Today’s song… what can I say? There’s just nothing else like it. I mean it’s dark, it’s moody, it’s theatrical rock. Listening to it takes you on a heart-pounding sonic journey deep into the shadows and then back into the light. Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler written and produced by the great Jim Steinman is epic in size and scope. The 1983 #1 hit is punctuated by a raspy, larger-than-life vocal performance from Bonnie Tyler who lost her voice some years before and had take throat surgery not knowing if she’d ever sing again.. she also had a huge hit that typecast her as a soft country rock balladeer… then she got a chance at singing a 7-minute song about Vampire love that would go onto become one of the biggest #1 hits ever…but it pissed Jim Steinman’s other constant collaborator Meatloaf off who felt the song was his for the taking… It’s a compelling story of a song that still moves the needle coming up next.

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So it’s time for another edition of our series The New Standards. This show takes an in-depth look into songs that transcend genre, decade, and fads - songs that are monumental touchstones in our culture and society. On previous episodes, we have covered Careless Whisper by George Michael slash Wham, Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper, and Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey.

But today we are breaking down a big-time hit from 1983. A song that not only ruled the charts but captured the souls of audiences everywhere… It's the #1 hit, Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler from her fifth studio album Faster Than the Speed of Night.

Bonnie Tyler, born Gaynor Hopkins in South Wales, grew up listening to the music of Janis Joplin and Tina Turner. At the age of 17, she answered a newspaper ad for backup singers at a local club and began singing almost daily in Welsh clubs and pubs from then on. From the get-go, Tyler had a naturally bluesy and raspy voice. However, her six-night-a-week regiment as a club singer led to her developing nodules on her vocal cords. So in 1976, she underwent throat surgery. It was a success. And after a four-month recovery, her voice came back stronger and more like Rod Stewart than ever.