Bonnie Tyler (4,865 views)

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Bonnie Tyler
Birth name: Gaynor Hopkins
Vocal Range: G2–G5
Years active: 1969–present

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{Vocal Range Timeline}The World Starts Tonight [1977.2.3]: E3–D5–E5
Natural Force [1978.4.14]: D3–E5
Diamond Cut [1979.2.27]: F3–E♭5
Goodbye to the Island [1981.1.28]: F3–F♯5
Faster Than the Speed of Night [1983.4.8]: F3–G5
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire [1986.5.3]: C3–E5
Hide Your Heart [1988.5.9]: E3–G5
Bitterblue [1991.11.11]: G♯3–F5
Angel Heart [1992.10.5]: E3–E5
Silhouette in Red [1993.10.18]: F3–F5
Free Spirit [1995.12.1]: B2–E♭5
All in One Voice [1998.9.9]: C3–E5
Greatest Hits [2001.7.2]: C3–F♯5
Heart Strings [2002.10.28]: D3–E♭5
Simply Believe [2004.4.13]: E♭3–E♭5–G5
Wings [2005.5.14]: C♯3–E♭5
Rocks and Honey [2013.3.8]: B♭2–C♯5
Between the Earth and the Stars [2019.3.15]: E3–D5–E♭5
The Best Is Yet to Come [2021.2.26]: C3–E♭5

N.B. Any bonus tracks and/or remixes are counted within their respective album's range.

Significant High Notes:

