# Bonnie Tyler Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/bonnie-tyler Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/bonnie-tyler.md Podcast: [popular Wiki of the Day](https://stenobird.com/podcast/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172) Published: 2026-07-10T04:11:16+00:00 Episode link: https://wikioftheday.com/wotdep.php?pod=popular&epnum=3355 Audio file: https://wikioftheday.com/pwotd/pwotdpod20260710041116.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/episodes/bonnie-tyler Duration seconds: 205 ## Resource pWotD Episode 3355: Bonnie Tyler Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today. With 1,271,358 views on Thursday, 9 July 2026 our article of the day is Bonnie Tyler. Gaynor Sullivan (née Hopkins; 8 June 1951 – 8 July 2026), known professionally as Bonnie Tyler, was a Welsh singer and songwriter. Known for her distinctive husky voice, she came to prominence with the release of her debut studio album The World Starts Tonight (1977) and its singles "Lost in France" and "More Than a Lover". Her 1977 single "It's a Heartache" reached number four on the UK singles chart and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100. In the 1980s, Tyler ventured into rock music with songwriter and producer Jim Steinman. He wrote Tyler's biggest hit, "Total Eclipse of the Heart", which sold over 13 million copies worldwide and was released as the lead single from her UK chart-topping album Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983). Steinman also wrote Tyler's other major 1980s hit, "Holding Out for a Hero". Her other successful singles during this period included "Here She Comes" from the 1984 soundtrack to Metropolis and "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)", written by Desmond Child and produced by Steinman. She had success in mainland Europe during the 1990s with Dieter Bohlen, who wrote and produced her hit "Bitterblue". In 2003, Tyler re-recorded "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with singer Kareen Antonn; their bilingual duet, titled "Si demain... (Turn Around)", topped the French charts. Tyler released Rocks and Honey in 2013, featuring the single "Believe in Me", which she perfo… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/episodes/bonnie-tyler/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/popular-wiki-of-the-day-1065172/bonnie-tyler.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.