Maniac is a song recorded by Michael Sembello for the 1983 film, Flashdance. It was used as part of the Fall 2014 showtape.
Lyrics[]
Just a steel town girl on a Saturday night
Lookin' for the fun 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 women into light
She has danced into the danger zone
When the dancer becomes a dance
It can follow you all night, 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-build 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 kinetic heat, struggling, stretching for the beat
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
(Vocalese for eight bars; electric guitar for eight more bars)
It can follow you all night, 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
Trivia[]
- This song was first featured in the CEC Movie Magic showtape from 1987, where the lead was sung by Pasqually.
- The pre-chorus line of Maniac is changed from "it can cut you like a knife" to "it can follow you all night" because singing about knives would be too scary for children.