G5: "Notes from America", "Si demain (Turn Around)" with Kareen Antonn, "Take Me Back"
F♯5: "The Fire Below", "Rockin' Good Way" with Shakin' Stevens, "Time", "Turtle Blues", "Tyre Tracks and Broken Hearts", "Wild Love"
F5: "Against the Wind", "The Best", "Don't Turn Around", "Getting So Excited", "Hide Your Heart", "I'm Just a Woman", "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" live 1986, "Perfection" with Cher, "Straight from the Heart", "Tears", "Time", "To Love Somebody", "Turtle Blues", "Whenever You Need Me", "Wild Side of Life", "You Won't See Me Cry"
E5: "Band of Gold", "Breakout", "Careless Heart", "Daytime Friends", "Don't Turn Around", "Faster Than the Speed of Night", "The Fire Below", "First Love", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?", "He's Got a Hold on Me", "Holding Out for a Hero", "I'm Not Foolin'", "It's About Time", "It's a Jungle Out There", "Like an Ocean", "My! My! Honeycomb", "No Way to Treat a Lady", "Ravishing", "Run, Run Rudolph" live 1993 with Dave Edmunds, "Save Me", "Save Up All Your Tears", "Sem Limites Pra Sonhar (Reaching for the Infinite Heart)" with Fábio Jr., "Shy With You", "Sweet Child o' Mine", "Take Another Look at Your Heart", "To Love Somebody", "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Various live performances, "Wild Love", "Wild Side of Life", "You Are So Beautiful"
E♭5: "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going", "Baby I Just Love You", "The Best", "Bitterblue" live Suomen euroviisukarsinta 1992, "Celebrate", "Don't Stop the Music", "Fire in My Soul", "Here She Comes", "He's the King", "I Can't Make You Love Me", "Into the Sunset" with Mike Batt, "Love Is in Love Again", "My Guns Are Loaded" live in France 1979.1.24, "Notes from America", "Nothing to Do With Love", "Perfection" with Cher, "Rio de Janeiro Blue" live Momarkedet 1983, "Sayonara Tokyo", "Seven Waves Away", "Silhouette in Red", "Simply Believe", "Sometimes When We Touch", "Stronger Than a Man", "Too Good to Last", "Total Eclipse of the Heart", "Under Suspicion", "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "Why", "Wings", "You Are a Woman", "You Won't See Me Cry"
D5: "Against the Wind", "All Night to Know You", "Baby I Just Love You", "Band of Gold", "Born to Be a Winner", "Breakout", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Careless Heart", "Daytime Friends", "Driving Me Wild", "Don't Push Your Luck", "Everybody Hurts", "The Eyes of a Fool", "Faster Than the Speed of Night", "The Fire Below", "First Love", "Getting So Excited", "Goin' Through the Motions", "Gonna Get Better", "Goodbye to the Island", "Heaven", "He's Got a Hold on Me", "Hey Love (It's a Feelin')", "Hide Your Heart", "I Cry Myself to Sleep at Night", "I Don't Know How to Love Him", "If I Sing You a Love Song", "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)", "I'm Not Foolin'", "It's Not Enough", "Louise", "Love Is in Love Again", "Lovers Again", "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It", "More Than a Lover", "Move", "Notes from America", "No Way to Treat a Lady", "Race to the Fire", "The Reason Why", "Save Up All Your Tears", "Save Your Love" with Frankie Miller, "Send Me the Pillow", "Run Run Run", "Sem Limites Pra Sonhar (Reaching for the Infinite Heart)" with Fábio Jr., "Sexual Device", "Shy With You", "Soon Will Be Too Late", "Stay", "Streets of Little Italy", "Take Another Look at Your Heart", "Take Me Back", "Tears", "Too Hot", "Total Eclipse of the Heart", "Turtle Blues", "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad", "We Danced on the Ceiling", "Whenever You Need Me", "When I Close My Eyes", "Where Were You", "Why", "(The World Is Full of) Married Men", "You're the One"
