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For the episode of "The Vampire Diaries", see Total Eclipse of the Heart (The Vampire Diaries).
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Artwork for UK and some European releases
Single by Bonnie Tyler
from the album Faster Than the Speed of Night
B-side
"Take Me Back" (UK)
"Straight from the Heart" (US)
Released
1983
Format
7"
12"
CD
Length
6:59 (album version)
5:53 (2013 re-recording for the album Rocks and Honey)
5:32 (music video version)
4:35 (2011 single version)
4:30 (single version)
3:49 (2005 re-recording for the album Wings)
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Jim Steinman
Producer(s)
Jim Steinman
Bonnie Tyler singles chronology
"Sayonara Tokyo"
(1981) "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
(1983) "Take Me Back"
(1983)
"Sayonara Tokyo"
(1981) "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
(1983) "Take Me Back"
(1983)
Music video
"Total Eclipse Of The Heart" on YouTube
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was written and produced by Jim Steinman, and released on Tyler's fifth studio album, Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983). The song was released as a single by Columbia Records on 11 February 1983 in the United Kingdom and on 31 May 1983 in the United States.
The song became Tyler's biggest career hit, topping the UK Singles Chart, and becoming the fifth-best-selling single in 1983 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the single spent four weeks at the top of the charts, and was Billboard's number-six song of the year for 1983.
Worldwide, the single has sales in excess of 6 million copies[1] and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 1 million copies after its release, updated to Platinum in 2001 when the certification threshold changed.[2] In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's third favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.[3]
Contents
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1 Background and composition
2 Critical reception
3 Music video
4 Live performances
5 Credits and personnel
6 Other versions by Bonnie Tyler
7 Charts and certifications
7.1 Weekly charts
7.2 Year-end charts
7.3 Sales and certifications
8 Formats and track listings
8.1 Track listing
9 Cover versions and impact in mainstream media
9.1 Nicki French version
9.1.1 Weekly charts
9.1.2 Year-end charts
9.1.3 Sales and certifications
9.2 Westlife version
9.3 Yuridia version
9.4 Parody versions
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
Background and composition[edit]
After her contract with RCA Records ended in 1981, Tyler found a new manager in David Aspden and after seeing Meat Loaf perform "Bat Out of Hell" live on The Old Grey Whistle Test, approached Meat Loaf's producer Jim Steinman and asked him to be her producer.[4] Tyler visited Steinman in his apartment in New York in April 1982 with her manager, where she was presented with two tracks: "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" and "Goin' Through the Motions". She stated that had she not liked the songs Steinman played for her, he would have rejected Tyler's invitation to collaborate.[4] She returned to his studio apartment weeks later, where Steinman and Rory Dodd performed "Total Eclipse of the Heart" for her. He also hand-picked the recording band for the song.[5]
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" had to be shortened for radio play. Tyler did not believe that the song was radio-friendly at its full length; the song was reduced from seven minutes and two seconds to four minutes and thirty seconds.[6]
The power ballad[7] remains Tyler's most successful song, peaking at No. 1 in the United States, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom. At its peak, it sold 60,000 copies per day, and approximately 6 million copies in total.[1] It won the Variety Club award in the UK for best single of 1983.[8] The song also made number 82 of VH1's top 100 love songs.
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
A sample of "Total Eclipse of the Heart", performed by Bonnie Tyler.
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Tyler told Record Mirror that she thought the song was about "someone who wants to love so badly she's lying there in complete darkness."[9]
Steinman said in an interview with Playbill:
with 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', I was trying to come up with a love song and I remembered I actually wrote that to be a vampire love song. Its original title was 'Vampires in Love' because I was working on a musical of Nosferatu, the other great vampire story. If anyone listens to the lyrics, they're really like vampire lines. It's all about the darkness, the power of darkness and love's place in the dark...[10]
He also told People magazine that he thought Tyler sounded like John Fogerty, and wrote the song "to be a showpiece for her voice."[11] Tyler described the song as "a challenge [to sing]," stating that she "[doesn't] like songs that anybody can sing. I like songs that need a lot of energy." After Steinman presented her with the song she told The Times, "I just had shivers right up my spine. ... I couldn't wait to actually get in and record it."[12]
According to Meat Loaf, Steinman had written the song, along with "Making Love Out of Nothing at All", for Meat Loaf's album Midnight at the Lost and Found; however, Meat Loaf's record company refused to pay Steinman and he wrote separate songs himself. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was then given to Bonnie Tyler and "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" to Air Supply.[13] Tyler has denied this claim.[14] "Meat Loaf was apparently very annoyed that Jim gave that to me," Tyler stated. "But Jim said he didn't write it for Meat Loaf, that he only finished it after meeting me."[15]
Critical reception[edit]
Mike DeGagne from AllMusic retrospectively described "Total Eclipse of the Heart" as "one of the finest ballads ever to hit radio." He noted the "lush instrumentation" and said that Tyler's voice "produced the perfect type of 'desperate lovelorn' effect to suit the romantic lyrics." He described Roy Bittan's piano playing as "dreamy" and described Tyler's voice as "wonderfully gritty."[16] Donald A. Guarisco, also from AllMusic, retrospectively reviewed Faster Than the Speed of Night, and noted the song as an "epic ballad," describing the whole album as "rock at its most melodramatic."[17] Jim Beviglia from American Songwriter said that Tyler's raspy vocals helped to legitimize the "melodrama inherent in the lyrics," and described the song as a "garment-rending, chest-beating [and] emotionally exhausting ballad" that suits the throes of a turbulent relationship.[11]
Music video[edit]
Holloway Sanatorium steps, which feature in the video
The music video for "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was directed by Russell Mulcahy[18] and was filmed on location at the Holloway Sanatorium, a large Victorian Gothic hospital near Virginia Water, Surrey, England.[19] The video features Bonnie Tyler clad in white, dreaming or fantasizing about her students in a boys' boarding school. Young men are seen dancing and participating in various school activities and singing in a choir.
