Song Information
In addition to topping the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cara's only No. 1 hit and earning a platinum record in 1983, "Flashdance... What a Feeling" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1984.
Giorgio Moroder originally recorded "Flashdance... What a Feeling" with Joe Esposito; Paramount Pictures asked Moroder to rework the song with a female artist to parallel the gender of the dancer who was the film's protagonist.
The song appears on the original soundtrack album of Flashdance, and Irene Cara's second solo album, What a Feelin'. Cara won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, in 1984 for her performance of the song. The song was also nominated for Record of the Year.
There are additional lyrics in the 12-inch single version of the song. The lines "If I only could take all the love that you give, and escape to a world crystal clear" precede the lines "Well I hear the music, close my eyes, feel the rhythm". There is also a second instrumental break with a guitar solo.
The song was the number three single of the year in 1983 on the Billboard year-end chart. In 2008, the song was ranked at No. 26 on Billboard's All Time Top 100, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100.
In the UK, the song spent one week at number two on the chart dated July 5, 1983, being kept from the top position by Rod Stewart's "Baby Jane." The song was the 25th best-selling single of 1983 in the UK.
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