<P> Worldwide, the single has sales in excess of 6 million copies and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 1 million copies after its release, updated to Platinum in 2001 when the certification threshold changed . In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's third favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV . </P> <P> After her contract with RCA Records ended in 1981, Tyler found a new manager in David Aspden and after seeing Meat Loaf perform "Bat Out of Hell" live on The Old Grey Whistle Test, approached Meat Loaf's producer Jim Steinman and asked him to be her producer . Tyler visited Steinman in his apartment in New York in April 1982 with her manager, where she was presented with two tracks: "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" and "Goin' Through the Motions". She stated that had she not liked the songs Steinman played for her, he would have rejected Tyler's invitation to collaborate . She returned to his studio apartment weeks later, where Steinman and Rory Dodd performed "Total Eclipse of the Heart" for her . He also hand - picked the recording band for the song . </P> <P> "Total Eclipse of the Heart" had to be shortened for radio play . Tyler did not believe that the song was radio - friendly at its full length; the song was reduced from seven minutes and two seconds to four minutes and thirty seconds . </P> <P> The power ballad remains Tyler's most successful song, peaking at No. 1 in the United States, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom . At its peak, it sold 60,000 copies per day, and approximately 6 million copies in total . It won the Variety Club award in the UK for best single of 1983 . The song also made number 82 of VH1's top 100 love songs . </P>

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