"Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Jim Steinman and Bonnie Tyler

Turn around... every now and then I get a little lonely and the snare is sounding smallTurn around... every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of sleigh bellsTurn around... every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the cannons will not fireTurn around......every now and then Kirk decides to take on a classic 80s power ballad, and winds up learning a thing or two about when to use castanets and how to pull off an elegant key change. (Are you still singing along? Wow.)

Written and Produced by: Jim Steinman

Featuring: Bonnie Tyler and Rory Dodd, co-lead vocals

Album: Faster than the Speed of Night, 1983

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ALSO REFERENCED/DISCUSSED:

• The "Literal Version" of the Total Eclipse music video
• Warren Huart's terrific "Produce Like a Pro" article and video about the song
• “Lost in France” and “More Than a Lover” by Bonnie Tyler from The World Starts Tonight, 1977
• “Bat Out of Hell” and “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” by Jim Steinman as sung by Meat Loaf and Ellen Foley on Bat Out of Hell, 1977
• “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All” by Jim Steinman and recorded by Air Supply, 1983
• ‘One-Hit Wonder’ Bonnie Tyler Resumes Her Singing Career with a ‘Total Eclipse’ of the Charts, People Magazine, November 1983
• “For Those About To Rock, (We Salute You)” by AC/DC, 1981
• Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukrane, 2005

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