Irene Cara - Flashdance... What A Feeling (Extended Version) Casablanca Records 1983

“Flashdance... What a Feeling“ is a song from the 1983 film Flashdance, written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, and Irene Cara, and performed by Cara. In addition to topping the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cara’s only No. 1 song, it earned a platinum record, the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2004 it finished at #55 in AFI’s 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. The song was the number three single of the year in 1983 on the Billboard year-end chart. In 2008, the song was ranked at No. 26 on Billboard‍ ’​s All Time Top 100, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, the song spent one week at number two on the UK Singles Chart dated July 5, 1983. Irene Cara Escalera (March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022) was an American singer and actress. Cara sang and co-wrote the song “Flashdance... What a Feeling“ (from the film Flashdance), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1984. Cara is also known for playing the role of Coco Hernandez in the 1980 film Fame, and for recording the film’s title song “Fame“. Prior to her success with Fame, Cara portrayed the title character Sparkle Williams in the original 1976 musical drama film Sparkle. 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, made of stone If I only could take All the love that you give And escape to a world crystal clear Well, I hear the music close my eyes, feel the rhythm Wrap around, take a hold of my heart What a feeling, being’s believin’ 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 take hold of my heart What a feeling, being’s believin’ 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 You can dance, you can dance, dance What a feeling, being’s believin’ 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 (I am music now) Being’s believin’ (I am rhythm now) I can have it all now I’m dancing for my life Take your passion (I have music now) and make it happen (I am rhythm now) Pictures come alive, you can dance right though your life (What a feeling) What a feeling (Being’s believin’) What a feeling I can have it all now I’m dancing for my life (Take your passion) Come on, come on, take it now (Make it happen) Make it happen I can have it all now I’m dancing for my life (I have music now) (I am rhythm now) I can have it all now I’m dancing for my 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 believin’) Being’s believin’ (Take your passion, make it happen) Make it happen (What a feeling) What a feeling (Being’s believing) Heaven (Take your passion) Make it happen (Make it happen) ooh-oh