--- title: Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart Is No. 1 on iTunes description: Ahead of the Great American Eclipse, Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' has reached the number one spot on iTunes. canonical: https://time.com/4909277/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-no-1-song-on-itunes/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-21T17:45:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T04:30:10.000Z og:title: 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Is the No. 1 Song on iTunes og:description: Turn around, Bright Eyes og:url: https://time.com/4909277/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-no-1-song-on-itunes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19b1f93306cd9aa7/6988da77cf40a87f54c490d4/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-1-song-itunes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Punchestown Music Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Is the No. 1 Song on iTunes twitter:description: Turn around, Bright Eyes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19b1f93306cd9aa7/6988da77cf40a87f54c490d4/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-1-song-itunes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Of Course Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Is the No. 1 Song on iTunes Right Now  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:30 AM CUTPublished: Aug 21, 2017 5:45 PM CUT  NAAS, IRELAND - JULY 30: Bonnie Tyler performs on stage at Punchestown Music Festival at Punchestown Racecourse on July 30, 2017 in Naas, Ireland. (Photo by Debbie Hickey/Getty Images) NAAS, IRELAND - JULY 30: Bonnie Tyler performs on stage at Punchestown Music Festival at Punchestown Racecourse on July 30, 2017 in Naas, Ireland. (Photo by Debbie Hickey/Getty Images)Debbie Hickey—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:30 AM CUTPublished: Aug 21, 2017 5:45 PM CUT Turn around, bright eyes — ahead of the Great American Eclipse, [Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart”](http://time.com/4903339/trump-heather-heyer-bonnie-tyler/ "undefined") has reached the number one spot on iTunes. On streaming platform Spotify, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” saw a 2,859% increase in the U.S. and an 827% globally. The Welsh singer’s viral popularity at the moment has caught some real momentum; [in addition to Tyler singing her hit (and quite apropos) song during the actual solar eclipse while aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Total Eclipse Cruise](http://time.com/4902109/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-bonnie-tyler-cruise/ "undefined"), the song is also up 500% in sales, clocking in at 12,000 downloads the week of August 20 [according to Nielsen Music](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7934232/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-sales-up-500-percent "undefined"). **_NEXT:_** [**_Watch the Whole Total Solar Eclipse in 4 Minutes_**](http://time.com/4900280/total-solar-eclipse-2017-video-watch/ "undefined") It isn’t the first time that [the song has experienced such an uptick in its numbers](http://time.com/4902109/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-bonnie-tyler-cruise/ "undefined"); the original song sold six million copies and Spotify reported that the track had a 75% increase in streams the day after last year’s March total solar eclipse. > [](https://twitter.com/hunterschwarz/status/899667569040347136) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4909277/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-no-1-song-on-itunes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4909277/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-no-1-song-on-itunes/"},"headline":"Of Course Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Is the No. 1 Song on iTunes Right Now","datePublished":"2017-08-21T17:45:36.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T04:30:10.000Z","description":"Turn around, bright eyes","url":"https://time.com/4909277/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-no-1-song-on-itunes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","viral","Eclipse","onetime","space 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19b1f93306cd9aa7/6988da77cf40a87f54c490d4/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-1-song-itunes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19b1f93306cd9aa7/6988da77cf40a87f54c490d4/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-1-song-itunes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Punchestown Music Festival","caption":"Punchestown Music Festival","creditText":"Debbie Hickey—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4909277/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-no-1-song-on-itunes/","name":"Of Course Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' Is the No. 1 Song on iTunes Right Now"}}]}] ```