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Eternal Flame (Atomic Kitten song)

"Eternal Flame"
Eternal Flame by The Bangles US commercial cassette.jpg
U.S. commercial cassette release
Single by The Bangles
from the album Everything
B-side "What I Meant to Say"
Released February 17, 1989
Format Vinyl record (7", 12" 45 rpm), CD single (3"), Cassingle
Recorded 1988 in Studio 55, Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles
Genre Soft rock
Length 3:56
Label CBS
Songwriter(s) Susanna Hoffs
Tom Kelly
Billy Steinberg
Producer(s) Davitt Sigerson
The Bangles singles chronology
"In Your Room"
(1988)
"Eternal Flame"
(1989)
"Be with You"
(1989)
"In Your Room"
(1988)
"Eternal Flame"
(1989)
"Be with You"
(1989)
"Eternal Flame"
Single by Tomoya Nagase featuring 3T
Released 1997
Format CD
Recorded 1996
Genre J-pop, soft rock
Length 3:56
Label Universal Music Japan
Songwriter(s) Susanna Hoffs
Tom Kelly
Billy Steinberg
Producer(s) 3T
Tomoya Nagase featuring 3T singles chronology
"Gotta Be You"
(1996)
"Eternal Flame"
(1997)
"Stuck on You"
(2003)
"Gotta Be You"
(1996)
"Eternal Flame"
(1997)
"Stuck on You"
(2003)
"Eternal Flame"
Single by Human Nature
from the album Counting Down
Released October 17, 1999
Format CD single
Recorded 1999
Genre Pop
Length 3:25
Label Sony Music Entertainment/Columbia Records
Songwriter(s) Susanna Hoffs
Tom Kelly
Billy Steinberg
Producer(s) Andrew Klippel
Human Nature singles chronology
"Don't Cry"
(1999)
"Eternal Flame"
(1999)
"Be There With You"
(2000)
"Don't Cry"
(1999)
"Eternal Flame"
(2001)
"Be There With You"
(2000)
"Eternal Flame"
Eternal Flame by Atomic Kitten CD.jpg
Single by Atomic Kitten
from the album Right Now (re-issue)
Released July 23, 2001
Format CD single, cassette
Recorded 2001
Genre Pop
Length 3:17
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) Susanna Hoffs
Tom Kelly
Billy Steinberg
Producer(s) Ray Ruffin
Atomic Kitten singles chronology
"Whole Again"
(2001)
"Eternal Flame"
(2001)
"You Are"
(2001)
"Whole Again"
(2001)
"Eternal Flame"
(2001)
"You Are"
(2001)

"Eternal Flame" is a love song by American rock group the Bangles from their 1988 album Everything. It became a hit single, when released in 1989, peaking at number one in the charts in nine countries, including Australia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was written by the established songwriting partnership of Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly (becoming the pair's fifth Billboard Hot 100 number one in five years) along with the Bangles' Susanna Hoffs. Having previously reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1986 with "Walk Like an Egyptian," the Bangles became only the third girl group to score multiple number-ones in the United States, after the Supremes (twelve) and the Shirelles (two).

Unlike the rest of the more uptempo songs on their album Everything, "Eternal Flame" is a ballad. Co-writer Billy Steinberg describes it as "the Beatles meet the Byrds."

The song was inspired by two eternal flames: one at the gravesite of Elvis Presley that the Bangles saw when the band visited Graceland, and one at a local synagogue in Palm Springs which Steinberg attended as a child. Steinberg recalled to Songfacts: "Susanna was talking about the Bangles having visited Graceland, and she said there was some type of shrine to Elvis that included some kind of eternal flame. As soon as those words were mentioned, I immediately thought of the synagogue in the town of Palm Springs, California where I grew up. I remember during our Sunday school class they would walk us through the sanctuary. There was one little red light and they told us it was called the eternal flame."


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