The total solar eclipse in North America… by association led many music lovers to… “Total Eclipse Of The Heart”. Her dynamic love ballad Bonnie Tyler of 1983 was the #1 song to celebrate the natural event of Monday. The song climbed the charts during the day and reached No. 2 on the Apple charts.

On Spotify, streaming of the song increased by nearly 50% in the US the week before the eclipse, and the platform was expected to see even more growth after the eclipse, a Spotify spokesperson told CBS News.

It was also the top song added to users’ playlists titled eclipse. Of course, other songs about the theme of the sun and the moon again became popular for playlists. “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers, “Here Comes the Sun” by the Beatles, “Eclipse” by Pink Floyd, “Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence. Clearwater Revival and Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun.” were also popular choices.

Searches for the word “eclipse” were up 200% on Spotify last week, the company spokesman said.

On YouTube, “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” entered the Daily Top 100 Music Videos chart and is currently at #84.

Streaming platform Last FM also announced that the song has climbed at No. 1 in the US on April 8.

In the ballad, Tyler quotes the line: “Every now and then I break down.” Taking to social media, the singer commented on the song’s revival with a pun: “Every now and then it hits the charts,” she wrote.

Tyler also said she had deja vu, as another eclipse happened in 2021 and she began to be flooded with messages.

During the 2017 solar eclipse, Tyler performed the song as part of Royal Caribbean’s “Total Eclipse Cruise,” backed by Joe Jonas’ band DNCE.

When the song debuted in 1983, it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and remained at number one for four weeks. The song spent 29 weeks on the Hot 100.