A long-running urban legend is that the boy who appears throughout the video and who shakes Tyler's hand at the end is former Italian footballer Gianfranco Zola. In a 2012 interview, Zola confirmed that he did not appear in the video.[20]
Live performances[edit]
Since the song's release, Tyler performs "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in every concert she performs.[21] "I sing it much better now than I used to," she told The Huffington Post. "I think my voice is probably not as husky as it was, I think it's mellowed a bit."[22] The song was performed at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, on 28 February 1984.[23] Tyler performed a brief, live performance of this song on a Royal Caribbean cruise during the solar eclipse of 21 August 2017.[24][25]
Live recordings of Tyler performing the song have been released on her live albums Bonnie Tyler Live (2006) and Live in Germany 1993 (2011). Video performances have also been released on Tyler's DVDs, Bonnie on Tour (2006) and the DVD edition of Live in Germany 1993.
Credits and personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from AllMusic (from the album, Faster Than the Speed of Night):[26]
Bonnie Tyler – lead vocals
Rick Derringer – guitar
Steve Buslowe – bass guitar
Roy Bittan – piano
Larry Fast – synthesizers
Steve Margoshes – additional synths
Max Weinberg – drums
Jimmy Maelen – percussion
Holly Sherwood – lead backing vocals
Rory Dodd – "Turn around" and backing vocals
Eric Troyer – backing vocals
Other versions by Bonnie Tyler[edit]
Since the original release in 1983, Tyler has re-recorded the song several times for albums and subsequent single releases. Her first and most successful re-recording of the song was released in 2003. Tyler recorded a French/English duet version called "Si demain... (Turn Around)" with Kareen Antonn. It peaked at number one in France and Belgium.[27][28] Tyler released another version of the song in 2004 as a duet with Peter Brocklehurst on his album For You.[29] A solo version of the recording was released on her studio album Wings in the following year.
BabyPinkStar recorded the song with Tyler in a punk/electronic remix version that was released as a single in the UK in January 2007.[30] In 2009, Tyler released another version of the song with Welsh choral group Only Men Aloud![1] In 2011, Tyler re-recorded the song on an EP named after the song, released by Cleopatra Records.[31] Her most recent recording of the song appears as a bonus track on her album Rocks and Honey (2013).
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1983)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[32] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[33] 14
Canada (RPM 50 Singles)[34] 1
Canada (RPM Adult Contemporary)[35] 9
France (IFOP)[36] 3
Germany (Official German Charts)[37] 16
Ireland (IRMA)[38] 1
Italy (FIMI)[39] 14
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[40] 24
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[41] 18
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[42] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[43] 1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[44] 1
Spain (AFYVE)[45] 9
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[46] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[47] 3
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[48] 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[49] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[49] 1
US Billboard Top Tracks[49] 23
US Cash Box[50] 1
Year
Chart
Peak
position
2008 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[51] 57
2011 Belgium (Back Catalogue Singles Flanders)[52] 17
Denmark (Tracklisten)[53] 35
2012 France (SNEP)[54] 57
2013 France (SNEP)[55] 98
2014 France (SNEP)[56] 114
2017 US Billboard Digital Songs[57] 13
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1983)
Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[58] 6
Canada (RPM Top 100 Singles)[59] 5
France (IFOP)[60] 15
Italy (FIMI)[39] 81
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[61] 5
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[62] 3
UK Singles Chart 5
US Billboard Hot 100[63] 6
US Cash Box[64] 5
Sales and certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[65]
Platinum 100,000^
France (SNEP)[66]
Gold 632,000[67]
Italy (FIMI)[68]
Platinum 30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[69]
Gold 500,000^
United States (RIAA)[70]
Platinum 1,000,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone
[show]Order of precedence
Preceded by
"Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant Canadian CHUM number-one single
20 August 1983 – 27 August 1983 (2 weeks) Succeeded by
"Maniac" by Michael Sembello
Preceded by
"White Wedding" by Billy Idol Canadian RPM number-one single
13 August 1983 – 20 August 1983 (2 weeks) Succeeded by
"Our House" by Madness
Preceded by
"I Was Only Nineteen" by Redgum Australian number-one single
30 May 1983 – 4 July 1983 (6 weeks) Succeeded by
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara
Preceded by
"Beat It" by Michael Jackson New Zealand number-one single
3 July 1983 – 24 July 1983 (4 weeks)
Preceded by
"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson Irish Singles Chart number-one single
13 March 1983 – 27 March 1983 (3 weeks) Succeeded by
"Let's Dance" by David Bowie
UK Singles Chart number-one single
12 March 1983 – 19 March 1983 (2 weeks) Succeeded by
"Is There Something I Should Know?" by Duran Duran
Preceded by
"Tell Her About It" by Billy Joel US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
1 October 1983 – 22 October 1983 (4 weeks) Succeeded by
"Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
Preceded by
"The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats US Cash Box number-one single
8 October 1983 – 29 October 1983 (4 weeks)
Preceded by
"Främling" by Carola Häggkvist Norwegian number-one single
22/1983 – 26/1983 (5 weeks) Succeeded by
"The Heat Is On" by Agnetha Fältskog
Preceded by
"Up Where We Belong"
by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes South African number-one single
3 June 1983 – 15 July 1983 (7 weeks) Succeeded by
"Drop the Pilot" by Joan Armatrading
Formats and track listings[edit]
UK 7" single[71]
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" – 4:29
"Take Me Back" – 5:05
US 7" single
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" – 4:29
"Straight from the Heart" – 3:38
UK 12" single
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" – 6:59
"Take Me Back" – 5:22
Track listing[edit]
Promotional CD single[72][73]
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" (Sunset Strippers Verse Club Mix)
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" (Sunset Strippers Dub Mix)
