Eternal Flame

The Bangles

Score: 213
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Played: 942

Album:

Everything

Released: 12 Sep 2008

Genres:

Rock
Pop
Female vocalists
80s
New wave
1989
Billboard number ones
Billboard top 10
Billboard top 20

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Wiki:

Released February 11, 1989 "Eternal Flame" is a song by The Bangles, which became a hit single in 1989, peaking at number one in the charts in six countries; including: Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was written by popular songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and the Bangles' own Susanna Hoffs. It was a ballad, unlike the rest of the garage-band pop songs on their album Everything. Co-writer Billy Steinberg describes it as "The Beatles meet The Byrds". The song was inspired by two eternal flames: one for Elvis Presley that Michael Steele saw when the band was at Graceland, and one at a local synagogue in Palm Springs which Steinberg attended as a child.[1] It spent one week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, preceded by "The Living Years" by Mike + The Mechanics and followed by "The Look" by Roxette; spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart, preceded by "Like a Prayer" by Madonna and followed by "Hand on Your Heart" by Kylie Minogue; and spent seven weeks at the #1 position in the Dutch Top 40. It also topped the U.S. adult contemporary chart for two weeks. The song was Australia's biggest selling single of '89 and was sent-up on the Australian TV show Fast Forward. Eternal Flame was featured in an episode of True Blood on HBO and Pushing Daisies on ABC, where it was sung by Kristin Chenoweth. * The song has been covered in Japanese language in 1997 by Tomoya Nagase, the vocalist of the Japanese idol rock group Tokio, featuring 3T. This song was used as the theme song of the Nippon TV drama "DXD", in which Nagase played the main role. He also wrote the Japanese version lyrics. This version was released as a single in Japan under the name of "Tomoya with 3T". * The song has been covered in 1999 by the Australian group Human Nature on the Counting Down album. * The song has been covered in 2000 by Rollergirl on the Now I'm Singin'... And The Party Keeps On Rollin' and released as a single which peaked at #87 in the Swiss Charts[7] * A cover version has been made in 2005 by the Filipino acoustic duo M.Y.M.P. on the Versions album. * The song has been covered in 2005 by the Portuguese Power Metal band Oratory on the "Interludium" * Bonnie Tyler recorded a duet with Laura Zen in France, duetting a French/English recording called Amour Éternel (Eternal Flame) in 2011. EP * The song has been covered in 2006 by Lena Hanenberg on the Love Songs album * The song has been covered in 2004 by Beni Arashiro on her "Infinite..." single * The song has been covered in 2005 by Jeremy Udden on his Torchsongs album * The song has been covered in 2005 by LISA on her Melody Circus album * The song has been covered in 2001 by the Argentine band Smitten on them Let me be album

Lyrics:

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Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling Do you feel my heart beating Do you understand Do you feel the same Am I only dreaming Is this burning an eternal flame I believe it's meant to be, darling I watch you when you are sleeping You belong with me Do you feel the same Am I only dreaming Or is this burning an eternal flame Say my name Sun shines through the rain A whole life so lonely And then come and ease the pain I don't want to lose this feeling, oh Say my name Sun shines through the rain A whole life so lonely And then come and ease the pain I don't want to lose this feeling, oh Close your eyes, give me your hand Do you feel my heart beating Do you understand Do you feel the same Am I only dreaming Or is this burning an eternal flame Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling Do you feel my heart beating Do you understand Do you feel the same Am I only dreaming Is this burning an eternal flame Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling Do you feel my heart beating Do you understand Do you feel the same Am I only dreaming, ah An eternal flame Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling Do you feel my heart beating Do you understand Do you feel the same Am I only dreaming, ah Is this burning an eternal flame Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling

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