TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART
BONNIE TYLER
SONGWRITER: JIM STEINMAN
COUNTRY: WALES
ALBUM: FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF NIGHT
LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS
GENRE: POWER BALLAD
YEAR: 1983
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song recorded by Welsh singer
Bonnie Tyler. It was written and produced by Jim Steinman, and released on
Tyler's fifth studio album, Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983). The song was
released as a single by Columbia Records on 11 February 1983 in the United
Kingdom and on 31 May 1983 in the United States.
The song became Tyler's biggest career hit, topping the UK Singles Chart,
and becoming the fifth-best-selling single in 1983 in the United Kingdom. In
the United States, the single spent four weeks at the top of the charts, and
was Billboard's number-six song of the year for 1983.
Worldwide, the single has sales in excess of 6 million copies and was
certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for
sales of over 1 million copies after its release, updated to Platinum in 2001
when the certification threshold changed. In 2015, the song was voted by the
British public as the nation's third favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit lonely
And you're never coming 'round
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit tired
Of listening to the sound of my tears
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit nervous
That the best of all the years have gone by
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
And then I see the look in your eyes
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then
I fall apart
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit restless
And I dream of something wild
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit helpless
And I'm lying like a child in your arms
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit angry
And I know I've got to get out and cry
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I get a little bit terrified
But then I see the look in your eyes
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then
I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then
I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
(All of the time)
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
(Forever's gonna start tonight)
Once upon a time
I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
(All of the time)
I don't know what to do, I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
(Forever's gonna start tonight)
Once upon a time I was
I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
And now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around, bright eyes)