C♯5: "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going", "Angel Heart", "Before This Night Is Through", "Before We Get Any Closer", "The Best", "Call Me", "Celebrate", "Don't Stop the Music", "Don't Turn Around", "The Eyes of a Fool", "Flat on the Floor", "Fools Lullaby", "Get Out of My Head", "Give Me Your Love", "Given It All", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?", "Here She Comes", "He's the King", "Hold Out Your Heart", "I Climb Every Mountain", "I Cry Myself to Sleep at Night", "If You Ever Need Me Again", "I'll Stand by You", "I'm Not in Love", "Into the Sunset" with Mike Batt, "It's a Jungle Out There", "James Dean", "Lean on Me", "Living for the City", "Louise" ,"Making Love (Out of Nothing at All)", "More Than a Lover", "My Guns Are Loaded", "Ravishing", "Rio de Janeiro Blue" live Momarkedet 1983, "River Deep, Mountain High" live 2001 - NRK1's Retro , "Run Run Run", "Save Me", "Silhouette in Red", "Somebody's Hero", "Sometimes When We Touch", "Stand Up", "Straight from the Heart", "Stuck to My Guns", "Sweet Child o' Mine", "Taking Control" with Cliff Richard, "Tell Me the Truth", "Till the End of Time", "Time Mends a Broken Heart", "Too Good to Last", "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad", "When I Close My Eyes", "You Always Saw The Blue Skies", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "You're the Greatest Love", "You're the One" The Best Is Yet to Come song, "You Try"
C5: "All Night to Know You", "All We Have Is Tonight", "Angel of the Morning", "Back Home", "Back in My Arms", "Bad Dreams", "Believe in Me", "Bitterblue", "Blame Me", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Call Me Thunder", "The Closer You Get", "Clouds in My Coffee", "Crying", "Crying in Berlin", "Darlin'", "Dreams Are Not Enough", "Everybody Hurts", "Fire in My Soul", "From the Bottom of My Lonely Heart", "Goin' Through the Motions", "God Gave Love to You", "Goodbye to the Island", "Got So Used to Loving You", "Heaven", "Here Am I", "Here's Monday", "He's Got a Hold on Me", "Holding Out for a Hero", "Human Touch", "I Can't Make You Love Me", "I Don't Know How to Love Him", "If I Sing You a Love Song", "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)", "I'm a Fool", "I'm Just a Woman", "I'm Only Guilty (Of Loving You)", "I Put a Spell on You", "Is Anybody There?" with Rick Wakeman, "It's About Time", "It's a Heartache", "It's in the Back of My Mind", "I Want You", "I Won't Look Back", "Little Superstar", "Lord Help Me", "Louisiana Rain", "Make It Right Tonight", "Move", "My! My! Honeycomb", "Need Your Love So Bad", "Nothing to Do With Love", "Open Your Eyes", "Piece of My Heart", "Race to the Fire", "The Reason Why", "Rebel Without a Clue", "River Deep, Mountain High" live 2001 - NRK1's Retro , "Say Goodbye", "Sayonara Tokyo", "Send Me the Pillow", "Simply Believe", "Slow Walk", "Stay", "Stronger Than a Man", "Take a Chance", "Too Hot", "Total Eclipse of the Heart", "We Danced on the Ceiling", "What a Way to Treat My Heart", "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "Wings", "(The World Is Full of) Married Men", "You Are So Beautiful", "You're Breaking My Heart Again", "You Are a Woman", "You're the One"
B4: "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "All I Need Is Love", "Amazed", "Angel Heart", "Baby Goodnight", "Bad for Loving You", "Battle of the Sexes" with Rod Stewart, "Before We Get Any Closer", "The Best Is Yet to Come", "Between the Earth and the Stars", "Bye Bye Now My Sweet Love", "Call Me", "Call Me Thunder", "Cryin' a Little", "Driving Me Wild", "Don't Push Your Luck", "Get Out of My Head", "Given It All", "Heaven", "Heaven Is Here", "Hold On", "Human Touch", "I Believe in Your Sweet Love", "I Can't Leave Your Love Alone", "I Do It for You", "If You Ever Need Me Again", "I'll Stand by You", "I'm Only a Lonely Child", "Islands" with Mike Oldfield, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "It's a Heartache", "It's Not Enough", "It's Over", "James Dean", "Let's Go Crazy Tonight", "Limelight", "Making Love (Out of Nothing at All)", "Missing You", "My Guns Are Loaded", "Nobody Better", "Sally Comes Around", "Save Your Love" with Frankie Miller, "Sexual Device", "Somebody's Hero", "Soon Will Be Too Late", "Sweet Child o' Mine", "Taking Control" with Cliff Richard, "This Is Gonna Hurt", "Those Were the Days" live 2002 - NRK1's Retro, "Till the End of Time", "Time Mends a Broken Heart", "To Love Somebody", "What You Got", "When the Lights Go Down", "Wild Love", "Words Can Change Your Life", "Yesterday Dreams"

