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In early May, Tyler was hospitalized<\/a> in Faro, Portugal after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery. Over the next few days, Tyler\u2019s doctors put her in an induced coma to aid her recovery, while they later described her condition<\/a> as \u201cseriously ill but stable.\u201d<\/p>\n Tyler broke through in the U.K. and Europe with 1976\u2019s \u201cLost in France\u201d before crossing over in the United States with 1977\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s a Heartache.\u201d But her most enduring hit was 1983\u2019s \u201cTotal Eclipse of the Heart.\u201d Since its release, the song has barely strayed from the popular consciousness, popping up every time there\u2019s a noteworthy lunar or solar eclipse, while remaining a potent, evergreen karaoke classic<\/a>.<\/p>\n Penned by Jim Steinman<\/a>, best known for his work with Mea Lloaf, \u201cTotal Eclipse of the Heart\u201d was a nearly seven-minute power ballad suffused with longing and yearning. Tyler had the vocal power and gravitas necessary to deliver mighty hit, but the famous rasp in her voice also lent the performance that necessary, frayed-edge vulnerability.<\/p>\n \u201cI poured my heart out singing it,\u201d she put it, simply enough, in a 2023 interview with The Guardian<\/em>. <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n