The distinctive "Turn Around, Bright Eyes" backup vocals were sung by the male vocalist *Rory Dodd, who has appeared on many of Jim Steinman's productions and sang backup on albums by Carly Simon, Barry Manilow, Barbra Streisand, Lou Reed and many others.
Total Eclipse of the Heart was written by Jim Steinman, who wrote all of Meat Loaf's hits, including "aradise By The Dashboard Light," "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad," and "I'll Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)." Like these Meat Loaf songs, this uses elaborate production and is very long, running 6:51.
According to an October 26, 2023 article in the Australian newspaper The Herald Sun, Steinman first offered this song, along with "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" to Meat Loaf for his 1983 album Midnight At The Lost And Found. For financial reasons, Meat's record company wanted him to write his own songs for the album, so this song went to Tyler and "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" went to Air Supply.
The only thing that might align more perfectly than the moon and the sun on Aug. 21 is having the once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event scored by none other than Bonnie Tyler.
Passengers aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise will hear the Welsh singer performing her 1983 hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” as a total solar eclipse crosses the contiguous United States for the first time since 1979. Find out more at Variety.com