"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 small Turn around... every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of sleigh bells Turn around... every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the cannons will not fire Turn 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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