Josh Groban's Range-Defying Cover of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Is Superhuman
He amazingly did impressions of two very different singers while covering the tune.
It's no secret that Josh Groban's vocals go perfectly with theatrical power-ballads. And on a 2022 episode of That's My Jam, he proved his versatility by singing a classic '80s track in two completely different tones.
On the show, Groban was tasked with a game of Barryoke, meaning he had to sing in both the styles of Barry White and then Barry Gibb from the Bee Gees. The song he was randomly assigned was the notoriously-difficult "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler, and he somehow managed to switch back and forth singing in a high pitched falsetto and deep, rich voice during his performance without missing a beat.
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What to know about "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler
Released off Tyler's 1983 album Faster Than the Speed of Night, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is one of Tyler's biggest hits to date, rising to the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and it was written by composer Jim Steinman, who had previously worked with Meat Loaf.
"Tyler’s voice, famously raspy due to surgery earlier in her life, goes a long way in legitimizing the melodrama inherent in the lyrics," American Songwriter wrote of the tune.
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