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" (Sunset Strippers Radio Edit)
Cover versions and impact in mainstream media[edit]
In a 2013 UK survey, the song came first in a list of most popular songs to sing in the shower, above songs by Justin Bieber, Robbie Williams, One Direction and Elton John.[74] In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's third favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.[75]
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" received substantial media attention during the solar eclipse of March 20, 2015. Tyler's version received a 214% increase of Spotify streams throughout the day.[76] A similar impact was experienced during the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, when Nielsen Music reported a 503% increase in record sales.[77] Around that time, the song hit number one on the iTunes chart.[78] On 16 August 2017, it was announced that Tyler would perform the song aboard the MS Oasis of the Seas during the total solar eclipse, backed by American dance-rock band DNCE.[79]
In 2014, the Electric Picnic festival announced Bonnie Tyler as part of the lineup.[80] Tickets were already sold out, though Irish rugby player Cian Healy won the Irish Women's rugby team extra tickets for a comic miming video published on Instagram.[81]
Nicki French version[edit]
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Single by Nicki French
from the album Secrets
Released
27 February 1995
Format
CD single
cassette single
7"
12"
Recorded
1994
Genre
Hi-NRG[82]
Length
3:50
Label
Bags of Fun
Love This
Mega
Songwriter(s)
Jim Steinman
Producer(s)
Mike Stock
Matt Aitken
Nicki French singles chronology
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
(1995) "For All We Know"
(1995)
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
(1995) "For All We Know"
(1995)
Nicki French released a Hi-NRG remake of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1995, which was also a worldwide hit. In the United States, French's version peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100,[83] behind "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams and it garnered frequent airplay on AC radio. It also reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart after being re-issued in 1995.[84]
French had made her first dance version recording of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1994: she had purchased the Bonnie Tyler original as a teenager in 1983 and reacted negatively to the original suggestion that she (i.e. French) remake the song as dance track — "I thought, no, it's too strong a song to go down the dance route. You know, it demeans it almost. But then I thought well, I'll give it a go. And as soon as I heard the track, I thought it actually does work."[85] French's first recording of "Total Eclipse of the Heart", made with John Springate of the Glitter Band producing, came to the attention of Mike Stock and Matt Aitken who produced their own recording of the song by French and it was this version which appeared on the UK chart dated 15 October 1994 at No. 54. French would recall: "I just thought oh well that was great...I've [worked with] Mike Stock and Matt Aitken and it was a dream come true...we tried and I had a great time...And then about two months later I had a call out of the blue from Mike saying the buzz will not die down on this track so we're going to re-record the beginning...and we're going to re-release it at the beginning of 1995."[86]
According to French, her remake of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" became popular in the UK and the US in distinct remixes: "the slower version was the one that actually took a hold in the UK where originally they started with the fast one and then decided to go with the [remix which began] in the same vein as the Bonnie Tyler version [and then] sped up when the chorus came in...In the US it was the [remix] which was fast all the way through."[86]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1994)
Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[84] 54
Chart (1995)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[87] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[88] 14
Canada (RPM 100 Hit Tracks)[89] 16
Canada (RPM Adult Contemporary)[90] 17
Canada (RPM Dance)[91] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[92] 65
Ireland (IRMA)[38] 15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[93] 7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[94] 10
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[95] 13
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[96] 5
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[49] 20
US Billboard Adult Top 40[83] 36
US Billboard Hot 100[83] 2
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[83] 37
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[83] 5
US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[83] 12
US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[83] 1
US Cash Box[97] 3
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1995)
Position
Australia (ARIA)[98] 17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[99] 80
Canada (RPM Top 50 Dance Tracks)[100] 7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[101] 80
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[102] 90
US Billboard Hot 100[103] 19
US Cash Box[104] 27
Sales and certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[105]
Platinum 70,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[106]
Silver 200,000^
United States (RIAA)[107]
Gold 600,000[108]
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
Preceded by
"Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers Canadian RPM Dance number-one single
7 August 1995 – 14 August 1995 (2 weeks) Succeeded by
"Be My Lover" by La Bouche
Preceded by
"I Know" by Dionne Farris US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream number-one single
10 June 1995 (1 week) Succeeded by
"I'll Be There for You" by The Rembrandts
Westlife version[edit]
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Promotional single by Westlife
from the album The Love Album
Released
2007[72]
Format
CD Single
Genre
Pop
Length
4:40
Label
Sony BMG
Songwriter(s)
Jim Steinman
Irish boy band Westlife recorded a cover of the song on their 2006 album The Love Album.[109] The song would have been released as the album's second single but was cancelled due to their The Love Tour conflicts, though a promo release still reached No. 5 on the radio charts in the Philippines. Three official remixes have been made for their version as well as a remix done by Jim Steinman, which was ultimately rejected by the record label but has surfaced on the Internet. The song was released as promotional single on 2007.
