Bonnie Tyler is cashing in on moon-eats-sun. The Welsh singer is seeing her 1983 hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” gain total attention.
iTunes was reporting Tyler’s song as No. 1 Monday.
“Tyler surpassed Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber’s inescapable hit, ‘Despacito, to nab the top spot,” AOL reported.
Not one to leave a moment darkened, Tyler performed “Total Eclipse” on Royal Caribbean’s Total Eclipse Cruise off Florida.
“The Oasis of the Seas ship will be positioned in the path of totality for the performance, just as the moon moves across the sun, Time reports.”
“It’s going to be so exciting,” Tyler told Time. “It doesn’t happen very often, does it?”
“She never had a hit that big again, though ‘Holding Out for a Hero’ from the Footloose soundtrack got a lot of radio love the following year. But ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ has never really gone away, becoming one of the most beloved pop songs of the entire 1980s,” said Rolling Stone.
Bonnie Tyler just sang “Total Eclipse of the Heart” on CNN from a cruise ship https://t.co/JwV2ZUOJYZ #SolarEclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/s1Z1jlGryn
— CNN (@CNN) August 21, 2017
Bonnie Tyler’s classic 1983 smash hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” tops US iTunes amidst #SolarEclipse2017. pic.twitter.com/GculY5THv2
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 21, 2017
Can we all take a moment to appreciate Bonnie Tyler if it wasn’t for her we wouldn’t even have eclipses
— Eleanor Fizzybottom (@flouncingqueen) August 21, 2017
Every time Bonnie Tyler is asked where the eclipse is she says, “Turn Around”#FakeEclipseFacts
— Jeff Dwoskin (@bigmacher) August 20, 2017
NOW: Bonnie Tyler sound check!
“Total Eclipse of the Heart”
Live on @RoyalCaribbean “Oasis of the Seas” 400+ miles off Florida #Eclipse2017 pic.twitter.com/T807xTGJ60— Dave Malkoff (@malkoff) August 21, 2017
I’m just in this for Bonnie Tyler. #SolarEclipse17
— Patti Murin (@PattiMurin) August 21, 2017