - 17 February 2007|work=Official Charts Company|access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>

In 2009, Tyler released a version of the song with Welsh choral group [[Only Men Aloud!]].<ref name="BBC"/> In 2011, Tyler re-recorded the song on an [[Extended play|EP]] named after the song, released by [[Cleopatra Records]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler |date= January 1989 |publisher= [[iTunes Store]]. [[Apple, Inc.]] |access-date= 26 August 2014 |url= https://music.apple.com/gb/album/total-eclipse-of-the-heart/433069115}}</ref> In 2013, another version of the song was released as a bonus track from her album ''[[Rocks and Honey]]'', available exclusively on the UK iTunes Store.

In 2021, Tyler released a [[crossover music|classical-dance]] version of the song on ''Classical 80s Dance'', an album by German producer [[Alex Christensen]] and the Berlin Orchestra.<ref>{{cite news|title= Musik-Produzent Alex Christensen im Interview |newspaper= Westfälische Nachrichten |date= 7 September 2021 |access-date= 14 October 2021 |url= https://www.wn.de/welt/kultur/musik/in-einem-boot-mit-den-80ern-2418300?pid=true |language= de}}</ref>

===Bonnie Tyler and Kareen Antonn version===
{{Infobox song
| name       = Si demain... (Turn Around)
| cover      = Si demain (Turn Around) - Bonnie Tyler and Kareen Antonn.png
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Kareen Antonn]] and [[Bonnie Tyler]]
| album      = [[Simply Believe]]
| released   = 19 December 2003
| recorded   =
| studio     = Studio Pasteur ([[Paris]], France)
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     =
* 4:10 (album version)
* 3:54 (radio version)
| label      = Yanis
| writer     = 
* [[Jim Steinman]]
* Emmanuel Pribys
| producer   =
* Lynda Ramdane
* [[Faouze Barkati]]
* Krem Barkati
* Wallid Barkati
| chronology = [[Bonnie Tyler]]
| prev_title = Learning to Fly
| prev_year  = 2003
| next_title = [[It's a Heartache|Si tout s'arrête (It' a Heartache)]]
| next_year  = 2004
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Kareen Antonn]]
 | type       = single
 | prev_title =
 | prev_year  =
 | title      = Si demain... (Turn Around)
 | year       = 2003
 | next_title = [[It's a Heartache|Si tout s'arrête (It' a Heartache)]]
 | next_year  = 2004
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|ryjZjI-E024|"Si demain... (Turn Around)"}}}}
}}

In 2003, Tyler re-recorded "Total Eclipse of the Heart" as a bilingual duet with French singer [[Kareen Antonn]]. Produced by [[Faouze Barkati]], Krem Barkati and Wallid Barkati, the track was named "'''Si demain... (Turn Around)'''". It was released on 19 December 2003 by Yanis Records and appears on Tyler's 14th studio album, ''[[Simply Believe]]'' (2004). The single topped the charts in France and [[Wallonia]].

====Background and release====
The release date for "Si demain... (Turn Around)" was brought forward by three weeks due to unprecendented demand after the track received pre-release radio airplay.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/3413937.stm|title=Tyler riding high in France|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=7 December 2007|date=21 January 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040123040341/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3413937.stm|archive-date=23 January 2004|url-status=live}}</ref> Tyler and Antonn filmed the music video in [[Québec]], Canada. Behind-the-scenes footage was released on Tyler's concert film, ''[[Bonnie on Tour]]'' (2006).<ref>{{cite AV media|people=Tyler, Bonnie|date=2006|title=Bonnie on Tour|type=DVD|location=[[Paris, France]]|publisher=Stick Music|id=794881796793}}</ref>

Following the success of "Si demain... (Turn Around)", Tyler and Antonn released a second duet, "[[It's a Heartache|Si tout s'arrête (It's a Heartache)]]", on 7 June 2004.

[[Image:kareencigale.jpg|right|220px|thumb|[[Bonnie Tyler]] and Kareen Antonn performing "Si demain... (Turn Around)" at [[La Cigale]] (Paris) on 8 June 2005.]]

====Critical reception====
In reviews, critics praised "Si demain... (Turn Around)" for its inventive approach at re-recording a pre-established hit song. ''Platine'', a French magazine, attributed the track's success to an emerging trend of "transborder duets" in 2004.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Platine|title=Platine|date=March 2004|page=73|language=fr}}</ref> Music charts analyst Elia Habib noted that "Si demain... (Turn Around)" is the first bilingual chart-topping single since "[[7 Seconds (song)|7 Seconds]]" by [[Youssou N'Dour]] and [[Neneh Cherry]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chartoscopy of 13 February 2004|first=Elia|last=Habib|url=http://72.30.186.56/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=chartoscopie+si+demain...+%28turn+around%29&fr=ytff1-divx&u=www.paroles.net/muzhit/chartos.htm&w=chartoscopie+si+demain+turn+around&d=YiUIwrXiP3gJ&icp=1&.intl=fr|publisher=MuzHit|language=fr|access-date=5 December 2007}}{{dead link|date=May 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> ''Music Actu'' stated the song was "among the most popular singles of French public" upon release, and noted its performance on the French singles chart.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kareen Antonn et Bonnie Tyler au sommet|publisher=Music Actu|first=Christophe|last=Vannier|date=26 February 2004|url=http://www.musicactu.com/actualite-musique/25201/kareen-antonn-et-bonnie-tyler-au-sommet|language=fr|access-date=20 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227233155/http://www.musicactu.com/actualite-musique/25201/kareen-antonn-et-bonnie-tyler-au-sommet|archive-date=27 December 2013}}</ref>

====Formats and track listings====
* Digital download (since 2005)
{{Track listing
| title1 = Si demain... (Turn Around)
| note1  = radio version
| length1= 3:54
| title2 = Si demain... (Turn Around)
| note2  = album version
| length2= 4:10
| title3 = Si demain... (Turn Around)
| note3  = music video
| length3= 3:47
| title4 = Si demain... (Turn Around)
| note4  = karaoke version
| length4= 3:54
| title5 = Si demain... (Turn Around)
| note5  = karaoke with song
| length5= 3:47
}}
* CD single (3 versions)
{{Track listing
| title1 = Si demain... (Turn Around)
| note1  = radio version
| length1= 3:54
| title2 = Si demain... (Turn Around)
| note2  = album version
| length2= 4:10
| title3 = Si demain... (Turn Around)
| note3  = by Kareen Antonn
| length3= 3:52
}}