Yuridia version[edit]
Mexican singer Yuridia covered the song in Spanish as "Eclipse Total del Amor" from her second studio album Habla El Corazón in 2006. The single peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Latin Pop Songs chart.[110]
Parody versions[edit]
A parody of the song and music video were published in 2009, in what the fans and makers call a "literal video version", which is a type of video that replaces the original song lyrics with humorous lyrics describing the images in the video. Time magazine listed it as the 6th best viral video of 2009.[111] This was also the 6th literal video produced by professional video editor David A. Scott Jr.; the singer who performed for this re-dub was Scott's friend Felisha Noble using the pseudonym Persephone Maewyn.[112] The video is still viewable on Funny or Die's website, where it has received over 100,000 views, qualifying it for "Immortal" status since April 2012.[113]
In 2010, Tyler appeared in an advertisement for MasterCard, performing a short parody of the song with its noted new lyric "Turn around, Neville."[114] She performed the original song in a similar advertisement for Westpac in 2012.[115]
Warby Parker produced a parody video in anticipation of the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017.[116]
See also[edit]
1983 in British music
List of best-selling singles
List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1983
List of number-one singles of 1983 (Australia)
List of number-one singles of 1983 (Canada)
List of number-one singles of 1983 (Ireland)
List of number-one singles in 1983 (New Zealand)
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List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
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Shirani Bandaranayake was the 43rd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka and the first and only woman to hold the position.
List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka[1]
In this list, justices are placed in the order in which they took the judicial oath of office and thereby started their term of office. While many of the justices' positions prior to appointment are simply listed as "lawyer", many had part-time positions, such as teaching, or acted as counsel to various levels of government.
Contents
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1 Justices
2 See also
3 Notes
4 References
5 Bibliography
Justices[edit]
† Denotes current justices
♦ Began as Provisional or Acting Puisne Justice
♠ Tenure demoted to de facto
† Died in office

No.
Name
Province
Birth/death
Term of
active service
Term of
service as Chief
Length in days of active
service
Length
in days as Chief
Appointed by
Law school
Position prior to appointment
1 Codrington Edmund Carrington England 1769 - 1849 March 1801 – 2 April 1806 March 1801 – 2 April 1806 North — Counsel to the East India Company
2 Edmund Henry Lushington England 1766 - 1839 5 September 1801 – 1809 15 April 1807 - 1809 North University of Cambridge Barrister
3 Alexander Johnston Scotland 1775 - 1849 15 April 1807 – 14 February 1809
6 November 1811 - 1819 6 November 1811 - 1819 671+? Maitland University of Göttingen Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
4 William Coke England 1776 - 1818 6 March 1809 – 1 September 1818 ♦† 6 March 1809 – 1811[N 1] 3,466 Maitland University of Oxford Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
5 Henry Byrne 5 November 1818 – 1819 — — Brownrigg Barrister
6 Ambrose Hardinge Giffard Ireland 1771 – 1827 8 April 1819 – 2 March 1827 8 April 1819 – 2 March 1827 2,885 2,885 Brownrigg Trinity College, Dublin Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
7 Richard Ottley 1782 – 1845 8 May 1820 – 1833 1 November 1827 – 1833 Barnes Chief Justice of Grenada
8 Henry Matthews England 1789 – 1828 10 October 1827 – 1828 — — Barnes King's College, Cambridge Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
