In what may be the most on-the-nose event since the Big Bang, Bonnie Tyler has plans to perform her 1983 hit, “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” on a cruise boat during today’s total eclipse. Which prompted the question: what other songs might be appropriate to listen to in the lead up to the solar eclipse?

The answer: “Blinded by the Light” by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, “Who Loves the Sun” by The Velvet Underground, anything off Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star and the other songs on the Spotify playlist below...