====Chart performances and sales====
On the French [[SNEP]] Singles Chart, the single debuted at number 25 on 21 December 2003.<ref>{{cite web |title=France Singles Top 100, week 51/2003 |url=http://acharts.us/france_singles_top_100/2003/51 |publisher=Acharts |access-date=9 December 2007}}</ref> It reached the top ten two weeks later and became number one in its fifth week. The single regained the number one spot on three occasions during the ten weeks at number one. It remained on the chart for 25&nbsp;weeks,<ref name="Lescharts">{{cite web |title="Si demain... (Turn Around)", French SNEP Singles Chart |url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=5963&cat=s |publisher=Lescharts |language=fr |access-date=5 December 2007}}</ref> achieved Platinum status for over 500,000 copies sold,<ref name="Disqueenfrance">{{cite web|title=Certifications Singles Platine – année 2004 |url=http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259165&year=2004&type=9 |publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]] |language=fr |access-date=5 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307200037/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/monopage.xml?id=259165&year=2004&type=9 |archive-date=7 March 2012 }}</ref> and was the fourth best-selling single of 2004 in France.<ref name="Ifop">{{cite web|title=2004 French SNEP Singles Chart |url=http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?year=2004 |publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]] |language=fr |access-date=8 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305062106/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?year=2004 |archive-date=5 March 2012 }}</ref> "Si demain... (Turn Around)" is the only female duet number one single since the creation of French Top 50.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chartoscopy of March 18, 2004 |first=Elia |last=Habib |url=http://www.muzhit.com/chartos_db_art.htm |publisher=Muzhit |language=fr |access-date=6 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021228234913/http://www.muzhit.com/chartos_db_art.htm |archive-date=28 December 2002 }}</ref> It is also the single which made the biggest drop from number one, dropping directly to number ten.<ref>{{cite web|title=French SNEP Singles Chart from 10 to 17 April 2004 |url=http://www.disqueenfrance.com/classements/singles/default.asp?j=6&date=213 |publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]] |language=fr |access-date=5 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201004234/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/classements/singles/default.asp?j=6&date=213 |archive-date=1 December 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About French Chart |url=http://www.eurohot20.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=545&Itemid=32 |publisher=Eurohot20 |language=fr |access-date=5 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115041943/http://www.eurohot20.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=545&Itemid=32 |archive-date=15 November 2006  }}</ref> It also gave Bonnie Tyler the record of the longest time gap between top ten singles in France. Eighteen years passed between her hit "[[If You Were a Woman and I Was a Man|If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)]]" which reached number six in 1986<ref>{{cite web |title="If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)", French SNEP Singles Chart |url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bonnie+Tyler&titel=If+You+Were+A+Woman+%28And+I+Was+A+Man%29&cat=s |publisher=Lescharts |language=fr |access-date=5 December 2007}}</ref> and of "Si demain... (Turn Around)", hitting number one. The previous record, by [[Marc Lavoine]], was 17&nbsp;years old.<ref>{{cite book |first=Elia |last=Habib |title=Muz hit.tubes |publisher=Alinéa Bis |year=2002 |page=570 |language=fr |isbn=2-9518832-0-X}}</ref>

In Belgium (Wallonia), the song went to number one two weeks after its debut at number 21, and remained number one from 21 February to 10 April 2004, i.e. eight weeks. It stayed in the top 40 for 24&nbsp;weeks.<ref name="Ultratop">{{cite web |title="Si demain... (Turn Around)", Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop 40 Singles Chart |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/174b/Kareen-Antonn-_-Bonnie-Tyler-Si-demain...-(Turn-Around) |publisher=Ultratop |language=fr |access-date=3 January 2007}}</ref> It was certified Platinum after eleven weeks on the chart. It was the second best-selling single of 2004 and totaled 31&nbsp;weeks on the chart.<ref name="Skynet">{{cite web |title=2004 Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop 40 Singles Chart |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2004 |publisher=Ultratop |language=fr |access-date=3 January 2007}}</ref> In Switzerland, the single peaked at number seven for four weeks and remained on the chart for 34&nbsp;weeks.<ref name="Hitparade">{{cite web |title="Si demain... (Trun Around)", Swiss Singles Chart |url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=5963&cat=s |publisher=Hitparade |language=de |access-date=5 December 2007}}</ref> "Si demain... (Turn Around)" was also broadcast on radio in Russia and Poland where it reached number one on local radios as well as on the main chart.<ref name="Pifpaf">{{cite web |title=Polish Pip Paf Airplay Chart |url=http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_23_2004.html |publisher=Pifpaf |language=pl |access-date=9 December 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071026110432/http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_23_2004.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 26 October 2007}} <br/>Successive positions: 24 25 27 27 10 7 4 4 1 1 1 4 13 10 10 5 8 9 17</ref><ref name="Rmf">{{cite web |title=Polish RMF FM Radio Chart |url=http://www.rmf.fm/au/?a=poplista |publisher=rmf |language=pl |access-date=9 December 2007}}. <br/>Successive positions (from 17 March to 17 June 2004) : 19 15 9 1 3 1 4 2 6 2 7 11 10 4 13 4 8 1 2 6 2 1 6 11 8 11 6 3 3 10 5 9 14 20 16 18 14 11 9 6 3 8 3 2 5 10 6 14 6 3 5 2 5 1 5 3 6 15 16 20 14 1 6 14 20</ref> The song was number six on the 2004 International List of [[French-speaking]] Music, compiled in collaboration with 122 radio stations throughout the world.<ref>{{cite web |title=2004 International List of prize of the French-speaking Musics |url=http://www.radio-music.org/article.php?sid=1762&&thold=0 |publisher=Radio-music |language=fr |access-date=8 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104192903/http://www.radio-music.org/article.php?sid=1762 |archive-date=4 January 2017  }}</ref>

As of August 2014, the song was the 26th-best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 508,000 units sold.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du millénaire en France, épisode 8 (30-21) |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-93389.html |publisher=Chartsinfrance, [[PureCharts]] |date=30 August 2014 |access-date=17 March 2015}}</ref> However, when she participated in the French show ''La Méthode Cauet'', Kareen Antonn affirmed that the single, then still ranked on the French Singles Chart, had exceeded the 700,000 sold copies. Worldwide, the song has sold more than 2&nbsp;million copies (physical sales and digital downloads).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stickmusic.fr/artistes.php/pop-rock/bonnie-tyler/|title=artistes|website=www.stickmusic.fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Feurovision%2Fentries%2F509ebc6a-da4e-3f10-b8de-ab65482bca21  |date=21 March 2013 |access-date=25 January 2019}}</ref>

====Credits and personnel====
{{col-begin}} 
{{col-2}}
* Music / Text : [[Jim Steinman]], Emmanuel Pribys
* [[Record producer|Producers]] : Faouze, Krem, Wallid Barkati
* Executive producer : Lynda Ramdane
* Artistic direction : Yanis Records
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* French adaptation : Emmanuel Pribys
* Chorus : F. Llado, J.-N. Sombrun, F. Godebout, D. Goury, M. Ducret, J. Stage, B. Bishop
* [[Guitar]] : S. Heurtault, K. Rustam
* [[Bass guitar|Bass]] : J. Stage
{{col-end}}

====Charts====
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

=====Weekly charts=====
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2004 weekly chart performance for "Si demain... (Turn Around)"
! scope="col"| Chart (2004)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|1|artist=Kareen Antonn / Bonnie Tyler|song=Si demain... (Turn Around)|access-date=3 January 2007|rowheader=true}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[European Hot 100 Singles]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2004/BB-2004-04-24.pdf|title=Billboard Eurocharts|page=51|access-date=24 April 2004|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 4
|-
{{single chart|France|1|artist=Kareen Antonn / Bonnie Tyler|song=Si demain... (Turn Around)|access-date=5 December 2007|rowheader=true}}
|-
! scope="row"| Poland Airplay ([[TVP1]])<ref name="Pifpaf"/><ref name="Rmf"/>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Russia Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.ru/ru/tracks/1016|title=Top Radio Hits|website=[[Tophit]]|access-date=31 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118045332/https://tophit.ru/ru/tracks/1016|archive-date=18 January 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 154
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|7|artist=Kareen Antonn / Bonnie Tyler|song=Si demain... (Turn Around)|access-date=5 December 2007|rowheader=true}}
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable unsortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2012 weekly chart performance for "Si demain... (Turn Around)"
! scope="col"| Chart (2012)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web|first=Steffen|last=Hung |url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kareen+Antonn+%2F+Bonnie+Tyler&titel=Si+demain%2E%2E%2E+%28Turn+Around%29&cat=s|title=Kareen Antonn / Bonnie Tyler - Si demain... (Turn Around)|publisher=lescharts.com |accessdate=21 August 2022}}</ref>
| 167
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