9 Charles Marshall England 1788 - 1873 14 June 1828 – 3 March 1836♦ 18 February 1833 – 3 March 1836 2,850 1,109 Barnes Jesus College, Cambridge
10 William Rough England 1772 - 1838 18 February 1833 - 1838 — — Trinity College, Cambridge
11 William Norris 1834 – 1837 27 April 1836 – 1837 Wilmot-Horton Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon
12 John Jeremie Guernsey 1795 - 1841 10 March 1836 – 1840 — — Wilmot-Horton Public prosecutor of Mauritius
13 John Fredrick Stoddart Malta 1805 - 1839 2 June 1838 – 19 August 1839† — 443 — University of Glasgow
14 Anthony Oliphant Scotland 1793 – 1859 22 October 1838 - 1854 22 October 1838 - 1854 Attorney General of the Cape Colony
15 J. G. Hildebrand 23 November 1839 – — —
16 William Ogle Carr England 1802 - 1856 19 December 1939 - 1856 17 April 1854 – 1856 Stewart-Mackenzie King's Advocate of Ceylon
17 John Stark 10 October 1840 – — — Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
18 Christopher Temple 28 January 1854 – — — Judge of the District Court of Colombo
19 Paul Ivy Sterling 20 November 1855 – — — Attorney General of Hong Kong
20 William Carpenter Rowe - 1860 1857 – 1859 —
21 Edward Shepherd Creasy England 1812 - 1878 – 27 March 1860 - 1875 University of Cambridge
22 Richard Morgan – — — Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
23 George Lawson – — —
24 Henry Byerley Thompson - 1867 1 January 1863 – — — Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
25 Charles Henry Stewart 11 January 1867 – ♦[N 2] — —
26 Richard Cayley England 26 July 1874 – 1882 1 October 1879 – 1882 — Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
27 Lovell Burchett Clarence 5 July 1879 – — —
28 Harry Dias Bandaranaike 5 July 1879 – [N 3] — —
29 William Hackett 3 February 1877 - 1877 3 February 1877 - 1877 —
30 John Budd Phear England 18 October 1877 – — —
31 Archibald Campbell Lawrie 1837 - 1914 6 July 1892 – 1901 — — Judge of the District Court of Kandy
32 Jacobus de Wet South Africa 31 May 1882 – 29 May 1883 31 May 1882 – 29 May 1883 363 363
33 Bruce Burnside Bahamas 21 May 1883 – 1893[N 4] 21 May 1883 – 1893 — Queen's Advocate of Ceylon
34 John Winfield Bonser 13 November 1893 – 1902 13 November 1893 – 1902 Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements
35 George Henry Withers – — —
36 Dodwell Browne – — —
37 Fredrick Charles Moncrieff 4 April 1900 – — —
38 Henry Lorentz Wendt 15 October 1901 – 28 November 1910 — —
39 John Page Middleton 28 January 1902 – 1912 — — Puisine Judge of the Supreme Court of Cyprus
40 Charles Layard Western 26 April 1902 – 18 June 1906 26 April 1902 – 18 June 1906 1,514 1,514
41 Joseph Richard Grenier 28 November 1910 – 1912♦[N 5] — —
42 Alexander Wood Renton 3 September 1905 – 1918 22 August 1914 - 1918 —
43 Alfred George Lascelles England 1 May 1911 – 1914 1 May 1911 – 1914 —
44 Joseph Turner Hutchinson England 23 October 1906 – 1 May 1911 23 October 1906 – 1 May 1911 1,651 1,651
45 James Cecil Walter Pereira 4 July 1912 – — —
46 James Arthur Van Langenburg – — —
47 Thomas De Sampayo 1915 – — — University of Cambridge Commissioner of Assize
48 George Francis Macdaniel Ennis 5 August 1912 – — —
49 Walter Shaw 10 December 1914 – — — Chief Justice of British Honduras
50 Gualterus Stewart Schneider – — —
51 Anton Bertram 1869 - 1937 26 July 1918 – 1925 26 July 1918 – 1925 University of Cambridge Attorney General of Ceylon
52 Hermann Albert Loos – — —
53 William Thomas Porter 12 January 1922 – — —
54 Thomas Garvin 1881 - 1940 21 June 1921 – 1935 — — Manning Colombo Law College Solicitor General of Ceylon
55 John Adrian St. Valentine Jayewardene 1877 – 1927 1923 – — — Manning Judge of the District Court of Colombo
56 Llwellyn Chisholm Dalton 14 March 1925 – — —
57 Lewis Matthew Maartensz 18 February 1935 – — —
58 Maas Thajoon Akbar 1880 - 1944 – — — University of Cambridge Solicitor General of Ceylon
59 Charles Ernest St. John Branch 1865 - 1939 3 July 1925 – 25 May 1926 3 July 1925 – 25 May 1926 326 326 Durham University
