The Bangles released “Eternal Flame,” a 1989 international hit written by Susanna Hoffs, Tom Kelly, and Billy Steinberg.
The song appeared on the Bangles’ third studio album, Everything, released in 1988. Its restrained arrangement and intimate vocal contrasted with the jangly guitar-pop style heard on several of the group’s earlier hits.
“Eternal Flame” became one of the Bangles’ biggest commercial successes. It topped the charts in several countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. Susanna Hoffs performed the lead vocal.
The Bangles are sometimes confused with the Go-Go’s because both were influential American all-female rock bands of the 1980s. The Go-Go’s recorded “Our Lips Are Sealed” and “We Got the Beat,” whereas “Eternal Flame” is associated with the Bangles.