These were Spotify’s most-played songs during the solar eclipse

New data has revealed the most-played songs during this week’s solar eclipse, with tracks including Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’ seeing a massive spike in streams. READ MORE: Bonnie Tyler, 1951–2026: raspy-voiced Welshwoman who captured “what rock’n’roll is all about” Around 91 per cent of the sun was obscured by the Moon between about 6pm and 8.15pm on Wednesday (August 12) – the most it has been blocked above UK skies since the 1999 total eclipse. Stunning scenes were witnessed across Europe, particularly in Spain, while Björk played a special DJ set at her own curated solar eclipse rave in her native Iceland. Now, listening data has been shared following the best solar eclipse since the turn of the century, with songs including Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’ seeing a huge surge in plays on Spotify. Data compared streams on August 12 to the average daily between August 1 and 11. In the UK alone, the 1983 Bonnie Tyler classic saw a 94 per cent rise in streams in the UK, and a 14 per cent boost worldwide – happening five weeks after the singer died on July 8. Other tracks that saw an increase in streams thanks to the partial eclipse included Evolfo’s ‘Mo...