60 Stanley Fisher 1867 - 11 December 1926 – 1930 11 December 1926 – 1930 Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago
61 Robert William Lyall Grant 17 February 1926 – — —
62 Allen Drieberg 19 September 1927 – — —
63 Eugene Wilfred Jayewardene Western 1874 - 1932 May 1928 – — — Fletcher Member of the Colombo Municipal Council
64 Philip James Macdonell 1873 - 1940 3 October 1930 - 1936 3 October 1930 - 1936 Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago
65 Lucian Macull Dominic de Silva – — —
66 William Edward Barber – — —
67 Francis Harold Bertram 19 February 1935 – — —
68 Kenneth Poyser – — —
69 Francis Soertsz - 1951 12 November 1936 – — —
70 Sidney Abrahams England 1885 - 1957 3 July 1936 – 1939 3 July 1936 – 1939 University of Cambridge
71 Francis Moseley 2 August 1936 – — —
72 Vincent Fernando 11 November 1937 – — —
73 Hector Hearne 21 May 1937 – — —
74 Arthur Eric Keuneman 4 March 1938 – — — University of Cambridge
75 Oswald Leslie De Kretser II Western 1882 - 1959 8 April 1938 – 1945 — — Caldecott University College, Colombo Commissioner of Assize
76 Arthur Wijewardena 1887 - 1964 22 August 1938 – 1950 15 January 1949 – 1950 University of Cambridge Solicitor General of Ceylon
77 J. H. B. Nihill 18 November 1938 – — —
78 John Curtois Howard 1 December 1939 – 1945 1 December 1939 – 1945 Attorney General of Cyprus
79 G. H. F. Cannon – — —
80 Edward Jayetileke 14 May 1942 – 11 October 1951 1950 – 11 October 1951 3,437 Caldecott Solicitor General of Ceylon
81 Alan Rose 11 January 1945 – 1956 11 October 1951 – 1956
82 A. R. H. Canakeratne 1886 - 1960 28 March 1945 – — — Ceylon Law College University of London Commissioner of Assize
83 Manikku Wadumestri Hendrick de Silva – — — Attorney General of Ceylon
84 Felix Reginald Dias Bandaranaike I 1861 - 1947 3 September 1946 – — — University of Cambridge Judge of the District Court of Colombo
85 Chellappah Nagalingam 1893 - 1958 22 July 1947 – 1958 — — Ceylon Law College Attorney General of Ceylon
86 Ralph Windham 23 July 1947 – — —
87 Hema Henry Basnayake 1902 - 23 October 1947 – 3 August 1964 1 January 1956 – 3 August 1964 6,129 3,137 Senanayake Attorney General of Ceylon
88 Edward Frederick Noel Gratiaen 22 March 1948 – — — Senanayake Attorney General of Ceylon
89 E. H. T. Gunasekera 1 March 1949 – 25 January 1962 — 4,713 — Senanayake
90 M. F. S. Pulle 28 September 1949 – — — Senanayake
91 V. L. St. C. Swan 1 May 1950 – — — Senanayake
92 H. A. de Silva 30 November 1950 – — — Senanayake
93 Kairshasp Choksy Western – — —
94 Henry Weerasooriya 10 July 1953 – 24 February 1964 — 3,881 — Senanayake
95 K. D. de Silva 10 July 1953 – — — Senanayake
96 Miliani Sansoni 10 May 1954 – 17 November 1966 3 August 1964 – 17 November 1966 4,574 836 Kotelawala
97 Hugh Fernando 1910 - 1976 16 May 1955 – 17 November 1973 20 November 1966 - 17 November 1973 6,760 2,554 Kotelawala
98 Thusew Samuel Fernando 2 May 1956 – — — Bandaranaike Colombo Law College Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
99 Nadaraja Sinnetamby 3 May 1956 – — — Bandaranaike
100 Lionel de Silva 5 November 1959 – ♦ — — Dahanayake
101 Leonard de Silva 16 August 1966 – — — Senanayake
102 Henry Thambiah Northern 1906 – 1997 1 December 1961 – 27 May 1968 — 2,369 — Bandaranaike University College, Colombo
Ceylon Law College
University of London Commissioner of Assize
103 Kingsley Herath 25 January 1962 – — — Bandaranaike
104 Asoka Abeyesundere Southern 1906 - 1988 20 April 1962 – 3 May 1968 — 2,205 — Bandaranaike Ceylon Law College
105 Ponnuduraiswamy Sriskandarajah 1905 - 1968 22 June 1962 – 8 February 1967 — 1,692 — Bandaranaike Ceylon University College
Ceylon Law College Commissioner of Assize
106 Gardiye Punchihewage Amaraseela Silva 22 June 1962 – 1974 1973 – 1974 — Bandaranaike
107 Lionel Sirimanne – — — Bandaranaike
108 Vaithalingam Manicavasagar Western 1906 - 1993 17 December 1964 – 14 December 1967 — 1,092 — Bandaranaike Colombo Law College Commissioner of Assize