Significant Low Notes:

B3: "Baby Goodnight", "Call Me", "Careless Heart", "Come On, Give Me Lovin'", "Don't Stop the Music", "Fools Lullaby", "Gonna Get Better", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?", "Hey Love (It's a Feelin')", "I'm Just a Woman", "I'm Not Foolin'", "I'm Not in Love", "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "It's a Jungle Out There", "My Guns Are Loaded", "Ravishing", "Sally Comes Around", "Silhouette in Red", "Something Going On" with Wayne Warner, "Till the End of Time", "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad", "Where Were You", "Yesterday Dreams"
B♭3: "Darlin'", "God Gave Love to You", "I Climb Every Mountain", "I Put a Spell on You", "Learning to Fly", "Lost in France", "Louise", "Louisiana Rain", "Lord Help Me", "Love Is in Love Again", "Love of a Rolling Stone", "Nothing to Do With Love", "Open Your Eyes", "Race to the Fire", "Rio de Janeiro Blue" live Momarkedet 1983, "The Rose", "Sayonara Tokyo", "Seven Waves Away", "Streets of Little Italy", "Take Me Back", "Tell Me the Truth", "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "You're the One"
A3: "Against the Wind", "All We Have Is Tonight", "Angel Heart", "Baby I Just Love You", "Baby I Remember You", "Battle of the Sexes" with Rod Stewart, "Before This Night Is Through", "Before We Get Any Closer", "Born to Be a Winner", "Bye Bye Now My Sweet Love", "Catch the Wind", "Cryin' a Little", "Driving Me Wild", "Everybody Hurts", "The Eyes of a Fool", "Faster Than the Speed of Night", "First Love", "Fools Lullaby", "Get Out of My Head", "Goin' Through the Motions", "Gonna Get Better", "Goodbye to the Island", "Got So Used to Loving You", "Heaven Is Here", "Here Am I", "Here's Monday", "Hold On", "Holding Out for a Hero", "I Believe in Your Sweet Love", "I Can't Leave Your Love Alone", "I Don't Know How to Love Him", "I Do It for You", "If I Sing You a Love Song", "I'll Stand by You", "I'm Only a Lonely Child", "It's About Time", "James Dean", "Let the Show Begin", "Limelight", "More Than a Lover", "Right Here Waiting", "Rockin' Good Way"with Shakin' Stevens, "Run Run Run", "Sally Comes Around", "Save Your Love" with Frankie Miller, "Sending Me Angels", "Send Me the Pillow", "Sexual Device", "Shy With You", "Slow Walk", "Stay", "Take Another Look at Your Heart", "Tears", "Those Were the Days" live 2002 - NRK1's Retro, "Time Mends a Broken Heart", "We Danced on the Ceiling", "When I Close My Eyes", "When the Lights Go Down", "Where Were You", "Wild Love", "Wild Side of Life", "Years May Come", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
G♯3: "All I Need Is Love", "Amazed", "Believe in Me", "Bitterblue", "Flat on the Floor", "Forget Her", "Here She Comes", "He's the King", "Human Touch", "If You Ever Need Me Again", "I'm Just a Woman", "Into the Sunset" with Mike Batt, "It's a Jungle Out There", "Lean on Me", "Love Is the Knife", "Love Tangle", "River Deep, Mountain High" live 2001 - NRK1's Retro , "Save Me", "Say Goodbye", "Somebody's Hero", "Someone's Rockin' Your Heart" with Francis Rossi, "Something Going On" with Wayne Warner, "Sometimes When We Touch", "Straight from the Heart", "Take a Chance", "This Is Gonna Hurt", "Total Eclipse of the Heart", "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad", "What You Need from Me" with Vince Gill, "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "The World Starts Tonight", "You're the Greatest Love", "You're the One" The Best Is Yet to Come song, "You Are So Beautiful"
G3: "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "Back Home". "Bad Dreams", "Blame Me", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Clouds in My Coffee", "Cryin' a Little", "Crying", "From the Bottom of My Lonely Heart", "Get Out of My Head", "Heaven", "Hungry Hearts", "If I Sing You a Love Song", "I'm a Fool", "I'm Only Guilty (Of Loving You)", "It's About Time", "It's in the Back of My Mind", "It's Not Enough", "Getting So Excited", "Let the Show Begin", "Love of a Rolling Stone", "Merry Christmas", "My! My! Honeycomb", "Need Your Love So Bad", "Older", "Piece of My Heart", "Rebel Without a Clue", "Sayonara Tokyo", "Sem Limites Pra Sonhar (Reaching for the Infinite Heart)" with Fábio Jr., "Sending Me Angels", "Silent Night", "Soon Will Be Too Late", "Stubborn", "Sweet Child o' Mine", "To the Moon and Back", "Under Suspicion", "We Can Start Here", "Wings", "You're the One"
F♯3: "All I Ever Wanted", "Amazed", "The Best Is Yet to Come", "Bye Bye Now My Sweet Love", "Call Me Thunder", "Driving Me Wild", "Given It All", "Here's Monday", "If You Ever Need Me Again", "In My Life", "Let's Go Crazy Tonight", "Like an Ocean", "Living for the City" , "Silhouette in Red", "Slow Walk", "Someone's Rockin' Your Heart" with Francis Rossi, "Stand Up", "Stuck to My Guns", "Taking Control" with Cliff Richard, "Time", "Tyre Tracks and Broken Hearts", "What You Got", "What You Need from Me" with Vince Gill, "Words Can Change Your Life", "The World Starts Tonight", "You're Breaking My Heart Again"
F3: "Crying in Berlin", "Fire in My Soul", "From the Bottom of My Lonely Heart", "Flat on the Floor", "God Gave Love to You", "Human Touch", "Hold Out Your Heart", "I Can't Make You Love Me", "I'm a Fool", "I'm Only Guilty (Of Loving You)", "Into the Sunset" with Mike Batt, "I Won't Look Back", "Lean on Me", "Limelight", "Little Superstar", "Lovers Again", "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It", "Make It Right Tonight", "Return to Blue", "The Rose", "Sunshine", "Total Eclipse of the Heart", "To the Moon and Back", "We Danced on the Ceiling", "Wings", "(The World Is Full of) Married Men", "You're Breaking My Heart Again", "You Won't See Me Cry"
E3: "All I Ever Wanted", "All Night to Know You", "Angel Heart", "Bad for Loving You", "Between the Earth and the Stars", "Breakout", "Heaven", "Is Anybody There?" with Rick Wakeman, "I Won't Look Back", "Making Love (Out of Nothing at All)", "Need Your Love So Bad", "Nobody Better", "Piece of My Heart", "Save Up All Your Tears", "Somebody's Hero", "Soon Will Be Too Late", "Tyre Tracks and Broken Hearts", "What You Got"
E♭3: "Angel of the Morning", "Believe in Me", "Crying in Berlin", "Dreams Are Not Enough", "Given It All", "Here She Comes" Simply Believe ver., "I Can't Make You Love Me", "It's Over", "Little Superstar", "Return to Blue", "Silent Night", "Stronger Than a Man", "Stubborn", "You Try"
D3: "Everybody Hurts", "Heaven", "Is Anybody There?" with Rick Wakeman, "Making Love (Out of Nothing at All)", "The Reason Why", "Sexual Device"
C♯3: "Hold Out Your Heart", "Like an Ocean", "I Think We're Alone Now" live 2007 with Bill Bailey - Never Mind the Buzzcocks, "Mom", "You Try"
C3: "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It", "The Reason Why", "Stronger Than a Man"
B2: "All Night to Know You"
B♭2: "I Think We're Alone Now" live 2007 with Bill Bailey - Never Mind the Buzzcocks, "Mom"
G♯2: "You Are a Woman"
G2: "You Are a Woman"