=====Year-end charts=====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Year-end chart performance for "Si demain... (Turn Around)"
!Chart (2004)
!Position
|-
|Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart<ref name="Skynet"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|French Airplay Chart<ref name="Yacast">{{cite web|title=2004 French Airplay and Video Charts |url=http://www.yacast.fr/fr/index.html |publisher=Yacast |language=fr |access-date=14 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118001132/http://www.yacast.fr/fr/index.html |archive-date=18 January 2008 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|67
|-
|French SNEP Singles Chart<ref name="Ifop"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|French TV Airplay Chart<ref name="Yacast"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|114
|-
|Swiss Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |title=2004 Swiss Singles Chart |url=http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2004 |publisher=Hitparade |language=de |access-date=13 February 2008}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|22
|}
{{col-end}}

====Certifications====
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Si demain... (Turn Around)"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=single|artist=Kareen Antonn / Bonnie Tyler|title=Si demain... (Turn Around)|award=Platinum|relyear=2003|certyear=2004|id=18310-1598-1|access-date=24 July 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=single|artist=Bonnie Tyler|title=Si demain|award=Gold|relyear=2003|certyear=2004|id=18310-1598-1|access-date=24 July 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

====Cover versions of "Si demain... (Turn Around)"====
In 2004, Lucie and Sandy, two contestants of the French television show ''[[Star Academy (France)|Star Academy 4]]'', covered this song on one of the Friday weekly shows.<ref>Lucie and Sandy performing "Si demain... (Turn Around)" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GLKAm1CDg8 Youtube.com] (Retrieved 5 December 2007)</ref>

On 30 March 2004, on the Worldbest competition which brings together winners of various broadcasts of ''[[Star Academy]]'', the two finalists, [[Wilfred Le Bouthillier]] and [[Marie-Élaine Thibert]], performed "Si demain... (Turn Around)",<ref>"Pas de Worldbest sur la chaîne TVA" [http://www.toutelatele.com/article.php3?id_article=3365 Toute La Télé.com] (Retrieved 5 December 2007)</ref> gaining the second place.<ref name="Cyberjournal">CD simple de la chanson "Et si demain" [http://cyberjournalwilfred.blogspot.com/2005/09/cd-simple-de-la-chanson-et-si-demain.html cyberjournalwilfred.blogspot.com] (Retrieved 5 December 2007)</ref> In 2005, they released the single in Canada under the title "Et si demain";<ref>Wilfred Le Bouthillier discography [http://www.wilfred-lebouthillier.net/disco.htm wilfred-lebouthillier.net] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013125404/http://wilfred-lebouthillier.net/disco.htm |date=13 October 2007 }} (Retrieved 5 December 2007)</ref> their version differs from "Si demain... (Turn Around)" as a verse was removed and there are more refrains toward the end of the song. They also performed "Et si demain" on 18 September 2004, on the show ''La Fureur'' on SRC, and on 19 April 2004 on [[TVA (TV network)|TVA]].<ref>Wilfred Le Bouthillier in 2004 media [http://www.wilfred-lebouthillier.net/media2004.htm wilfred-lebouthillier.net] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721195138/http://www.wilfred-lebouthillier.net/media2004.htm |date=21 July 2011 }} (Retrieved 5 December 2007)</ref> Le Bouthillier and Thibert's version was in turn covered by K4T and Luc St-Pierre on the Canadian TV show ''Heure de Gloire''.<ref>Performance by K4T and Luc St-Pierre [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG_YtQul_gA Youtube.com] (Retrieved 5 October 2008)</ref>

In 2007, [[Isabelle Delobel]] and [[Olivier Schoenfelder]], two French professional figure skaters, carried out their performance to "Si demain...(Turn Around)" in "Stars sur glace", at the [[Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy]], broadcast on [[Paris Première]]<ref>Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder, in "Stars sur glace" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFdHtnLIlvk Youtube.com] (Retrieved 11 December 2007)</ref> (the song features on the programme of their 2006–2007 figure skating season).<ref>Delobel and Schoenfelder, 2006–2007 season [http://ice.spirit.free.fr/news.php?page=0607 Ice.spirit.free.fr] (Retrieved 11 December 2007)</ref>

===David Guetta, Hypaton and Bonnie Tyler version===
On 4 July 2025, [[David Guetta]] and Hypaton released "Together", featuring new vocals by Bonnie Tyler. The song interpolates the chorus of "Total Eclipse of the Heart".<ref>{{cite web|title=David Guetta Teams Up With Hypaton, Bonnie Tyler On 'Together' |url=https://www.rttnews.com/3552002/david-guetta-teams-up-with-hypaton-bonnie-tyler-on-together.aspx|website=RTT News |date=5 July 2025|access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>