109 Anthony Alles Central 1911 – 2003 1964 – 1974 — — Bandaranaike University of Ceylon
Ceylon Law College
University of London Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
110 Veeravagu Sivasubramaniam 1908 - 1985 1966 – 1970 — — Senanayake University of London Commissioner of Assize
111 George Samerawickrame 18 November 1966 – 9 April 1981 — 5,256 — Senanayake
112 Victor Tennekoon Central 1914 - 8 February 1967 – 1 July 1970
1 January 1974 - 8 September 1977 1 January 1974 - 8 September 1977 1,239+1,346 1,346 Senanayake University of London
Ceylon Law College Judge of the Court of Appeal
113 Christopher Weeramantry Western 1926 - 1967 – 30 April 1972 — — Senanayake University of Ceylon
University of London Commissioner of Assize
114 Oswald Leslie De Kretser III Western 1910 - 1968 – 21 January 1972 — — Senanayake University College, Colombo
University of London Judge of the District Court of Panadura
115 Samarapilimudalige Wijayatilake Central 1912 - 1990 1968 – 16 May 1975 — — Senanayake University College, Colombo
Ceylon Law College Commissioner of Assize
116 Pandita Gunawadena 1968 – 10 February 1971 — — Senanayake
117 Vincent Thamotheram 1915 - 23 March 1970 – 1980 — — Senanayake Ceylon University College
Ceylon Law College Commissioner of Assize
118 Hector Deheragoda 22 February 1972 – 27 December 1976 — 1,770 — Bandaranaike
119 Cuda Banda Walgampaya 22 February 1972 – 3 January 1976 — 1,411 — Bandaranaike
120 Jaya Pathirana - 2000 22 February 1972 – 1978 — — Bandaranaike
121 Dharmadasa Wimalaratne 10 April 1972 - ?
20 October 1980 – 15 September 1985 — 1,791 — Bandaranaike
122 Tellipalai Rajaratnam 1920 - 1994 10 April 1972 – 1978 — — Bandaranaike Commissioner of Assize
123 Donald Sirimanne 1973 – — — Gopallawa
124 Cyril Udalagama 1 January 1974 – — — Gopallawa
125 T. A. de S. Wijesundera 1 January 1974 – — — Gopallawa
126 Malcolm Perera 1 January 1974 – — — Gopallawa
127 Izadean Mohamed Ismail 1 January 1974 – 18 December 1981 — 2,908 — Gopallawa
128 Joe Weereratne 1 January 1974 – — — Gopallawa
129 Arulampalam Vythialingam 1 January 1974 – — — Gopallawa
130 Noel Tittawela 1 January 1974 – — — Gopallawa
131 Suppiah Sharvananda Northern 1923 - 2007 1 January 1974 – 1988 29 October 1984 – 1988 Gopallawa Colombo Law College
University of London
132 Somaratne Walpita 1 January 1974 – — — Gopallawa
133 Wilmot Gunasekera 2 May 1974 – — — Gopallawa
134 Barnes Ratwatte II 1918 - 2004 2 December 1974 – ?
11 April 1981 – 22 November 1983 — 955 — Gopallawa
Jayewardene Ceylon Law College President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
135 Raja Wanasundera Sabaragamuwa 1924 - 2012 5 June 1975 – ? — — Gopallawa University College, Colombo
Ceylon Law College
University of London
Stanford University Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
136 Percy Colin-Thomé Southern 1922 - 12 January 1976 – 1977
29 December 1981 – ? — — Gopallawa
Jayewardene University of Ceylon
University of Cambridge Judge of the High Court of Colombo
137 Neville Samarakoon 1919 - 1990 – 21 October 1984 1977 – 21 October 1984 Jayewardene University College, Colombo
Colombo Law College
138 Victor Perera 24 July 1981 – 18 August 1983 — 755 — Jayewardene
139 Anton Soza Western 1919 - 2013 26 January 1982 – 3 February 1984 — 738 — Jayewardene University of London Judge of the Court of Appeal
140 Parinda Ranasinghe 15 November 1982 – 1991 1988 – 1991 Jayewardene Colombo Law College
141 Abdul Cader 8 December 1982 – 28 May 1985 — 902 — Jayewardene
142 Heevi Rodrigo 8 December 1982 – 4 December 1984 — 727 — Jayewardene
143 E. A. D. Atukorale 27 November 1984 – — — Jayewardene
144 Herbert Thambiah Northern 1926 – 1992 27 November 1984 – 1992 1991 – 1991 Jayewardene University of Ceylon
Ceylon Law College Judge of the Court of Appeal
145 Lucian Hector de Alwis 27 November 1984 – — — Jayewardene
146 O. S. M. Seneviratne 10 February 1986 – — — Jayewardene
147 H. A. G. de Silva 10 February 1986 – — — Jayewardene
Mark Fernando 1941 - 2009 4 March 1988 – 2005 — — Jayewardene University of Ceylon, Peradeniya
A. R. B. Amerasinghe 1937 - 2013 – — —
A. R. N. Fernando – — —
Ameer Ismail 1990 – 1994 — — Premadasa University of Ceylon
Ceylon Law College President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
Andrew Ranjan Perera – — —
Pathmanathan Ramanathan 1932 - 2006 – — — University of Wales President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
K. M. M. B. Kulatunge – — —
G. P. S. de Silva – 1991 — 1999
Sarath N. Silva 1995 – 16 September 1999 16 September 1999 – 7 June 2009 3,552 Kumaratunga Sri Lanka Law College
University of Brussels President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
Shirani Bandaranayake North Western 1958 - 30 October 1996 – 13 January 2013
28 January 2015 – 29 January 2015 18 May 2011 – 13 January 2013
28 January 2015 – 29 January 2015 5,919+1 606+1 Kumaratunga University of Colombo
University of London Lawyer
C. V. Vigneswaran Western 1939 - March 2001 – October 2004 — — Kumaratunga University of Ceylon
Ceylon Law College Judge of the Court of Appeal
