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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Interviews by Dave Simpson

‘It was written for a Nosferatu musical’: how Bonnie Tyler made Total Eclipse of the Heart

‘I understood immediately what an incredible song it was’ … Bonnie Tyler at the Montreux rock festival in 1986.
‘I understood immediately what an incredible song it was’ … Bonnie Tyler at the Montreux rock festival in 1986. Photograph: David Redfern/Redferns

Bonnie Tyler, singer

I’d just signed to Sony and wanted to change from country rock to rock. I’d seen Meat Loaf on the BBC’s Old Grey Whistle Test doing Bat Out of Hell, so I told Muff Winwood at Sony that I wanted to work with Jim Steinman, who wrote for and produced Meat Loaf. Muff looked at me like I was barmy and told me that Jim would never do it. “I just want you to ask him,” I said.

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