--- title: Bonnie Tyler Sings Total Eclipse of the Heart During Eclipse description: Tyler and DNCE performed "Total Eclipse of the Heart" during the total solar eclipse aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship on Monday. canonical: https://time.com/4909946/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-21T22:18:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:39.427Z og:title: Watch Bonnie Tyler Sing 'Total Eclipse' During the Eclipse og:description: For the true double eclipse experience. og:url: https://time.com/4909946/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4911f7351ae53d84/6988da92fb4eac7bc0893638/gettyimages-824662438-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5616 og:image:height: 3159 og:image:alt: Punchestown Music Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Bonnie Tyler Sing 'Total Eclipse' During the Eclipse twitter:description: For the true double eclipse experience. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4911f7351ae53d84/6988da92fb4eac7bc0893638/gettyimages-824662438-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Bonnie Tyler Perform 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' During the Eclipse as Only She Can > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Debbie Hickey/Getty Images) Debbie Hickey—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 21, 2017 10:18 PM UTC It was a total eclipse of the cruise for passengers aboard Royal Caribbean’s[ _Oasis of the Seas._ ](http://time.com/4902109/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-bonnie-tyler-cruise/)They were treated to a doubly fantastical eclipse experience on Monday afternoon as the ship sailed through the path of totality and Bonnie Tyler, the iconic 80s singer of “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” performed her hit alongside DNCE, the rock-pop band helmed by Joe Jonas. The ship, which houses over 4,000 passengers, was [sold out](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article168424687.html) for the week-long Caribbean excursion, marketed as the Total Eclipse Cruise. But it wasn’t until last week, when TIME [broke the news,](http://time.com/4902109/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-bonnie-tyler-cruise/) that ticket holders discovered Tyler herself would be the “special guest” performing during the astronomically important moment. “Fabulous for me to work with this young, gorgeous band, and they did a fabulous version of ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart.’ It was really awesome,” Tyler said after the high-energy onboard performance, during which they cut the song down to match the length of the solar eclipse — and Tyler led the passengers in a singalong. “With the eclipse happening, performing this iconic song with a legend, our new friend, Bonnie, it was a dream come true,” Jonas added. “The only one way to sum it up is: ‘Turn around…'” “Every now and then I get a little bit lonely,” Tyler chimed in. On Monday, Tyler’s song rose to the [number one spot](http://time.com/4909277/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-no-1-song-on-itunes/) on Apple’s iTunes charts, and streams of the power ballad also saw a nearly three thousand percent increase on Spotify in the U.S. in the hours leading up to the big event in the sky. 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