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Bonnie Tyler says she'll never get tired of singing 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' when there's an eclipse
- Bonnie Tyler says she'll never be sick of singing her 1983 hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart."
- "I still get excited when I hear the song on the radio," Tyler told Good Morning America .
- Spotify searches for the song increased by nearly 50% in the US ahead of Monday's total solar eclipse, per CNN.
It's been over 40 years since "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was released, but Bonnie Tyler says she still loves singing the song whenever there's an eclipse.
"I still get excited when I hear the song on the radio," Tyler told Good Morning America . "Every time the eclipse comes, everyone all over the world, they play 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' and I never get tired of singing it."
Searches for the song on Spotify increased by almost 50% in the US last week, in the lead up to Monday's total solar eclipse , a Spotify representative told CNN .
The Grammy-nominated song was written by the late composer Jim Steinman . It spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1983, the year it was released.
"When I first heard it, I thought, 'Oh my God, this song is amazing,'" Tyler told GMA.
"You know, I couldn't believe he was giving it to me," she said, referring to Steinman.
In 2002, Steinman told the American magazine Playbill that he originally intended the song to be about vampires.
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"But with 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' I was trying to come up with a love song and I remembered I actually wrote that to be a vampire love song," Steinman said.
In September 2023, the music video for " Total Eclipse of the Heart " reached one billion views on YouTube. It was her first music video to reach the milestone, per Billboard .
This is not the first time the song has seen a surge in popularity around an eclipse.
The song saw a 500% increase in sales in the week leading up to the previous total solar eclipse in August 2017, Billboard reported.
That year, on the day of the eclipse, Tyler performed the track aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise alongside the band DNCE and its lead singer, Joe Jonas.
But eclipse or no eclipse, the song remains one of her most popular.
"Well, put it this way, I've been singing it in every show that I've done since I recorded it, and I've just finished nearly 40 shows in Europe," Tyler told the New York Post .
She added that she doesn't know how much she has earned in royalties from the song over the past four decades.
"To be honest, I don't deal with that side of it. My husband and the accountants, they do all that," Tyler said.
Representatives for Tyler and Spotify did not immediately respond to requests for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.
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This major cruise line operator just announced its biggest ship order ever
One of the world’s leading cruise operators unveiled its biggest ship order ever on Monday.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. will take delivery of eight ships between 2026 and 2036 across its three brands.
Norwegian Cruise Line will welcome four ships in 2030, 2032, 2034 and 2036, each with a capacity of close to 5,000 guests. The additions are subject to financing.
The vessels will follow the line’s previously announced Prima-Plus class vessels.
The upscale Oceania Cruises will take delivery of two 1,450-guest ships in 2027 and 2029, and luxury line Regent Seven Seas Cruises will add two ships in 2026 and 2029, each accommodating 850 passengers.
"This strategic new-ship order across all three of our award-winning brands provides for the steady introduction of cutting-edge vessels into our fleet and solidifies our long-term growth,” Harry Sommer, the company’s president and CEO, said in a news release . “It also allows us to significantly leverage our operating scale, strengthen our commitment to innovation and enhance our ability to offer our guests new products and experiences, all while providing opportunities to enhance the efficiency of our fleet.”
Specifics about the ships’ accommodations and amenities will be announced “in the coming months,” according to the release.
The company will also add a new multi-ship pier at its private Bahamas island, Great Stirrup Cay, scheduled for completion by late 2025. The pier will be able to accommodate two large ships at once.
Nathan Diller is a consumer travel reporter for USA TODAY based in Nashville. You can reach him at [email protected].
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