Charted: 1983 Peaked at #1 (2 weeks) Casablanca -- 812516 From the movie soundtrack album "Flashdance" Written by M. Sembello / D. Matkosky B-Side "Maniac" (instrumental) 45 RPM -- 4:13
Just a steel town girl on a Saturday night Lookin' for the fight of her life In the real time world, no one sees her at all They all say she's crazy
Locking rhythms to the beat of her heart Changing woman into life She has danced into the danger zone When a dancer becomes a dance
It can cut you like a knife If the gift becomes the fire On a wire between will and what will be
She's a maniac, maniac on the floor And she's dancing like she's never danced before She's a maniac, maniac on the floor And she's dancing like she's never danced before
On the ice-built iron sanity Is a place most never see It's a hard warm place of mystery Touch it, but, can't hold it You work all your life for that moment in time It could come or pass you by It's a push of the world, but, there's always a chance If the hunger stays the night
There's a cold connective heat Struggling, stretching for defeat Never stopping with her head against the wind
She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know And she's dancing like she's never danced before She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know And she's dancing like she's never danced before
It can cut you like a knife If the gift becomes the fire On a wire between will and what will be
She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know And she's dancing like she's never danced before She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know And she's dancing like she's never danced before Maniac, maniac, I sure know And she's dancing like she's never danced before She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know And she's dancing like she's never danced before