The Bizarre Real Meaning Behind The Bonnie Tyler Song Total Eclipse Of The Heart
The seemingly endless vampire life of Total Eclipse of the Heart Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images “Dance of the Vampires” gave “Total Eclipse of the Heart” new life nearly two decades after its original release, and composer Jim Steinman explained to Playbill why it ended up in his vampire musical. “That was an accident almost. I’m surprised it stayed in. [For the original production] in Vienna … we needed a big love duet … I remembered I actually wrote [‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’] to be a vampire love song....