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Nicki French Nicola Sharon French (born 26 September 1964) is an English singer. She is best known for her 1995 dance cover version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart", which reached the Billboard Hot 100, US and UK Singles Chart, UK top 5, and for representin ...

, released on 20 June 1995 in the

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. The album is primarily dance-focused and features two cover songs: "

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" (originally recorded and released by

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) and " For All We Know" (originally recorded by

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). "Total Eclipse of the Heart" became French's biggest hit single, reaching #5 in the UK Singles Chart and #2 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. For its release in

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in 1997, the album was retitled ''Total Eclipse of the Heart'' after its lead track. Extra tracks were also added to the Japanese version.

Track listing

# "

" # "Did You Ever Really Love Me?" # "Forever and a Day" # "I'll Be Waiting" # "Is There Anybody Out There?" # "Never in a Million Years" # " For All We Know" # "Secrets" # "Something About You" # "Voice of America"

Japanese bonus tracks

# "Pride and Passion" # "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (Mobius Loop Mix) # "Did You Ever Really Love Me?" (Big Apple) # "For All We Know" (The Freddy Edit) # "Think It Over"

Charts

References

External links

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