Bonnie Tyler - Total Ese Of The Heart (audio) -

The song was the brainchild of composer and producer , famous for his "Wagnerian rock" style on Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell . Seeking to revitalize her career, Bonnie Tyler specifically requested to work with Steinman to capture a "Wall of Sound" reminiscent of Phil Spector.

Steinman designed the song as a "showpiece" for Tyler’s unique, raspy voice, which he compared to Janis Joplin. Bonnie Tyler - Total Ese of the Heart (Audio)

The nearly seven-minute album version features a "beauty and the beast" vocal dynamic, with Tyler’s fierce lead vocals contrasted by Rory Dodd’s ethereal "Turn around, bright eyes" refrains. The song was the brainchild of composer and

While widely interpreted as a rumination on lost or obsessive love, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" has a surreal origin. Bonnie Tyler - Total Ese of the Heart (Audio)