Asoka de Silva 1946 - 1 August 2001 – 17 May 2011 8 June 2009 – 17 May 2011 3,576 708 Kumaratunga University of Peradeniya
University of Colombo
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
Nihal Jayasinghe 19 February 2003 – 29 February 2008 — 1,836 — Kumaratunga University of Colombo Judge of the Court of Appeal
Nimal Dissanayake – 23 April 2008 — — Kumaratunga
Shiranee Tilakawardane 19 February 2003 - 5 April 2014 — 1,901 — Kumaratunga Sri Lanka Law College President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
Nimal Gamini Amaratunga January 2005 – March 2014 — — Kumaratunga University of Colombo
International Maritime Law Institute Judge of the Court of Appeal
Saleem Marsoof February 2005 – 2014 — — Kumaratunga University of Colombo,
University of San Diego School of Law President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
Andrew Somawansa North Western 28 May 2006 – October 2008 — — Rajapaksa University of Ceylon
University of Nevada President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
Jagath Balapatabendi Southern – — — Rajapaksa Ceylon Law College Judge of the Court of Appeal
Kanagasabapathy Sripavan† 1952 – 27 March 2008 – present 30 January 2015 – 28 February 2017 7003368200000000000♠3,682[2] 7003118200000000000♠1,182[3] Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Law College Judge of the Court of Appeal
P. A. Ratnayake 2 May 2008 – 15 February 2013 — 7003175100000000000♠1,751 — Rajapaksa University of Brussels
Chandra Ekanayake November 2008 – 2016 — — Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Law College President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
S. I. Imam Central 9 January 2009 – 20 February 2013 — 1,503 — Rajapaksa Judge of the Court of Appeal
R. K. S. Suresh Chandra 17 June 2010 – — — Rajapaksa
Sathya Hettige 10 July 2011 – 18 April 2014 — 1,013 — Rajapaksa University of Colombo President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
Priyasath Dep† 10 July 2011 – present 02 March 2017 - present — 7003248200000000000♠2,482[4] — Rajapaksa University of Colombo
International Institute of Social Studies Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
Eva Wansundera† North Western 7 July 2012 – present — 7003211900000000000♠2,119[5] — Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Law College
University of Leicester Attorney General of Sri Lanka
Mohan Peiris♠ 15 January 2013 – 28 January 2015 15 January 2013 – 28 January 2015 743 743 Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Law College Attorney General of Sri Lanka
Rohini Marasinghe 26 April 2013 – 2015 — — Rajapaksa University of Hartford Judge of the Court of Appeal
Buwaneka Aluwihare† 4 December 2013 – present — 7003160400000000000♠1,604[6] — Rajapaksa University of London Additional Solicitor General of Sri Lanka
Sisira de Abrew† Western 7 May 2014 – present — 7003145000000000000♠1,450[7] — Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Law College President of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
Sarath de Abrew 1953 – 2016 7 May 2014 – January 2016 — — Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Law College Judge of the Court of Appeal
Priyantha Jayawardena† 7 May 2014 – present — 7003145000000000000♠1,450[8] — Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Law College
University of Aberdeen
Upali Abeyratne† 17 December 2014 – present — 7003122600000000000♠1,226[9] — Rajapaksa Judge of the Court of Appeal
Anil Goonaratne† 30 January 2015 – present — 7003118200000000000♠1,182[10] — Sirisena Sri Lanka Law College
University of Exeter Judge of the Court of Appeal
Kankanithanthri Chitrasiri† 3 December 2015 – present — 7002875000000000000♠875[11] — Sirisena University of Sri Lanka
Queen Mary University of London Judge of the Court of Appeal
Nalin Perera† 3 March 2016 – present — 7002784000000000000♠784[12] — Sirisena Judge of the Court of Appeal
Prasanna Sujeewa Jayawardena† 16 June 2016 – present — 7002679000000000000♠679[13] — Sirisena University of Colombo Judge of the Court of Appeal
See also[edit]
List of Chief Justices of Sri Lanka
List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka by court composition
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Provisional Chief Justice
Jump up ^ On leave (1 January - 28 April 1871)
Jump up ^ Acting Chief Justice (1-10 October 1879, 9 January - 5 June 1888)
Jump up ^ On leave (25 November 1890 - February 1891)
Jump up ^ Acting Justice (12 May 1903 – 28 November 1910)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Amerasinghe, A. Ranjit B (1986), The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years, Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services, ISBN 978-955-599-000-4
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Bibliography[edit]
Amerasinghe, A.R.B. (1986). The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka : the first 185 years. Ratmalana, Sri Lanka: Sarvodaya Book Pub. Services. ISBN 955599000X.
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