The overall photo voltaic eclipse that occurred on Monday throughout North America and Mexico has seen Bonnie Tyler’s hit Complete Eclipse Of The Warmth get pleasure from an in a single day revival, 40 years after it was launched.
A particularly uncommon incidence that may solely be seen for a really brief time period, a complete photo voltaic eclipse takes place roughly each one to a few years.
It sees the moon go between the Earth and the solar in an eye catching celestial occasion, whereas additionally elevating the profile of considered one of Tyler’s best hits.
Born Gaynor Sullivan in Neath, south Wales, in 1951, Bonnie Tyler launched Complete Eclipse Of The Coronary heart on her fifth studio album, Quicker Than The Pace Of The Night time, in 1983.
Following the full photo voltaic eclipse throughout america on Monday 8 April, Google searches for the basic energy ballad peaked at round 8pm throughout the nation, sparking an unlikely revival of probably the most memorable Eighties pop tracks.
Bonnie Tyler is seen right here acting on Dwell From The Piccadilly at London’s Piccadilly Theatre in 1986
The solar reaches totality in the course of the eclipse on Monday April 8 2024 in Houlton, Maine
Photo voltaic flares and a photo voltaic prominence are seen because the moon covers the solar throughout a complete photo voltaic eclipse seen from Progressive Subject in Cleveland on Monday April 8 2024, earlier than the Cleveland Guardians house opener baseball recreation in opposition to the Chicago White Sox
The moon begins to eclipse the solar on Monday April 8 2024 in Hermosillo, Mexico
After being found whereas she was singing in a Swansea membership aged 17, Tyler went on to signal with the identical report label as Elvis Presley.
The Welsh vocalist, identified for her distinctively husky voice, additionally discovered main success with Footloose hit Holding Out For A Hero and It is A Heartache.
She additionally represented the UK on the 2013 Eurovision Music Contest, ending in nineteenth place total, after performing the observe Imagine In Me.
Regardless of turning 72 final June, Bonnie continues to be energetic and touring, together with her European tour – starting in Finland on Tuesday April 9 – in assist of her third reside album In Berlin, which shall be launched on April 19.
Talking in 2022, she revealed that she by no means will get uninterested in listening to the sound of her best hit, remarking: ‘Folks typically ask if I get fed up with singing Complete Eclipse however in fact I do not. I adore it’.
After being launched in 1983, it spent 4 weeks atop the US charts and two weeks at primary within the UK and, in addition to reaching primary in a number of nations.
Its music video has additionally not too long ago surpassed a billion hits on YouTube.
Whereas it could sound like different energy ballads typical of the Eighties, the story behind the tune is darker than it’s possible you’ll suppose.
The tune was written and produced by Jim Steinman, who revealed to Playbill in a 2002 interview that he wrote Complete Eclipse of the Coronary heart as a vampire love story.
He said: ‘If anybody listens to the lyrics, they’re actually like vampire traces. It is all in regards to the darkness, the ability of darkness, and love’s place in the dead of night’.
Bonnie Tyler performs on the twenty sixth Annual Grammy Awards, introduced at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles on February 28 1984
