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Bonnie Tyler


A little something about Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler wasn't part of any movement in popular movement. She wasn't at the forefront of any new wave, nor was she signed to an indie UK label. She didn't have a devoted club following, and she didn't have an impact on fashion of the 1980s. She can't be called punk or ska or new romantic or techno. She sang tunes penned by other people, and relied on her producers to surround her with talented musicians. She had nagging voice problems which eventually led to surgery to remove nodules on her throat. What she does have going for her is Total Eclipse of the Heart, one of the biggest hits of the decade, and a song people still haven't completely gotten over. Total Eclipse went to number one in both the UK and the US, and Tyler is the first female artist to have an album enter the British charts at the top spot. The song was written and produced by Jim Steinman, known for having (unfortunately) written and produced Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell, and basically giving an overweight, second rate singer one of the best selling albums in rock history. Technically, Bonnie Tyler can't be called a one-hit-wonder, as she was to hit the charts again with Holding Out for a Hero - another Jim Steinman piece - which appeared on the Footloose soundtrack. Last year Nikki French decided it was time to breath some life back into the old chart topper,and her dance club cover of Total Eclpise of the Heart can really liven up parties.

Lyrics featured below: "Holding out for a hero", "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

Holding Out for a Hero

Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?
Where's the great white Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and I turn and I dream of what i need

I need a hero 
I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night
he's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast
and gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light
He's gotta be sure and he's gotta be soon 
And he's gotta be larger than life
Larger than life

Somewhere after midnight 
In my wildest fantasies
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a Superman to sweep me off my feet

I need a hero 
I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night
he's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast
and gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light
He's gotta be sure and he's gotta be soon 
And he's gotta be larger than life
Larger than life

I  the mountains neath the heavens above
Out where the lightning strikes the sea
I can swear that there's someone somewhere watching me
Through the wind and the chill and the rain
and the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach like a fire in my blood

I need a hero 
I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night
he's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast
and gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light
He's gotta be sure and he's gotta be soon 
And he's gotta be larger than life
Larger than life



Total Eclipse of the Heart Turn around... Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round. Turn around... Every now and then I get a little bit tired of listning to the sound of my tears. Turn around... Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by. Turn around... Every now and then I get a little bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes. Turn around, bright eyes... Every now and the I fall apart. Turn around, bright eyes... Every now and the I fall apart. Turn around... Every now and then I get a little bit restless and I dream of something wild. Turn around... Every now and then I get a little bit helpless and I'm lying like a child in your arms. Turn around... Every now and then I get a little bit angry and I know I've got to get out and cry. Turn around... Every now and then I get a little bit terrified but then I see the look in your eyes. Turn around, bright eyes... Every now and the I fall apart. Turn around, bright eyes... Every now and the I fall apart. And I need you now tonight and I need you more than ever. And if you only hold me tight we'll be holding on forever. And we'll only be making it right 'cause we'll never be wrong. Together we can take it to the end of the line. Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time. I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark. We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks. I really need you tonight, forever's gonna start tonight, Forever's gonna start tonight. Once upon a time I was falling in love but now I'm only falling apart. There's nothing I can do, a total eclipse of the heart. Once upon a time there was light in my life but now there's only love in the dark. Nothing I can say, a total eclipse of the heart. Turn around, bright eyes... Turn around, bright eyes... Turn around... Every now and then I know you'll never be the boy you always wanted to be. Turn around... But every now and then I know you'll always be the only boy who wanted me the way that I am. Turn around... Every now and then I know there's no one in the universe as magical and wondrous as you. Turn around... Every now and then I know there's nothing any better, there's nothing that I just wouldn't do. Turn around, bright eyes... Every now and then I fall apart. Turn around, bright eyes... Every now and then I fall apart. And I need you now tonight and I need you more than ever. And if you only hold me tight we'll be holding on forever. And we'll only be making it right 'cause we'll never be wrong. Together we can take it to the end of the line. Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time. I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark. We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks. I really need you tonight, forever's gonna start tonight, Forever's gonna start tonight. Once upon a time I was falling in love but now I'm only falling apart. There's nothing I can do, a total eclipse of the heart. Once upon a time there was light in my life but now there's only love in the dark. Nothing I can say, a total eclipse of the heart. A total eclipse of the heart, a total eclipse of the heart. Turn around, bright eyes, Turn around, bright eyes, turn around.