Maniac
Maniac a song by Michael Sembello on Foxsoundi
About Maniac
The song was used in the 1983 film Flashdance and was inspired by the 1980 horror film Maniac. The film Maniac was about a serial killer who stalks his victims in New York City. The song's performer and co-writer Michael Sembello recalls that an early version of the chorus was: He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure, He will kill your cat and nail him to the door. At the suggestion of the record's producer Phil Ramone, the lyrics were rewritten to describe a girl with a passion for dancing. The lyrics became: .
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About this song
- Credited to
- Michael Sembello
- Album
- Flashdance (Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture) · Track 10 of 8
- Released
- April 11, 1983
- Duration
- 4:04
- On Last.fm
- 810,088 listeners on Last.fm
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