Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler returns to fashion during the eclipse

« I can’t do anything about it, it’s a total eclipse of the heart”. The words of Total Eclipse of the Heart still resonate in heads, 43 years after the release of the magnificent ballad performed by Bonnie Tyler. The first partial solar eclipse since 1999 allowed the hit by the singer with the raspy voice and voluminous blonde hair to once again rise to the top of the charts. According to information from the BBC, plays of the song on the music streaming platform Spotify almost doubled on August 12, recording an increase of 14% globally and 94% in the United Kingdom.

Quoted by our British colleagues, the editor-in-chief of Spotify United Kingdom, Shannon Carragher, was delighted to see that music can bring citizens together during major events such as the solar eclipse. “These natural phenomena unite and we systematically and instinctively seek a soundtrack to accompany them and share the moment”she said. Bonnie Tyler composed and released Total Eclipse of the Heart in 1983, five years after his debut in music. Number one for two weeks in the United Kingdom and four weeks across the Atlantic, the song has become one of the most emblematic of the Welsh artist’s catalog.

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Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983)

Bonnie Taylor unfortunately did not have the chance to rediscover her hit when the Moon came to partially hide, for a few seconds, the Sun. The singer with an immense career died last month, aged 75, in a Portuguese hospital “as a result of an intestinal perforation”, indicated his family. His funeral has not yet taken place. According to the latest information from the BBC, the coffin of the Welsh artist will pass through part of the town of Mumbles, Wales, on Saturday August 15. A mass will be celebrated two days later at St. Mary’s Church in Swensea before a burial in Skewen in a more private setting.