====Charts====
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{{col 2}}

===== Weekly charts =====
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for "Together"
! scope="col"| Chart (2025)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Argentina Anglo Airplay ([[Monitor Latino]])<ref name="AR">{{cite web|url=https://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/argentina/anglo/20250811|title=Top 20 Argentina – Anglo – Del 11 al 17 de Agosto, 2025|trans-title=Top 20 Argentina – English – From 11 to 17 August 2025|date=18 August 2025|accessdate=20 August 2025|lang=es|publisher=[[Monitor Latino]]}}</ref>
| 5
|-
! scope="row"| Belarus Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref name="CIS2">{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/tracks/253249|title=David Guetta & Hypaton & Bonnie Tyler — Together — Chart History|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=September 12, 2025|date=September 12, 2025|lang=en}}</ref>
| 146
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|25|artist=David Guetta / Hypaton / Bonnie Tyler|song=Together|rowheader=true|access-date=2 November 2025}}
|-
! scope="row"| Bolivia Anglo Airplay ([[Monitor Latino]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/bolivia/anglo/20250901|title=Top 20 Bolivia – Anglo – Del 1 al 7 de Septiembre, 2025|trans-title=Top 20 Bolivia – English – From 1 to 7 September 2025|accessdate=14 September 2025|date=8 September 2025|lang=es|publisher=[[Monitor Latino]]}}</ref>
| 10
|-
! scope="row"| [[Central America]] Anglo Airplay ([[Monitor Latino]])<ref name="CNT">{{cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/centroamerica/anglo/20250901|title=Top 20 Centroamérica – Anglo – Del 1 al 7 de Septiembre, 2025|trans-title=Top 20 Central America – English – From 1 to 7 September 2025|access-date=10 September 2025|date=8 September 2025|lang=es|publisher=[[Monitor Latino]]}}</ref>
| 12
|-
! scope="row"| Dominican Republic Anglo Airplay ([[Monitor Latino]])<ref name="DO">{{cite web|url=https://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/rd/anglo/20250811|title=Top 20 República Dominicana – Anglo – Del 11 al 17 de Agosto, 2025|trans-title=Top 20 Dominican Republic – English – From 11 to 17 August 2025|date=18 August 2025|accessdate=20 August 2025|lang=es|publisher=[[Monitor Latino]]}}</ref>
| 6
|-
! scope="row"| Ecuador Anglo Airplay ([[Monitor Latino]])<ref name="EC">{{cite web|url=https://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/ecuador/anglo/20250929|title=Top 20 Ecuador – Anglo – Del 29 de Septiembre al 5 de Octubre, 2025|trans-title=Top 20 Ecuador – English – From 29 September to 5 October 2025|date=6 October 2025|accessdate=12 October 2025|lang=es|publisher=[[Monitor Latino]]}}</ref>
| 7
|-
{{single chart|Estonia|49|date=20251031-20251106|publish-date=7 November 2025|rowheader=true|access-date=8 November 2025}}
|-
! scope="row"| France ([[SNEP]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-la-semaine/top-albums/?categorie=Top%20Singles&semaine=35 |title=Tops de la semaine : Top Singles – SNEP (Week 35, 2025) |publisher=[[SNEP|Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]] |lang=fr |access-date=27 August 2025}}</ref>
| 60
|-
! scope="row"| Germany Dance ([[GfK Entertainment charts|Offizielle Dance Top 20]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/dance-details-2548148|title=David Guetta, Hypaton & Bonnie Tyler – Together|lang=de|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts]]|access-date=24 July 2025}}</ref>
| 20
|-
! scope="row"| Honduras Anglo Airplay ([[Monitor Latino]])<ref name="HN">{{cite web|url=https://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/honduras/anglo/20250908|title=Top 20 Honduras – Anglo – Del 8 al 14 de Septiembre, 2025|trans-title=Top 20 Honduras – English – From 8 to 14 September 2025|date=15 September 2025|accessdate=18 September 2025|lang=es|publisher=[[Monitor Latino]]}}</ref>
| 2
|-
! scope="row"| Israel International Airplay ([[Media Forest]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediaforest-group.com/weekly_charts.html#!|title=מדיה פורסט {{ndash}} המצעד הבינלאומי השבועי {{ndash}} Week 30 {{ndash}} 20/07 {{ndash}} 26/07/2025|trans-title=Media Forest {{ndash}} International Weekly Chart {{ndash}} Week 30 {{ndash}} 20/07 {{ndash}} 26/07/2025|publisher=[[Media Forest]]|access-date=20 August 2025|date=27 July 2025|lang=he|type=Select the year 2025 and the option "30 20-07-25 26-07-25" from the stretched lists, then click "שירים מובילים - רדיו - בינלאומי" to see the chart.}}</ref>
| 6
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! scope="row"| [[Latin America]] Anglo Airplay ([[Monitor Latino]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/internacional/anglo/20250825|title=Top 20 Internacional – Anglo – Del 25 al 31 de Agosto, 2025|trans-title=Top 20 International – English – From 25 to 31 August 2025|accessdate=26 October 2025|date=1 September 2025|lang=es|publisher=[[Monitor Latino]]}}</ref>
| 18
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! scope="row"| Latvia Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lv/weekly/20250725-20250731|title=Top Radio Hits Latvia Weekly Chart: Jul 31, 2025|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=8 August 2025|date=1 July 2025|lang=en}}</ref>
| 5
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! scope="row"| Lebanon English ([[The Official Lebanese Top 20|Lebanese Top 20]])<ref>{{cite web|title=OLT20 – English Chart – Week of Sunday August 4th, 2025|url=https://www.olt20.com/Archive#fragment-2|publisher=[[The Official Lebanese Top 20]]|access-date=30 August 2025|date=4 August 2025|lang=en}}</ref>
| 20
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! scope="row"| Lithuania Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Top Radio Hits Lithuania Weekly Chart: Sep 25, 2025 |url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lt/weekly/20250919-20250925 |access-date=27 September 2025 |date=26 September 2025|lang=en |publisher=[[TopHit]]}}</ref>
| 53
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! scope="row"| Netherlands ([[Dutch Charts|Single Tip]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=st&date=20250816&year=2025|title=Dutch Single Tip {{ndash}} 16/08/2025|publisher=[[Dutch Charts]]|date=17 August 2025|access-date=6 September 2025|lang=nl}}</ref>
| 26
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! scope="row"| Panama Anglo Airplay ([[Monitor Latino]])<ref name="PA">{{cite web|url=https://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/panama/anglo/20250811|title=Top 20 Panama – Anglo – Del 11 al 17 de Agosto, 2025|trans-title=Top 20 Panama – English – From 11 to 17 August 2025|date=18 August 2025|accessdate=20 August 2025|lang=es|publisher=[[Monitor Latino]]}}</ref>
| 7
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! scope="row"| Paraguay Airplay ([[Monitor Latino]])<ref name="PY">{{cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/paraguay/general/20250811|title=Top 20 Paraguay – General – Del 11 al 17 de Agosto, 2025|trans-title=Top 20 Paraguay – General – From 11 to 17 August 2025|accessdate=20 August 2025|date=18 August 2025|lang=es|publisher=[[Monitor Latino]]}}</ref>
| 12
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! scope="row"| Romania Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ro/weekly/20250822-20250828|title=Top Radio Hits Romania Weekly Chart: Aug 28, 2025|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=30 August 2025|date=29 August 2025|lang=en}}</ref>
| 53
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! scope="row"| Slovenia Airplay ([[Radiomonitor]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radioairplay.fm/classifiche-musicali/classifiche/slovenia/radio-airplay/43-2025/|title=Slovenia – Radio Airplay Chart: Settimana 43.2025 – dal 17/10/2025 al 23/10/2025|trans-title=Slovenia – Radio Airplay Chart: Week 43.2025 – from 17/10/2025 to 23/10/2025|website=[[Radiomonitor]]|date=24 October 2025|access-date=24 October 2025|lang=it}}</ref>
| 20
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! scope="row"| Sweden Heatseeker ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215/?dspy=2025&dspp=28|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 28|lang=sv|access-date=24 July 2025|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]}}</ref>
| 17
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{{single chart|UKdownload|74|date=20250711|artist=Gavid Guetta/Hypaton/Tyler|rowheader=true|access-date=11 July 2025}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[UK Singles Sales Chart|UK Singles Sales]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Official Singles Sales Chart {{ndash}} 11 July 2025 - 17 July 2025|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/20250711/7509|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>
| 78
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! scope="row"| Uruguay Anglo Airplay ([[Monitor Latino]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/uruguay/anglo/20250908|title=Top 20 Uruguay – Anglo – Del 8 al 14 de Septiembre, 2025|trans-title=Top 20 Uruguay – English – From 8 to 14 September 2025|accessdate=19 September 2025|date=15 September 2025|lang=es|publisher=[[Monitor Latino]]}}</ref>
| 3
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! scope="row"| Venezuela Anglo Airplay ([[Monitor Latino]])<ref name="VE">{{cite web|url=https://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/venezuela/anglo/20250811|title=Top 20 Venezuela – Anglo – Del 11 al 17 de Agosto, 2025|trans-title=Top 20 Venezuela – English – From 11 to 17 August 2025|date=18 August 2025|accessdate=21 August 2025|lang=es|publisher=[[Monitor Latino]]}}</ref>
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=====Monthly charts=====
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Monthly chart performance for "Together"
! scope="col"| Chart (2025)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Estonia Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ee/monthly/202510|title=Top Radio Hits Estonia Monthly Chart: October 2025|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=16 November 2025|date=7 November 2025|lang=en}}</ref>
| 70
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! scope="row"| Latvia Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/lv/monthly/202507|title=Top Radio Hits Latvia Monthly Chart: July 2025|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=6 September 2025|date=5 September 2025|language=en}}</ref> 
| 12
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! scope="row"| Romania Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ro/monthly/202508|title=Top Radio Hits Romania Monthly Chart: August 2025|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=6 September 2025|date=5 September 2025|language=en}}</ref>
| 56
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|}
{{col-end}}

