Editing Flashdance (section)

==Music==
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"[[Flashdance... What a Feeling]]" was performed by [[Irene Cara]], who also sang the title song for the similar 1980 film ''[[Fame (1980 film)|Fame]]''. The music for "Flashdance... What a Feeling" was composed by [[Giorgio Moroder]], and the lyrics were written by Cara and [[Keith Forsey]]. The song won an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]], as well as a [[41st Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe]] and numerous other awards. It also reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in May 1983. Despite the song's title, the word 'Flashdance' itself is not heard in the lyrics. The song is used in the opening title sequence of the film, and is the music Alex uses in her dance audition routine at the end of the film.
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| title        = Irene Cara - "Flashdance... What a Feeling"
| description  = listen to a clip from the song.
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{{listen
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| title        = Michael Sembello - "Maniac"
| description  = listen to a clip from the track.
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Another song used in the film, "[[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]", was also nominated for an Academy Award. It was written by [[Michael Sembello]] and Dennis Matkosky. A popular [[urban legend]] holds that the song was originally written for the 1980 [[horror film]] ''[[Maniac (1980 film)|Maniac]]'', and that lyrics about a killer on the loose were rewritten so the song could be used in ''Flashdance''. The legend is discredited in the special features of the film's [[DVD-Video|DVD]] release, which reveal that the song was written for the film, although only two complete lyrics ("Just a steel town girl on a Saturday night" and "She's a maniac") were available when filming commenced. Like the title song, it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1983.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maniac by Michael Sembello Songfacts |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=806 |access-date=2017-06-28 |website=Songfacts.com}}</ref><ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |title=Billboard Charts Archive - 1983 |url=https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1983/hot-100 |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916223903/http://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1983/hot-100 |archive-date=September 16, 2016 |access-date=February 9, 2015 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Other songs in the film include "Lady, Lady, Lady", performed by [[Joe Esposito (singer)|Joe Esposito]], "Imagination" performed by [[Laura Branigan]], and "I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is", performed by [[Kim Carnes]].

The [[soundtrack album]] of ''Flashdance'' sold 700,000 copies during its first two weeks on sale and has gone on to sell over six million copies in the U.S. alone. In 1984, the album won the [[26th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special]].