The track "Total Eclipse of the Heart (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)"—released as a TikTok-facing viral single by Cleopatra Records—is an electronically accelerated manipulation of Bonnie Tyler's 2011 studio re-recording. [1, 2] Because it is a digitized studio recreation rather than a live band tracking session, the performance credits do not feature a multi-piece rock band. Instead, the piece relies primarily on synthesized backing tracks and studio programmers:
Bonnie Tyler – Lead Vocals Jim Steinman – Original Songwriter (credited on the release metadata) Cleopatra Production Team – Uncredited studio engineers who handled the synthesizers, drum programming, and digital pitch/tempo modulation ("sped up" effects). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Misconception Warning Because it is a "re-recording," listeners often mistake its personnel for the famous 1983 original masterpiece from the album Faster Than the Speed of Night. If you are looking for the actual live musicians who physically played the instruments on that iconic arrangement, they are:
Roy Bittan (E Street Band) – Piano Max Weinberg (E Street Band) – Drums Rick Derringer – Guitar Steve Buslowe – Bass guitar Larry Fast / Steve Margoshes – Synthesizers Jimmy Maelen – Percussion Rory Dodd – Featured backing vocals (The "Turn around, bright eyes" vocal response)
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