====Certifications====
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Together"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=David Guetta, Hypaton & Bonnie Tyler|title=Together|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2025|certyear=2025|access-date=4 November 2025}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}

==Nicki French version==
{{Infobox song
| name       = Total Eclipse of the Heart
| cover      = Total Eclipse of the Heart by Nicki French UK single blue.png
| alt        =
| caption    = One of artwork variants for UK single release, also used for a few non-UK releases
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Nicki French]]
| album      = [[Secrets (Nicki French album)|Secrets]]
| released   = {{start date|1994|10|3|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Single Releases |magazine= [[Music Week]] |page= 27 |date= 1 October 1994}}</ref>
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = 
* [[Eurodance]]<ref name= "Billboard Pop 500">{{cite magazine|last= Billboard Staff|title= The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url= https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/|date= October 19, 2023|accessdate= February 24, 2024}}</ref><ref name= "Breihan 2020">{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse Of The Heart|website= [[Stereogum]] |date= 27 July 2020 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2092526/the-number-ones-bonnie-tylers-total-eclipse-of-the-heart/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= In 1995, the English singer Nicki French had a huge international hit with her Euro-dance cover of “Total Eclipse Of The Heart".|accessdate= 28 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[hi-NRG]]<ref>{{cite news|first= Barry |last= Walters |title= 999 Luftballons |newspaper= [[The Village Voice]] |date= 7 January 2003 |access-date= 31 March 2015 |url= http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-01-07/music/999-luftballons/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= 4 November 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101104173552/http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-01-07/music/999-luftballons/}}</ref>
| length     = 3:50
| label      = {{hlist|Bags of Fun|Love This|[[Mega Records|Mega]]}}
| writer     = [[Jim Steinman]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Mike Stock (musician)|Mike Stock]]|[[Matt Aitken]]}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[For All We Know (1970 song)#Nicki French version|For All We Know]]
| next_year  = 1995
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|zincPl_RqiI|"Total Eclipse of the Heart"}}}}
}}

English singer [[Nicki French]] released a [[hi-NRG]] remake of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in October 1994 that was also a worldwide hit. It was included on her debut album, ''[[Secrets (Nicki French album)|Secrets]]'' (1995). The song originally peaked at No. 54 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1994 but reached No. 5 after being re-issued in January 1995.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= New Releases: Singles |magazine= Music Week |page= 31 |date= 24 December 1994}}</ref> In the United States, French's version peaked at No. 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], and it garnered frequent airplay on [[Adult contemporary music|AC]] radio. It enjoyed greater success in Australia, spending four nonconsecutive weeks at No. 2. Elsewhere, the cover reached number 13 in New Zealand, number 16 in Canada, and peaked within the top 10 of several European countries.

===Background and release===
French had made her first dance version recording of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1994: she had purchased the Bonnie Tyler original as a teenager in 1983 and reacted negatively to the original suggestion that she (French) remake the song as a dance track — "I thought, no, it's too strong a song to go down the dance route. You know, it demeans it almost. But then I thought well, I'll give it a go. And as soon as I heard the track, I thought it actually does work."<ref>{{cite web|title= It's Chart Rigger's Totally Amazing Interview With Nicki French! (Part One) |website= Chartrigger.blogspot.ca |date= 1 June 2006 |access-date= 8 November 2013 |url= http://chartrigger.blogspot.ca/2006/06/its-chart-riggers-totally-amazing.html}}</ref> The singer had been performing in London bands since the age of 12 and was given the chance to record a version when she received a phone call from a fellow British musician.<ref>{{cite news|first= James |last= Richliano |title= French Eclipse |newspaper= [[In Newsweekly]] |date= 11 June 1995}}</ref>{{COI source|sure=yes|date=August 2019}} French's first recording of "Total Eclipse of the Heart", made with [[John Springate]] of [[the Glitter Band]] producing, came to the attention of [[Mike Stock (musician)|Mike Stock]] and [[Matt Aitken]], who produced their own recording of the song by French, and it was this version which appeared on the UK chart dated 15 October 1994 at No. 54. French would recall: "I just thought oh well that was great...I've [worked with] Mike Stock and Matt Aitken and it was a dream come true...we tried and I had a great time...And then about two months later I had a call out of the blue from Mike saying the buzz will not die down on this track so we're going to re-record the beginning...and we're going to re-release it at the beginning of 1995."<ref name="NF">{{cite interview|first= Nicki |last= French |subject-link= Nicki French |title= Nicki French interview |interviewer= Dave O' |work= Round Trip with Dave O' |date= 19 April 2013}}</ref>

According to French, her remake of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" became popular in the UK and the US in distinct [[remix]]es: "the slower version was the one that actually took a hold in the UK, where originally they started with the fast one and then decided to go with the [remix which began] in the same vein as the Bonnie Tyler version [and then] sped up when the chorus came in...In the US it was the [remix] which was fast all the way through."<ref name="NF"/> The single earned French two awards at the 1995 Hi-NRG Music Awards, in the categories for "Single of the Year" and "Best Female Vocal Performance".<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |author-link= Larry Flick |title= Morales Works His Magic on Londonbeat's Latest |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume= 107 |issue= 24 |page= 28 |date= 17 June 1995 |access-date= 12 October 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-06-17.pdf}}</ref> In 1996, the song was named "Best Hi-NRG 12-inch of the Year" at the [[International Dance Music Awards]] in Miami.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Euro-focused Miami Gets Thumbs Up |magazine= [[Music Week]], in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |page= 1 |date= 30 March 1996 |access-date= 17 August 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-03-30.pdf}}</ref>

===Music video===
The song's accompanying music video features French performing on a stage, in front of a giant, circular "moon" that occasionally draws up to eclipse itself. Smoke appear as "clouds" and she is backed up by a band and two female backup singers. Sometimes a dancer also performs in front of the "moon".<ref>{{cite web|title= Reviews -- July 28, 2000 |work= eMpTyV |date= 28 July 2000 |access-date= 16 September 2021 |url= https://emptyv.multimedia.cx/eMpTyV/2000/mtv-0728.html}}</ref> An alternate video also exists, set to the slower version of the song.<ref>{{cite web|title= Nicki French - Total Eclipse Of The Heart |work= YouTube |date= 31 January 2016 |access-date= 26 March 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2nLYE6Ve5s}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
[[AllMusic]] editor [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] remarked that French "had a unexpected hit single with her dance-club, [[House music|house]]-inflected cover" of "Total Eclipse of the Heart". He added that "although it was treated like a [[novelty music|novelty]] at first, the version was as effective as the original and was a deserved success."<ref>{{cite web|first= Stephen Thomas |last= Erlewine |author-link= Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title= Nicki French – Secrets |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= 20 March 2020 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/secrets-mw0000173576}}</ref> [[Larry Flick]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine stated that the singer "does a fair imitation of [[Bonnie Tyler]] on this bouncy [[hi-NRG]]/[[disco]] interpretation of the bombastic [[power ballad]]. U.K. and European punters already have warmly embraced this twirler, and odds are an even 50-50 for similar success here."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |author-link= Larry Flick |title= Single Reviews |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume= 107 |issue= 12 |page= 57 |issn= 0006-2510 |date= 25 February 1995 |access-date= 3 February 2020 |url= https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-03-25.pdf}}</ref> American entertainment company ''[[BuzzFeed]]'' ranked French's version number 26 in their "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s" list in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|first1= Matt |last1= Stopera |first2= Brian |last2= Galindo |title= The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s |website= [[BuzzFeed]] |date= 11 March 2017 |access-date= 31 March 2020 |url= https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/jump-to-the-rhythm-jump-jump-to-the-rhythm-jump |author-link= Matt Stopera}}</ref>

