Bonnie Tyler’s “Getting So Excited” captures the intoxicating rush of a wild night where strangers chase excitement, desire, and freedom. As passion spirals into jealousy, violence, and heartbreak, the thrilling atmosphere turns unsettling. Beneath the party’s electric energy lies loneliness, emotional chaos, and the emptiness that follows reckless indulgence.
Getting So Excited Lyrics
[Verse 1: Bonnie Tyler]
The room’s all set, and the door bell is ringing
The first to arrive switch their dials to swinging
The lights are dim to match the conversation
Strangers grin that stoned expression
[Verse 2: Bonnie Tyler]
“He looks so cool,” says a girl with a giggle
His handkerchief bulge slipping from the middle
Strokes his chin as his eyes refocus
Tonight’s victim smiles back
[Chorus: Bonnie Tyler]
He’s getting so excited
They’re revving it up
He’s getting so excited
Excited
[Verse 3: Bonnie Tyler]
The music’s dark, begins to get blacker
People start to move towards each other
Some hold back, some peel off the layers
The atmosphere erupts with the drunken liberators
[Verse 4: Bonnie Tyler & Jim Steinman]
Walls flare up with animated shadows
As dancers jump like emancipated jackals
It won’t be long ’till the first couple’s cliché
She turns to him to say
“I’d do anything for love, but I won’t do that!”
[Chorus: Bonnie Tyler]
She’s getting so excited
They’re trashing it up
She’s getting so excited
Excited
[Verse 5: Bonnie Tyler]
The smoke mist clears to reveal drunken Jimmy
Who’s just turned up, seen his woman getting friendly
With a charmer boy in a second-hand leather
Lights go green, there’s gonna be danger
[Verse 6: Bonnie Tyler]
With two great strides, there’s a push and a scuffle
You can’t make out through the naked muscle
A high pitched scream, a broken bottle
A ribbon of blood on the floor
Ooh, ah, oh
[Outro: Bonnie Tyler]
They’re getting so excited
But I want some more
They’re getting so excited
Down on the floor
They’re getting so excited
Excited, excited, excited
They’re getting so excited
Yeah, yeah
But I’m getting bored
I’m just getting bored
Getting so excited
I want some more
They’re getting so excited
Out on the floor
They’re getting so excited
Excited, excited, excited
They’re getting so excited
Whoo-hoo
Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
He’s getting so excited
She’s getting so excited
Video of Getting So Excited Lyrics By Bonnie Tyler
Song Credits
- Song Name :– Getting So Excited
- Singer Name :–Bonnie Tyler
- Producer:- John Jansen & Jim Steinman
- Album:– Faster Than the Speed of Night
- Release Date :– April 8, 1983
Song Bio of Getting So Excited By Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler’s “Getting So Excited” turns a house party into a cautionary tale. Released April 8, 1983, the track sits inside Faster Than the Speed of Night, produced by Jim Steinman and John Jansen with all the theatrical scale that defined the era.
The song follows partygoers as flirtation gives way to something rougher. A crowd gathers, drinks flow, strangers size each other up, and the mood shifts from playful to volatile. Tyler’s smoky delivery tracks that descent, building each verse like a scene in a film rather than a straightforward pop hook.
Steinman’s fingerprints are unmistakable. The same operatic tension and narrative sweep he brought to “Total Eclipse of the Heart” shows up here, just aimed at a rowdier subject. Where that hit mourned lost love, this one watches desire curdle into jealousy, and eventually a fight breaking out on the dance floor.
The chorus repeats a warning as much as an invitation, and the outro keeps the chant going long after the story’s danger has passed. It’s less about celebration than about what happens when excitement stops being fun, a mood Tyler and Steinman capture with real dramatic instinct.
