Total Eclipse of the Heart / Take Me Back
by Bonnie Tyler
- Type: Single
- Released: 11 February 1983
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 42:10
- Community rating: 3.57/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Produced by Jim Steinman, this grandiose power ballad perfectly utilized Bonnie Tyler's distinctively raspy vocals against a dramatic, operatic arrangement. Its theatrical, overwrought production鈥攐riginally conceived with a vampire storyline in mind鈥攂ecame a massive commercial success, dominating charts worldwide.
Genres
Descriptors: ballad, wall-of-sound, bombastic, operatic, female-vocals
Tracklist
- Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (4:03)
- Faster Than The Speed Of Night (6:35)
- Getting So Excited (3:25)
- Total Eclipse Of The Heart (6:49)
- It's A Jungle Out There (4:33)
- Going Through The Motions (4:05)
- Tears (3:47)
- Take Me Back (5:15)
- Straight From The Heart (3:38)
Credits
- Bonnie Tyler - primary artist
- Roy Bittan - arranged by, piano, organ
- Eric Troyer - backing vocals
- Rory Dodd - backing vocals
- Steve Buslowe - bass
- Max Weinberg - drums
- Rick Derringer - guitar
- Greg Calbi - lacquer cut by [runout etching 鈿撅笌]