Steve Baltin from ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' felt that in the new version, "only the radio edit retains the syrupy feel that made Tyler's song such a smash. 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' seems like it would be an odd choice for a dance cover, and this version confirms that suspicion... but it's still a hit."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Steve|last=Baltin|title=Pop Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1995/CB-1995-03-18.pdf|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|date=18 March 1995|page=7|accessdate=14 October 2022}}</ref> Dave Sholin from the ''[[Gavin Report]]'' named it Record To Watch, writing, "The song that never dies gets a '90s facelift and a tempo injection. Ten more believers."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Sholin|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Gavin-Report/90/95/Gavin-1995-03-25.pdf|title=Gavin Top 40: Record To Watch|magazine=[[Gavin Report]]|date=25 March 1995|page=14|access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref> Robbie Daw from ''[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]'' described it as a "simmering dance rendition", including it in their "The 50 Best Pop Singles of 1995" list in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|first= Robbie |last= Daw |title= The 50 Best Pop Singles of 1995 (Featuring New Interviews with Alanis Morissette, Garbage, Kylie Minogue, Monica, Ace of Base & More!) |website= [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] |date= 9 December 2015 |access-date= 8 April 2020 |url= https://www.idolator.com/7615149/the-50-best-pop-singles-of-1995-alanis-morissette-garbage-kylie-minogue-monica-ace-of-base-interview}}{{dead link|date=August 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In his weekly UK chart commentary, [[James Masterton]] said it "suffers from the inevitable dance beat tacked on and also the lack of [[Jim Steinman]]'s bombastic production that made the track such an epic in the first place."<ref>{{cite web|first= James |last= Masterton |author-link= James Masterton |title= Week Ending January 14th 1995 |website= Chart Watch UK |date= 8 January 1995 |accessdate= 16 September 2021 |url= https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1995/week-ending-january-14th-1995}}</ref> Pan-European magazine ''[[Music & Media]]'' noted, "Away is the sandpaper vocal of Bonny Tyler {{sic}}, the edge now comes from the dance context put into the ballad. Needless to say it's an upbeat song anno 1995. Top 10 in the UK."<ref>{{cite magazine|title= New Releases: Singles |magazine= [[Music & Media]] |date= 4 February 1995 |volume= 11 |issue= 5 |page= 15 |access-date= 3 April 2018 |url= http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-02-04.pdf}}</ref>

===Charts===
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====Weekly charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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!Chart (1994)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|50|date=19941015|rowheader=true|access-date=17 April 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|54|artist=Nicki French|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|date=19941009|access-date=11 January 2014|rowheader=true|refname="UKFrench"}}
|-
!scope="row"|UK Dance (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Dance Singles |magazine= [[Music Week]] |page= 28 |date= 15 October 1994 |accessdate= 16 May 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-10-15.pdf }}</ref>
| 6
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Chart (1995)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|2|artist=Nicki French|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|14|artist=Nicki French|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Retail Singles (''[[The Record (magazine)|The Record]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|first=|last=|title=Hits of the World: Canada|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-08-19.pdf|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=19 August 1995|page=52|accessdate=17 November 2022}}</ref>
| 2
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{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|16|chartid=7762|rowheader=true|access-date=17 April 2018|refname="Canada"}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|17|chartid=8483|rowheader=true|access-date=17 April 2018|refname="Canada2"}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadadance|1|chartid=8489|rowheader=true|access-date=17 April 2018}}
|-
!scope="row"|Denmark ([[IFPI Denmark|IFPI]])<ref>Danish Singles Chart. 3 March 1995. Week 9.</ref>
| 17
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!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine= [[Music & Media]] |volume= 12 |issue= 7 |date= 18 February 1995 |access-date= 3 April 2018 |page= 19 |url= http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-02-18.pdf}}</ref>
| 21
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{{single chart|Germany|65|artist=Nicki French|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|songid=52260|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
!scope="row"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Íslenski Listinn Nr. 111: Vikuna 1.4 '95 – 7.4 '95 |magazine= Dagblaðið Vísir |date= 1 April 1995 |page= 24 |access-date= 14 March 2018 |url= http://timarit.is/files/12186495.pdf#navpanes=1&view=FitH }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| 5
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{{single chart|Ireland2|15|song=Total Eclipse of the Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|7|year=1995|week=14|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|10|artist=Nicki French|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|13|artist=Nicki French|song=Total Eclipse Of The Heart|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014}}
|-
!scope="row"|Quebec ([[ADISQ]])<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129063315/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec|publisher=[[Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec|BAnQ]]|language=fr|date=17 June 1995|access-date=11 September 2019|archive-date=29 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 9
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{{single chart|Scotland|4|date=19950122|rowheader=true|access-date=17 April 2018|refname="Sco2"}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|5|date=19950128|artist=Nicki French|rowheader=true|access-date=11 January 2014|refname="UK1995"}}
|-
!scope="row"|UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The ''RM'' on a Pop Tip Club Chart |magazine= [[Music Week]], in [[Record Mirror]] (Dance Update Supplemental insert) |page= 8 |date= 11 February 1995 |accessdate= 2 September 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-02-11.pdf}}</ref>
| 5
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!scope="row"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Billboard Hot 100 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= 24 June 1995 |access-date= 19 October 2023 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1995-06-24/}}</ref>
| 2
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!scope="row"|US [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Adult Contemporary |magazine= Billboard |date= 24 June 1995 |access-date= 19 October 2023 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1995-06-24/ |url-access= subscription}}</ref>
| 20
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!scope="row"|US [[Adult Top 40]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Adult Pop Airplay |magazine= Billboard |date= 14 October 1995 |access-date= 19 October 2023 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-pop-songs/1995-10-14/ |url-access= subscription}}</ref>
| 36
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!scope="row"|US [[Dance Club Songs|Dance Club Play]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Dance Club Songs |magazine= Billboard |date= 27 May 1995 |access-date= 19 October 2023 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-club-play-songs/1995-05-27/ |url-access= subscription}}</ref>
| 37
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!scope="row"|US [[Dance Singles Sales|Maxi-Singles Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Dance Singles Sales |magazine= Billboard |date= 27 May 1995 |access-date= 19 October 2023 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-dance-singles-sales/1995-05-27/ |url-access= subscription}}</ref>
| 5
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!scope="row"|US [[Pop Airplay|Top 40/Mainstream]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Pop Airplay |magazine= Billboard |date= 10 June 1995 |access-date= 19 October 2023 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/pop-songs/1995-06-10/}}</ref>
| 1
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Rhythmic (chart)|Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Rhythmic Airplay |magazine= Billboard |date= 10 June 1995 |access-date= 19 October 2023 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/rhythmic-40/1995-06-10/ |url-access= subscription}}</ref>
| 12
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!scope="row"|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JUNE 10, 1995 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/19950610.html |archive-date= 11 October 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121011041944/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/19950610.html}}</ref>
| 3
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{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Chart (2024)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Dance Singles Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Chart Beat |magazine= Billboard |date= 18 April 2024 |access-date= 18 April 2024 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/soundgarden-bonnie-tyler-eclipse-songs-on-charts-1235658762/ }}</ref>
| 8
|}
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====Year-end charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Chart (1995)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|title= ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 50 Singles 1995 |publisher= [[ARIA Charts]] |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1995.htm}}</ref>
| 17
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten 1995 |publisher= [[Ultratop]]. Hung Medien |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1995 |language= nl}}</ref>
| 80
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Dance/Urban (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= RPM Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1995 |magazine= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |publisher= [[Library and Archives Canada]] |volume= 62 |issue= 20 |date= 18 December 1995 |access-date= 17 April 2018 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2842&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2842.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2842}}</ref>
| 7
|-
!scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|title= Árslistinn 1995 |newspaper= [[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]] |date= 2 January 1996 |page= 25 |access-date= 30 May 2020 |url= https://timarit.is/page/2935413?iabr=on#page/n15/mode/2up |language= is}}</ref>
| 87
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1995 |publisher= [[Dutch Top 40]] |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= http://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1995 |language= nl}}</ref>
| 80
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten – Single 1995 |publisher= [[Single Top 100]]. Hung Medien |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1995&cat=s |language= nl}}</ref>
| 90
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Top 100 Singles 1995 |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= 13 January 1996 |page= 9}}</ref>
| 48
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|title= Billboard Top 100 – 1995 |website= The Longbored Surfer |access-date= 11 January 2014 |url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1995.php |url-status= dead |archive-date= 11 August 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100811025236/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1995.php}}</ref>
| 19
|-
!scope="row"|US Maxi-Singles Sales (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The Year in Music: Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles Sales |magazine= Billboard |volume= 107 |issue= 51 |page= YE-44 |date= 23 December 1995}}</ref>
| 20
|-
!scope="row"|US Top 40/Mainstream (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The Year in Music 1995: Top 40/Mainstream Top Titles |magazine= [[Airplay Monitor]] |volume= 3 |issue= 51 |page= 8 |date= 15 December 1995}}</ref>
| 16
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web|title= The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1995 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/1995YESP.html |archive-date= 10 October 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121010232426/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/1995YESP.html}}</ref>
| 27
|}
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===Sales and certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|artist=Nicki French|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|certref=<ref>{{cite web|title= The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1995 |publisher= [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] |via= [[Imgur]] |access-date= 1 June 2017 |url= https://i.imgur.com/aBqgAcE.jpg}}</ref>|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=1995}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Nicki French|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|award=Silver|relyear=1995|certyear=1995|id=7719-3146-1|access-date=14 January 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Nicki French|title=Total Eclipse of the Heart|award=Gold|relyear=1995|certyear=1995|salesamount=600,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Best-Selling Records of 1995 |date= 20 January 1996 |magazine= Billboard |volume= 108 |issue= 3 |page= 56 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=3g4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22total+eclipse+of+the+heart%22&pg=PA56}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==Other cover versions==
===Lissette version===
[[Cuban Americans|Cuban-American]] singer [[Lissette]] covered the song in Spanish as "Eclipse Total del Amor" in 1984, from her album ''Caricatura'', being her best hit in the Latin American charts.<ref>{{cite news |first= Javier |last= Santiago |title= Lissette |publisher= [[National Foundation for Popular Culture|Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular]] |access-date= 27 March 2020 |url= http://www.prpop.org/biografias/l_bios/lissette.shtml |language= es |archive-date= 7 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131207122210/http://www.prpop.org/biografias/l_bios/lissette.shtml |url-status= dead }}</ref> The secondary male voice was sung by Cuban-American singer [[Jon Secada]].<ref>{{cite book|first= Jon |last= Secada |year= 2014 |title= Un Día Nuevo |publisher= [[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |page= 33 |isbn= 978-0-451-46936-6 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=DR10AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT33 |language= es}}</ref>

