<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler . It was written and produced by Jim Steinman, and released on Tyler's fifth studio album, Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983). The song was released as a single by Columbia Records on 11 February 1983 in the United Kingdom and on 31 May 1983 in the United States . </P> <P> The song became Tyler's biggest career hit, topping the UK Singles Chart, and becoming the fifth - best - selling single in 1983 in the United Kingdom . In the United States, the single spent four weeks at the top of the charts, and was Billboard's number - six song of the year for 1983 . </P>

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