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Total Eclipse of the Heart

original song written and composed by Jim Steinman; first recorded by Bonnie Tyler in 1982 and released in 1983
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Summary

Total Eclipse of the Heart is a musical work/composition[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Jim Steinman[3]
  • Genre: rock music[4]
  • Named after: eclipse[5], heart[6]
  • Performer: Bonnie Tyler[7], Hurra Torpedo[8], Westlife[9]
  • Part of: Faster Than the Speed of Night[10]
  • Language of work or name: English[11]
  • Publication date: 1983[12]
  • Lyricist: Jim Steinman[13]
  • Tonality: F minor[14]
  • Title: Total Eclipse of the Heart[15]
  • Derivative work: Zatmění[16], Totale Finsternis[17]
  • Form of creative work: song[18]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[19]

  • Genre(s): power pop, rock[20]

  • Community tags: power pop, rock[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 79ad218a-4ec5-34a3-90c0-93478d4c874f[22]

Why It Matters

Total Eclipse of the Heart is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Xeroctic · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → Total Eclipse of the Heart
    Secondhandsongs work id → 92
    Derivative work → Zatmění, Totale Finsternis
    Part of → Faster Than the Speed of Night
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Tv tropes id: Music/TotalEclipseOfTheHeart"
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