She s a maniac maniac on the floor and she s dancing like she never danced before she s a maniac maniac on the floor and she s dancing like she never danced before.
Maniac on the dance floor song.
Maniac appears during an early scene in flashdance and is used as the backing track of a montage sequence showing alex jennifer beals training strenuously in her converted warehouse.
Sembello had originally written the song as a horror theme after watching a slasher film possibly 1980 s.
When the dancer becomes the dance.
Provided to youtube by universal music group maniac michael sembello flashdance 1983 umg recordings inc.
The song was used in the 1983 film flashdance.
It can cut you like a knife if the gift becomes the fire all the while you re stuck between what s will and what will be.