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Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Bold marks particularly impressive vocal moments.

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{Questionable Notes}
^{High notes:}
G♯6: "Commander Night Owl in Search for Lupus Flagonard" live 1990^[2]
G6: "Interview - The Late Late Show" live 2007^[2]
F♯6: "Band Intro" live Leningrad 1988^[2], "Intro" live 2017 with DNCE^[2], "Total Eclipse of the Heart" live 2001 - Bingolotto^[2]
E6: "Holding Out for a Hero" live 2004 - 50 Jahre Rock^[2]
D6: "Faster Than the Speed of Night"^[3a], "Making Love (Out of Nothing at All)"^[1b]
B♭5: "Too Good to Last"^[1b]
F♯5: "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"^[1c]
F5: "Holding Out for a Hero"^[3a][3b], "Lovers Again"<sup>[3a][3b]

Low notes:</sup>
C♯3: "Tyre Tracks and Broken Hearts"^[1a]
B♭2: "The Reason Why"^[1a]
A2: "Like an Ocean"^[1a]

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[1] Poor quality; brief anacrusis^[1a], yelped/screamed^[1b], voice crack ^[1c].
[2] Brief non-sung exclamations.
[3] It is in fact not Bonnie Tyler singing here, but Holly Sherwood^[3a], Rory Dodd and Todd Rundgren^[3b].
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Questionable notes are any notes of questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) notes of questionable identity, notes of questionable legitimacy and notes of significantly poor quality.

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{Notewatching Credits & Other Info}
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The World Starts Tonight [1977.2.3]
Natural Force [1978.4.14]
Diamond Cut [1979.2.27]
Goodbye to the Island [1981.1.28]
Hide Your Heart [1988.5.9]
Bitterblue [1991.11.11]
Angel Heart [1992.10.5]
Silhouette in Red [1993.10.18]
Free Spirit [1995.12.1]
All in One Voice [1998.9.9]
Greatest Hits [2001.7.2]
Heart Strings [2002.10.28]
Simply Believe [2004.4.13]
Wings [2005.5.14]
Rocks and Honey [2013.3.8]
Between the Earth and the Stars [2019.3.15]
The Best Is Yet to Come [2021.2.26]
• Live performances

Baronessa
Faster Than the Speed of Night [1983.4.8]
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire [1986.5.3]
• Summary [TBP]
• Additional research