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18 Aug 2017

Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart and the 20 other best power ballads

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I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith

This classic love ballad is Aerosmith’s best-known hit thanks to being used on the soundtrack to the 1998 disaster epic Armageddon – starring singer Steve Tyler’s daughter Liv. Fans tend to hate it but the song’s position on this list is well-earned for its sheer lighters-in-the-air power. CG

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