‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ – Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler’s epic hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” become one of the biggest power ballads of the 1990’s, inspiring a countless covers and samples. In 1995, the song was at the top of the charts for a whole year, and became her most successful hit to date. Still, fans may not have realized that it was less about human love, and more about vampire love. The song was originally written for Bonnie by her producer Jim Steinman, who was also working on a musical version of Nosferatu, dubbed “Vampires in Love.” The finished product was a little dark, but soon became one of the most powerful love ballads of all time.
Total Eclipse Of The Heart Bonnie Tyler
‘Love Song’ – Sara Bareilles
If you were around in 2007, you couldn’t really escape the catchy piano chords of Sara Bareilles’ chart-topping breakout single ‘Love Song’. It soon flooded the airwaves of every radio station and despite the title of ‘love song’, the lyrics seemed to be about how she wasn’t gonna write her lover ‘a love song…cause you asked for one’. Well in fact the song wasn’t about her lover at all, it later emerged that Sara wrote it in a in a fit of frustration against her record label who kept being critical of her songs. She later said in an interview how, “I started to get really insecure about it, and then I got really pissed off at myself for caring what anybody thought. “Love Song” was her way of saying to her label, “This is me, take it or leave it.” Well we’re glad they took it!
Love Song Sara Bareilles
