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Josh Groban's Range-Defying Cover of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Is Superhuman
He amazingly did impressions of two very different singers while covering the tune.
It's no secret that Josh Groban's vocals go perfectly with theatrical power-ballads. And on a 2022 episode of That's My Jam, he proved his versatility by singing a classic '80s track in two completely different tones.
On the show, Groban was tasked with a game of Barryoke, meaning he had to sing in both the styles of Barry White and then Barry Gibb from the Bee Gees. The song he was randomly assigned was the notoriously-difficult "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler, and he somehow managed to switch back and forth singing in a high pitched falsetto and deep, rich voice during his performance without missing a beat.
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What to know about "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler
Released off Tyler's 1983 album Faster Than the Speed of Night, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is one of Tyler's biggest hits to date, rising to the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and it was written by composer Jim Steinman, who had previously worked with Meat Loaf.
"Tyler’s voice, famously raspy due to surgery earlier in her life, goes a long way in legitimizing the melodrama inherent in the lyrics," American Songwriter wrote of the tune.
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"Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler lyrics
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit lonely
And you're never coming 'round
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit tired
Of listening to the sound of my tears
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit nervous
That the best of all the years have gone by
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
And then I see the look in your eyes
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit restless
And I dream of something wild
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit helpless
And I'm lying like a child in your arms
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit angry
And I know I've got to get out and cry
(Turn around)
Every now and then I get a little bit terrified
But then I see the look in your eyes
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (All of the time)
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Once upon a time I was falling in love
Now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know you'll never be the boy
You always wanted to be
(Turn around)
But every now and then
I know you'll always be the only boy
Who wanted me the way that I am
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know there's no one in the universe
As magical and wondrous as you
(Turn around)
Every now and then
I know there's nothing any better
There's nothing that I just wouldn't do
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
'Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (all of the time)
I don't know what to do
I'm always in the dark
Living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
(Forever's gonna start tonight)
Once upon a time I was falling in love
Now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around, bright eyes)
(Turn around)