===Jan Wayne version===
German electronic dance music producer [[Jan Wayne]] released his version in 2001. It peaked at No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/140/jan-wayne/|title=JAN WAYNE &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|website=[[Official Charts]]}}</ref>

===Yuridia version===
Mexican singer [[Yuridia]] covered the song in Spanish as "Eclipse Total del Amor" from her second studio album ''[[Habla El Corazón]]'' in 2006. The single peaked at number 36 on the ''Billboard'' [[Latin Pop Songs]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|title= Yuridia – Awards |website= AllMusic |access-date= 29 May 2015 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/yuridia-mn0000338585/awards}}</ref>

===Westlife version===
{{Infobox song
| name       = Total Eclipse of the Heart
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| alt        =
| type       = promo
| artist     = [[Westlife]]
| album      = [[The Love Album (Westlife album)|The Love Album]]
| released   = 2007<ref name="Eil">{{cite web|title= Westlife Total Eclipse of the Heart |website= Eil.com |access-date= 20 April 2014 |url= http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=430459}}</ref>
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = 
| length     = 4:40
| label      = [[Sony BMG]]
| writer     = [[Jim Steinman]]
| producer   =
| chronology = [[Westlife]] singles
| misc       = {{External music video|type=song|{{YouTube|EAg9r9wtP2M|"Total Eclipse of the Heart"}}|header=Audio video}}
}}
Irish [[boy band]] [[Westlife]] recorded a cover of the song on their 2006 album ''[[The Love Album (Westlife album)|The Love Album]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first= Sharon |last= Mawer |title= Westlife – The Love Album |website= AllMusic |access-date= 12 January 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-love-album-mw0000457703}}</ref> The song was to be released as the album's second single but was cancelled due to their [[The Love Tour|Love Tour]] conflicts. Three official remixes were produced for their version as well as a remix done by [[Jim Steinman]], which was ultimately rejected by the record label but has since surfaced on the Internet. The song was released as a promotional single in 2007. The [[Sunset Strippers]] Radio Mix version of the song charted at number 210 on the Official Russian Top Radio Hits Chart on 26 February 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title= Westlife – Total Eclipse of the Heart |publisher= [[Tophit]] |access-date= 18 February 2019 |url= https://tophit.ru/ru/tracks/7615/}}</ref> It was composed in the traditional [[verse–chorus form]] in [[Bb major]], with Filan and Feehily's vocal ranging from the chords of [[C (musical note)|C<sub>4</sub>]] to [[C (musical note)|C<sub>6</sub>]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Total Eclipse of the Heart by Westlife – Digital Sheet Music |website= Musicnotes |date= 28 April 2008 |access-date= 12 August 2019 |url= https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0064897}}</ref>

Promotional CD single<ref name="Eil"/><ref>{{cite web|title= Total Eclipse of the Heart (Sunset Strippers Remixes) – EP |publisher= [[iTunes]]. [[Apple Inc.]] |access-date= 16 December 2020 |url= https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/total-eclipse-heart-sunset/id216333252 |archive-date= 12 December 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151212055916/https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/total-eclipse-heart-sunset/id216333252}}</ref>
#"Total Eclipse of the Heart" <small>(Sunset Strippers Verse Club Mix)</small>
#"Total Eclipse of the Heart" <small>(Sunset Strippers Dub Mix)</small>
#"Total Eclipse of the Heart" <small>(Sunset Strippers Radio Edit)</small>

===L'Aura version===
Italian singer [[L'Aura]] covered the song in Italian as "Eclissi del cuore" from her third studio album ''Sei come me'' in 2010, which was not originally released as a single. One year later, a new version of the song, now a duet with fellow Italian singer [[Nek]] was officially released as a single, this duet peaking at number 6 on the Italian charts.<ref>{{cite web |title= Database Top of the music: L'Aura |publisher= [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]] |access-date= 11 June 2018 |url= http://www.fimi.it/ricerca#/type:artists/show:charts/keyword:L'aura/page:0 |archive-date= 27 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190127045127/http://www.fimi.it/ricerca#/type:artists/show:charts/keyword:L'aura/page:0 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

