Welsh singer songwriter Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ showed up on the final season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on New Year’s Eve — Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Season 4, Episode 5, “Chapter Thirty-Three: Deus Ex Machina“.
The song was heard as Sabrina decides not to go to school so she can sing in the band.
Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart‘ was first released in 1983 on the husky-voiced singer’s fifth studio album Faster Than the Speed of Light via Columbia Records.
The track was an enormous hit in the United Kingdom. To such an extent that, almost forty years later, ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart‘ is still one of the British public’s favorite songs, and is still Bonnie Tyler’s biggest ever seller.
The track charted in the UK at #1, and also made it to the top spot in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa and Canada.
It charted in the United States at #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the U.S. Cashbox chart. The song was eventually certified Platinum in Canada, Italy, the UK and the U.S., and Gold in Denmark and France. (continue reading and listen to Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart‘ after the promo…)
Various versions of ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart‘ have also been licensed for play on hit TV shows like Cold Case, The Good Doctor, Lovesick, Offspring, Futurama, Criminal Minds, So You Think You Can Dance, How To Get Away with Murder and Better Call Saul.
Films like Trolls and Bandits have also featured the track.
Listen to Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart‘ as heard on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on the Welsh singer’s fifth studio album, and in the song’s official music video.
The romantically-filmed video has also been a huge hit with almost 758 million views on YouTube.