The Post’s official solar eclipse playlist: David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Bonnie Tyler and more
As we count down to the total solar eclipse on Monday, here are 10 tracks to get you in tune with the moon — and the soon-to-be-blocked sun.
Bonnie Tyler, “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
On this epic power ballad, which hit No. 1 in 1983, the Welsh belter nailed the galactic pain of when the heart goes totally dark.
David Bowie, “Starman”
If you don’t have some Ziggy Stardust up in your eclipse mix, then really, we can’t help you.
Prince, “The Sun, the Moon and Stars”
This jazz- and falsetto-kissed bliss from “Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic” — the late, great Purple One’s underappreciated 1999 album — is a cosmic chill-out.
George Harrison, “Here Comes the Moon”
Of course, Harrison has kept us basking in the eternal glow of “Here Comes the Sun,” off The Beatles’ 1969 classic “Abbey Road.” But 10 years later, he flipped the script with this ethereal dreaminess from his 1979 self-titled album.
Sting, “Sister Moon”
Going from Policeman to jazzman in his early solo years, Sting worked all of his tantric sexiness on this moonlit serenade from 1987’s “…Nothing Like the Sun.”
Bruno Mars, “Talking to the Moon”
The “Uptown Funk”-ster breaks out his best street-corner croon on this swoonworthy tune — from “Doo-Wops & Hooligans,” his 2010 debut album — that is all the starry-eyed feels.
The 5th Dimension, “Let the Sunshine In”
The sunshine-pop quintet radiates peace, love and celestial harmony on this song, which as part of a chart-topping medley with “Aquarius” won them the Record of the Year Grammy in 1970.
Bill Withers, “Ain’t No Sunshine”
On his breakout 1971 hit, Brother Bill captures the pitch blackness — and bleakness — when both his house and heart turn cold “anytime she goes away.”
Soundgarden, “Black Hole Sun”
Chris Cornell — one of rock’s all-time greatest voices — left a black hole in the music world when he died in 2017. And you can hear him reaching for the heavens on this soaring “Superunknown” ballad.
Pink Floyd, “Eclipse”
The atmospheric final track on Pink Floyd’s 1973 classic “The Dark Side of the Moon” reflects on when “everything under the sun is in tune/But the sun is eclipsed by the moon.”