===''Glee'' cast version===
The hit [[Musical film|musical]] [[comedy-drama]] series ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' reworked the song for its [[Glee (season 1)|season one]] episode "[[Bad Reputation (Glee)|Bad Reputation]]," recorded by cast members [[Lea Michele]], [[Cory Monteith]], [[Mark Salling]], and special guest star [[Jonathan Groff]] as their characters [[Rachel Berry]], [[Finn Hudson]], [[Noah Puckerman]], and [[Jesse St. James]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fox.com/glee/recaps/season-1/episode-17/|title=Bad Reputation|publisher=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]|access-date=15 November 2010|archive-date=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026132306/http://www.fox.com/glee/recaps/season-1/episode-17/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was released as a single<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/glee-cast/315816847 |title='Glee' Cast Songs on iTunes|publisher=[[iTunes]]|access-date=5 December 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091117081915/http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/glee-cast/id315816847| archive-date= 17 November 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> and reached number 17 in Canada,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jonathan-groff/ |title=Jonathan Groff Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=28 February 2022}}</ref> 28 in Australia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Glee+Cast|title=Discography Glee Cast|publisher=australian-charts.com. Hung Medien|access-date=17 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030003255/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Glee+Cast|archive-date=30 October 2010}}</ref> 9 in the UK,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5980/glee-cast/|title=The Official Charts Company – Glee Cast|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=25 February 2010}}</ref> and 16 in the US.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=glee|chart=Hot 100}}|title=Glee Cast Album & Song Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|access-date=10 October 2010}}</ref> It appears in the [[soundtrack album]] ''[[Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Glee-The-Music-Vol-3-Showstoppers/Glee-Cast/e/886977209321/?itm=2&USRI=glee+volume+3|title=Glee: The Music, Vol. 3 Showstoppers (Deluxe Ed.)|publisher=[[Barnes & Noble]]|access-date=21 April 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630175958/http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Glee-The-Music-Vol-3-Showstoppers/Glee-Cast/e/886977209321/?itm=2&USRI=glee+volume+3|archive-date=30 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Doro version ===
On October 27, 2023, [[Doro (musician)|Doro Pesch]] released a cover featuring [[Rob Halford]] of [[Judas Priest]] from her album ''Conqueress – Forever Strong And Proud''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=2023-10-27 |title=ROB HALFORD Joins DORO For Cover Of 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'; Official Music Video Released |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/rob-halford-joins-doro-for-cover-of-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-official-music-video-released |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET |language=en}}</ref> It peaked at no. 96 on the UK Physical Singles chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/doro-total-eclipse-of-the-heart/|title=Official Physical Singles Chart - 14 Mar 20247 - 17 February 2007|work=Official Charts Company|access-date=29 June 2025}}</ref>

===Parody versions===
A parody of the song and music video were published in 2009, in what the fans and makers call a "[[Literal music video|literal video version]]", which is a type of video that replaces the original song lyrics with humorous lyrics describing the images in the video. [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] listed it as the 6th best [[viral video]] of 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The Top 10 Viral Videos of 2009 |magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date= 17 August 2010 |url= http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,59392900001_1950326,00.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2 January 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100102055324/http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,59392900001_1950326,00.html}}</ref><!--PLEASE don't add a link to YouTube – the video is NOT in the public domain, and thus adding a link to it breaches Wikipedia's rules on copyright violation --> This was also the 6th literal video produced by professional video editor David A. Scott Jr.; the singer who performed for this [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|re-dub]] was Scott's friend Felisha Noble using the pseudonym Persephone Maewyn.<ref>{{cite book|first1= David |last1= Laderman |first2= Laurel |last2= Westrup |year= 2014 |title= Sampling Media |publisher= [[Oxford University Press]] |page= 230 |isbn= 978-0-19-994933-5 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CkakAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA230}}</ref>

In 2010, Tyler appeared in an advertisement for [[MasterCard]], performing a short parody of the song with its noted new lyric "Turn around, Neville."<ref>{{cite news|first= Leo |last= Benedictus |title= A word on our sponsors: Total eclipse of the card |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |date= 21 April 2010 |access-date= 20 August 2014 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/21/total-eclipse-card}}</ref> She performed the original song in a similar advertisement for [[Westpac]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title= Westpac brings in Bonnie Tyler to sing at couple's fantasy wedding |work= mUmBRELLA |date= 21 November 2012 |access-date= 22 August 2014 |url= http://mumbrella.com.au/westpac-brings-in-bonnie-tyler-to-sing-at-couples-fantasy-wedding-126552}}</ref>

[[Warby Parker]] produced a parody video in anticipation of the [[solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|solar eclipse of 21 August 2017]].<ref>{{cite web|first= Samantha |last= Matthewson |title= This 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Parody Video for the 2017 Solar Eclipse Is Just Awesome |website= [[Space.com]] |date= 1 August 2017 |access-date= 3 August 2017 |url= https://www.space.com/37675-warby-parker-total-solar-eclipse-parody.html}}</ref>

The [[Marsh Family]], a couple with four children in [[Faversham]], [[Kent]], produced a parody titled "Totally Fixed Where We Are" expressing the feelings of people under a third [[lockdown]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], which went [[Viral video|viral]] in February 2021.<ref>{{cite news|first= Christy |last= Somos |title= U.K. family covers 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' in pandemic parody video |publisher= [[CTV News]] |date= 6 February 2021 |access-date= 8 February 2021 |url= https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/u-k-family-covers-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-in-pandemic-parody-video-1.5298688|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210206210236/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/u-k-family-covers-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-in-pandemic-parody-video-1.5298688|url-status= dead|archive-date= 6 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first= Jenny |last= Eclair |title= I have never known how to listen to music, but I envy those like the Marsh family who find solace in it |newspaper= [[The Independent]] |date= 8 February 2021 |access-date= 19 February 2021 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/voices/music-marsh-family-lockdown-coronavirus-b1799048.html}}</ref>

In 2019, in the ''Canta Uma Para Mim'' segment on Brazilian television program ''Alerta Amazonas'', the song was performed by contestant Priscila Munhoes, who did not know how to speak English, and instead substituted her own "gibberish" lyrics. Munhoes was eliminated from the program, but the video of her performance went viral on the internet.<ref>Nery, E. M. (2022) ''Programa de Sikêra Jr. virou piada na Argentina com The Voice fake; entenda.''(in Portuguese). Noticias Da TV. (online) Available at: https://noticiasdatv.uol.com.br/noticia/televisao/programa-de-sikera-jr-virou-piada-na-argentina-com-voice-fake-entenda-82704 (Accessed: February 24, 2024).</ref>

==See also==
*[[1983 in British music]]
*[[List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1983|List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles of 1983]]
*[[List of Mainstream Top 40 number-one hits of 1995 (U.S.)|List of ''Billboard'' Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of the 1990s]]
*[[List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1983|List of ''Cash Box'' Top 100 number-one singles of 1983]]
*[[List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s#1983|List of number-one singles of 1983 (Australia)]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 1983 (Canada)]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 1983 (Ireland)]]
*[[List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)#1983|List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)]]
*[[List of RPM number-one dance singles of 1995]]
*[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s#1983|List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s]]
*[[VG-lista 1964 to 1994]]
*[[List of French number-one hits of 2004]]
*[[Ultratop 40 number-one hits of 2004]]

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