Editing Bonnie Tyler (section)

===1979–1981: ''Diamond Cut'' and ''Goodbye to the Island''===
Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe produced Tyler's third album, ''[[Diamond Cut (Bonnie Tyler album)|Diamond Cut]]'', with Robin Geoffrey Cable.{{sfn|Tyler|2023|page=93}} Released in February 1979, it was a Top 20 record in Finland, Norway and Sweden, but only reached 145 in the US.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=267|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Bonnie Tyler|page=267|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=9 November 2023|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bonnie+Tyler&titel=Diamond+Cut&cat=a|title=Bonnie Tyler – Diamond Cut|publisher=[[VG-lista]]|access-date=9 November 2023|archive-date=5 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205185300/https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bonnie+Tyler&titel=Diamond+Cut&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bonnie+Tyler&titel=Diamond+Cut&cat=a|title=Swedishcharts.com – Bonnie Tyler – Diamond Cut|publisher=Hung Meiden|access-date=9 November 2023|archive-date=5 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205193737/https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bonnie+Tyler&titel=Diamond+Cut&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1979-03-03|title=Billboard 200 – March 3, 1979|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=9 November 2023|archive-date=20 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820153826/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1979-03-03|url-status=live}}</ref> Tyler felt that RCA was pushing her to record more country-oriented music, which frustrated her.{{sfn|Tyler|2023|page=94}} The album yielded one major hit, "[[My Guns Are Loaded]]", which peaked at no. 10 on the Canadian AC chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4506&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6d8a5acbv4a567bnc2j7gnuj5|title=Adult Contemporary – Volume 31, No. 3, April 14 1979|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=29 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030031940/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4506&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6d8a5acbv4a567bnc2j7gnuj5|archive-date=30 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the summer of 1979, Tyler had another UK Top 40 hit with "[[Married Men (song)|(The World Is Full of) Married Men]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19790701/7501|title=Official Singles Chart - 30 June 1979 - 6 July 1979|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=9 November 2023|archive-date=3 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603134419/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19790701/7501|url-status=live}}</ref> She recorded it for a [[The World Is Full of Married Men (film)|film adaptation]] of [[Jackie Collins]]' novel [[The World Is Full of Married Men|of the same name]]. Tyler performs the song during the film's closing titles.{{sfn|Tyler|2023|page=94–95}}

In November 1979, Tyler represented the United Kingdom at the Yamaha [[World Popular Song Festival]] in Japan. She won the Grand Prix International award for her performance of "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean", written by Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe. They co-produced Tyler's fourth album, ''[[Goodbye to the Island]]'', with Hugh Murphy. Released in 1981, it only charted in Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bonnie+Tyler&titel=Goodbye+to+the+Island&cat=a|title=Bonnie Tyler – Goodbye to the Island|publisher=[[VG-lista]]|access-date=9 November 2023|archive-date=26 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026164825/https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bonnie+Tyler&titel=Goodbye+to+the+Island&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref> RCA invited Tyler to extend her contract for another five years, but she declined, expressing disillusionment with her artistic image and noting a scarcity of performance opportunities in the aftermath of several unsuccessful singles.{{sfn|Tyler|2023|page=99}}