Remarks:
This was the #1 song of the year worldwide in 1983. It hit #1 on pop charts throughout the Anglosphere except for Britain, where it “only” made it to #2. The video shows scenes from “Flashdance” (1983), a US film starring Jennifer Beals. Like with “Home”, it is hard for me to separate the song from the film it came from, so I do not know how the song seems on its own.
The music was written by Italian composer Giorgio Moroder. He appeared in this space before as the composer of Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” (1977). He produced most of her disco hits.
See also:
- songs, the 1980s
- Irene Cara: Fame – same singer
- Donna Summer: I Feel Love – same composer
- Jennifer Beals
Lyrics: the radio version:
First when there’s nothing
But a slow glowing dream
That your fear seems to hide
Deep inside your mind
All alone, I have cried
Silent tears full of pride
In a world made of steel
Made of stone
Well, I hear the music
Close my eyes, feel the rhythm
Wrap around, take a hold of my heart
What a feeling
Being’s believing
I can have it all
Now I’m dancing for my life
Take your passion
And make it happen
Pictures come alive
You can dance right through your life
Now I hear the music
Close my eyes, I am rhythm
In a flash, it takes hold of my heart
What a feeling, being’s believing
I can have it all
Now I’m dancing for my life
Take your passion
And make it happen
Pictures come alive
Now I’m dancing through my life
What a feeling
What a feeling (I am music now)
Being’s believing (I am rhythm now)
Pictures come alive
You can dance right through your life
What a feeling (I can really have it all)
What a feeling
(Pictures come alive when I call)
I can have it all (I can really have it all)
Have it all (pictures come alive when I call)
(Call, call ,call, call, what a feeling)
I can have it all (being’s believing)
Being’s believing (take your passion)
(Make it happen) Make it happen
(What a feeling) What a feeling
Source: AZ Lyrics.
Oh those passionate songs of the eighties, mom and my aunties bouncing around the house like eighties ladies – yeah, “what a feeling!”
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I’ve never seen the movie, but I consider the song to be fun in a cheesy way. However, there are some cheesy-but-fun 80s songs that I like better, such as:
Invisible Touch by Genesis
(https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rlD0XQibpaY)
Gloria by Laura Branigan
(https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=clCnp9RZuuA)
I Wanna Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston
(https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3giaIzONA)
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Trying to imitate Jennifer Beals character fashion complete with Pink leg warmers. Loved the soundtrack of this movie.
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@dorisjean23
Lol, it is what I do on the weekends when I am home from school.
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