Editing Bonnie Tyler (section)

===1982–1989: The CBS Years===
[[File:Bonnie woman1 (cropped).JPG|thumb|left|upright|Bonnie Tyler in 1986]]
After her contract with RCA expired, Tyler signed with [[Sony Music|CBS]]/[[Columbia Records|Columbia]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/80s/1982/CB-1982-02-27-OCR-Page-0028.pdf#search=%22bonnie%20tyler%20cbs%22 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/80s/1982/CB-1982-02-27-OCR-Page-0028.pdf#search=%22bonnie%20tyler%20cbs%22 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live|last=Goodman|first=Fred|title=CBS U.K. Hits New Heights with Diverse Mix of Artists|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|date=27 February 1982|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref> [[Artists and repertoire|A&R]] man [[Muff Winwood]] asked Tyler to scout a new producer. She considered [[Phil Collins]], [[Jeff Lynne]] and [[Alan Tarney]], but [[Jim Steinman]] was her first choice. "I'm a huge fan of his records, especially his solo album, and when my manager and I were discussing my comeback we both agreed that I had to sound the best or nobody would take me seriously."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=de Whalley|first=Chas|title=Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Chart|magazine=[[Kerrang!]]|date=5 May 1983}}</ref> Steinman initially declined, but reconsidered after Tyler sent him demos of the rock material she was hoping to record.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Steels|first=Mark|title=The Two Bonnies|magazine=[[Smash Hits]]|date=17 March 1983}}</ref>

After their initial meeting, Tyler returned to Steinman's apartment in New York a few weeks later where she performed "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" with [[Rory Dodd]]. Steinman described the song as "a Wagnerian-like onslaught of sound and emotion", and a "showpiece" for Tyler's voice.<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Jim |last= Beviglia |title= Bonnie Tyler, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" |magazine= [[American Songwriter]] |date= 24 February 2014 |access-date= 25 February 2014 |url= http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/02/bonnie-tyler-total-eclipse-heart/}}</ref> Her fifth album was recorded at the [[Power Station (recording studio)|Power Station]] in New York, with members of the [[E Street Band]], [[Rick Derringer]] on guitar, Rory Dodd and [[Eric Troyer]] on backing vocals, and Steinman as producer.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" was released in the UK on 11 February 1983. It became one of the [[List of best-selling singles|best-selling singles of all time]] with over six million units sold. Her fifth studio album, ''[[Faster Than the Speed of Night]]'', debuted at no. 1 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and reached no. 3 on the US ''Cashbox'' chart and no. 4 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling over one million copies in the United States. Tyler's commercial success led to several award nominations, including two [[Grammy Award|Grammys]], two [[American Music Awards|AMAs]] and a [[BRIT Awards|BRIT Award]]. Tyler was named Best Recording Artist at the [[Variety, the Children's Charity#Variety Club of Great Britain Awards|Variety Club of Great Britain Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DcFAAAAAIBAJ&dq=awards+bonnie+tyler&pg=PA10&article_id=5631,1467693|title= The Glasgow Herald|date=8 February 1984|access-date= 17 August 2021}}</ref> and she received a [[Goldene Europa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.ard.de/ard-chronik/index/1986?year=1983&month=10|title=ARD Goldene Europa|date=10 October 1983|access-date=17 August 2021|archive-date=11 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711104748/http://web.ard.de/ard-chronik/index/1986?year=1983&month=10|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Tyler also found success through some of her soundtrack recordings in the mid-80s. In 1984, she released "[[Holding Out for a Hero]]" from the ''[[Footloose (1984 soundtrack)|Footloose]]'' soundtrack. In the following year, her recording of "[[Here She Comes]]" for [[Giorgio Moroder]]'s restoration of the 1927 film ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' earned Tyler a Grammy nomination for [[Best Female Rock Vocal Performance]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZLwyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1758,1006557&dq |title=Here's one critic's picks for Grammys |date=23 February 1985 |access-date=24 August 2014 |first=Robert |last=Hilburn |author-link=Robert Hilburn |work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |publisher=[[Canwest]]}}</ref> Tyler also declined an offer to record the theme for the [[James Bond]] spin-off ''[[Never Say Never Again]]''.

In 1986, Tyler released her sixth studio album, ''[[Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire]]''. In another collaboration with Jim Steinman, the album also featured songs written by [[Desmond Child]] and [[Bryan Adams]] and a cover of "[[Band of Gold (Freda Payne song)|Band of Gold]]" by [[Freda Payne]]. "[[If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)]]" became the album's most successful single, selling over 250,000 units in France. The music video, directed by Steinman and Stuart Orme, received six nominations at the ''Billboard'' Video Music Conference.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Billboard Video Music Conference |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/80s/1986/BB-1986-11-01-OCR-Page-0096.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/80s/1986/BB-1986-11-01-OCR-Page-0096.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=1 November 1986 |access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>

In 1987, Tyler collaborated with [[Mike Oldfield]] on the title track to his album ''[[Islands (Mike Oldfield album)|Islands]]''. In the following year, Tyler played Polly Garter in George Martin's album ''[[Under Milk Wood]]'', a radio drama by [[Dylan Thomas]]. The music was composed by [[Elton John]], and features vocal contributions from [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[Anthony Hopkins]] and [[Mary Hopkin]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Clapp|first=Susannah|date=27 June 2021|title=The week in theatre: J'Ouvert; Under Milk Wood; Happy Days – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/jun/27/jouvert-harold-pinter-review-yasmin-joseph-under-milk-wood-national-olivier-michael-sheen-happy-days-riverside-lisa-dwan-trevor-nunn|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627093430/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/jun/27/jouvert-harold-pinter-review-yasmin-joseph-under-milk-wood-national-olivier-michael-sheen-happy-days-riverside-lisa-dwan-trevor-nunn|archive-date=27 June 2021|access-date=28 June 2021|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

Tyler asked [[Desmond Child]] to produce her seventh album, ''[[Hide Your Heart (album)|Hide Your Heart]]'', which came out on 9 May 1988. The album featured collaborations with [[Michael Bolton]], [[Albert Hammond]] and [[Diane Warren]]. The album's singles, "[[Hide Your Heart (song)|Hide Your Heart]]", "[[Save Up All Your Tears]]" and "[[The Best (song)|The Best]]" became major hits for other artists.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}