Solar Eclipse Day playlist: What to listen to during the eclipse

If you have your ISO 12312-2-compliant eclipse glasses, you know how to view today's solar eclipse.

But what should you listen to from when the eclipse begins at around 1:52 p.m. through to when it ends at around 4:25 p.m.? (The South Bend area will reach 97% totality from around 3:08 to 3:12 p.m., depending on where you are.)

The Tribune has you covered with this Solar Eclipse Playlist:

Bonnie Tyler: "Total Eclipse of the Heart"

We start with perhaps the most obvious choice: The Welsh singer's 1983 No. 1 hit — four weeks in that position from her "Faster Than the Speed of Night" album. Jim Steinman, the songwriter and producer behind Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell" album (and its sequel), wrote and produced this single and the album's title track.

Timbuk 3: "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"

You don't have to study nuclear science to be "doing all right" — so long as you wear a pair of ISO 12312-2-compliant eclipse glasses to look at the eclipse. Cue up Timbuk 3's quirky 1986 hit as a reminder.

George Harrison: "Here Comes the Moon"

Yes, The Beatle who wrote "Here Comes the Sun" found additional celestial inspiration with this song from his self-titled 1979 album. According to Wikipedia, the lyrics are dated Feb. 25, 1978, Harrison's 35th birthday, and it was written while he was on holiday in Hawaii: "Looks like a little brother to the sun/Or mother to the stars at night."

Van Morrison: "Moondance"

It might be set "❜Neath the cover of October skies," but the title track to Morrison's 1970 album fits the mood of a day whose "magic seems to whisper and hush."

Bill Withers: "Ain't No Sunshine"

In the South Bend area, there'll still be some sunshine from 3:08 to 3:12 p.m. — but not a lot. Booker T. Jones of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s produced Withers' breakthrough single and his 1971 debut album, "Just As I Am." The song reached No. 6 on the U.S. R&B Chart and No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, according to Wikipedia. In addition to Jones, his fellow M.G.'s Donald "Duck" Dunn and Al Jackson Jr. played on the track, on bass and drums, respectively, along with Stephen Stills on guitar.

Cat Stevens: "Moonshadow"

Released as a single in 1970, this delightful, bouncy acoustic song appears on Stevens' 1971 album "Teaser and the Firecat."

Bruce Springsteen: "Blinded By the Light"

Yep, another reminder not to stare straight into the sun during the eclipse. Stick with the original, from Springsteen's 1973 debut, "Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J."

They Might Be Giants: "Why Does the Sun Shine?"

As educational as it is catchy.

Soundgarden: "Black Hole Sun"

The grunge band's 1994 signature song (from the album "Superunknown") has just the right surreal sound for an eclipse day.

Pink Floyd: "Eclipse"

What better song for watching an eclipse than the last track on Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon"? "And everything under the sun is in tune (Everything)/But the sun is eclipsed by the moon."

Bonus Pink Floyd tracks: "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun."

And when the eclipse ends later this afternoon, go ahead and fire up this pair of classics:

Beatles: 'Here Comes the Sun'

Animals: "House of the Rising Sun"

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Solar Eclipse Day playlist will get you in the mood for today's eclipse