Flashdance (soundtrack)

Flashdance
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	April 15, 1983
Genre	Electro, euro disco, Hi-NRG, pop rock, synthpop
Length	36.52
Label	Casablanca
Compiler	Giorgio Moroder
Singles from Flashdance
"Flashdance...What a Feeling" Released: 1983 "Maniac" Released: 1983

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
(B−)	[2]

Flashdance is the soundtrack to the 1983 American musical and romance film Flashdance, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri. It sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. The film is set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and follows Alex, a welder and exotic dancer and her dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer. In 1984, the album received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year.

The film's three singles feature on the album. Two of these singles, "Flashdance...What a Feeling" by Irene Cara and "Maniac" by Michael Sembello, peaked at #1 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The third single, "Lady, Lady, Lady" by Joe Esposito, was an international #1 hit but peaked at #86 in the U.S. on radio play alone since it was not released as a single in the U.S. due to reorganization at Casablanca, and conflicts concerning distribution between Casablanca and Millennium Records.^[3][4] The track "Romeo" by Donna Summer was released as a promo video to MTV prior to the film's release, composed only of outtakes from the film. However, the song was not released to radio as Summer was on the verge of releasing her 1983 album She Works Hard for the Money, and the title track was already becoming a major hit.

The Flashdance LP was massively successful, selling over 6 million copies in the U.S. and 1 million in Japan. It was certified gold by RIAA on June 17, 1983 (1983-06-17), and became multi-platinum on October 12, 1984 (1984-10-12) and again on June 21, 1996 (1996-06-21).^[5] In Japan, the album topped the chart for 11 weeks in total, and became the biggest-selling album of 1983.^[6]

The music in Flashdance was supervised by Phil Ramone. There are several pieces of music used in the film that do not appear on the soundtrack album, including "Gloria" by Laura Branigan; "I Love Rock and Roll" by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; and the "Adagio in G Minor" by Tommaso Albinoni. The title track "Flashdance... What a Feeling" was originally recorded by Joe Esposito before Irene Cara was asked to re-record, since it would be from a woman's perspective.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
1.	"Flashdance... What a Feeling"	Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara	Irene Cara	3:53
2.	"He's a Dream"	Shandi Sinnamon, Ronald Magness	Shandi Sinnamon	3:28
3.	"Love Theme from "Flashdance""	Moroder	Helen St. John	3:27
4.	"Manhunt"	Doug Cotler, Richard Gilbert	Karen Kamon	2:36
5.	"Lady, Lady, Lady"	Moroder, Forsey	Joe Esposito	4:09
6.	"Imagination"	Michael Boddicker, Jerry Hey, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello	Laura Branigan	3:35
7.	"Romeo"	Pete Bellotte, Sylvester Levay	Donna Summer	3:13
8.	"Seduce Me Tonight"	Moroder, Forsey	Cycle V	3:31
9.	"I'll Be Here Where the Heart Is"	Kim Carnes, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf	Kim Carnes	4:36
10.	"Maniac"	Sembello, Dennis Matkosky	Michael Sembello	4:04

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1983	Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart	1
	Austrian Albums Chart[7]
	Japanese Oricon Weekly LP Chart[8]
	Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[9]
	Swedish Albums Chart[10]
	Swiss Albums Chart
	United States Billboard 200[11]
	UK Albums Chart[12]	9

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"Flashdance...What a Feeling"	USA Billboard Hot 100	1
1983	"Flashdance...What a Feeling"	UK Singles Chart	2
1983	"Maniac"	USA Billboard Hot 100	1
1983	"Lady, Lady, Lady"	USA Billboard Hot 100	86

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Robert Christgau review
3. ^ Flashdance on Billboard Hot 100 Accessed August 28, 2007 (2007-08-28)
4. ^ Maniac on Billboard Hot 100 Accessed August 28, 2007 (2007-08-28)
5. ^ Flashdance RIAA Accessed August 28, 2007 (2007-08-28)
6. ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - 1983 Oricon Year-end Albums" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/nenkan1982_a.html. Retrieved 2009-08-24. 
7. ^ "Soundtrack - Flashdance - austriancharts.at". Sverigetopplistan. http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack&titel=Flashdance&cat=a. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 
8. ^ DataStation オリコンNo.1アルバム1980-1989 "List of the number-one hit albums on the Japense Oricon chart during the 1980s" (in Japanese). http://www007.upp.so-net.ne.jp/k-makoto/datastation/music/oricon/oriconalbum80.htm DataStation オリコンNo.1アルバム1980-1989. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 
9. ^ "norwegiancharts.com Soundtrack - Flashdance". VG-lista. http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack&titel=Flashdance&cat=a. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 
10. ^ "swedishcharts.com Soundtrack - Flashdance". Sverigetopplistan. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Soundtrack&titel=Flashdance&cat=a. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 
11. ^ "allmusic ((( Flashdance > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r84316/charts-awards. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 
12. ^ "Chart Stats Original Soundtrack - Flashdance". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=7276. Retrieved 2009-08-26. 

Preceded by Thriller by Michael Jackson	Billboard 200 number-one album June 25 - July 8, 1983	Succeeded by Thriller by Michael Jackson
Preceded by Wrap Your Arms Around Me by Agnetha Fältskog	Swedish Chart number-one album August 9 - September 6, 1983	Succeeded by Crises by Mike Oldfield
Preceded by Keep on Dancing by Various artists	Australian Kent Music Report number-one album August 22 - September 11, 1983	Succeeded by The Breakers '83 by Various artists
Preceded by Crises by Mike Oldfield[1]	Norwegian VG-lista Chart number-one album 34/1983 - 40/1983 (7 weeks)	Succeeded by Sunday People by The Monroes[2]
Preceded by Kansuigyo by Miyuki Nakajima	Japanese Oricon LP Chart biggest selling album of the year 1983	Succeeded by Thriller by Michael Jackson