Maniac (Michael Sembello song)

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"Maniac"
File:Maniac by Michael Sembello U.S. vinyl Side-A 7-inch.jpg
Side-A label of U.S. 7-inch vinyl single
Single by Michael Sembello
from the album Bossa Nova Hotel and Flashdance
Released 1983
Format 7"
Genre Synthpop[1]
Length 4:12
4:21 (album version)
5:57 (12" version)
Label EMI, Casablanca
Writer(s) Dennis Matkosky and Michael Sembello
Producer(s) Phil Ramone
Michael Sembello singles chronology
"Maniac"
(1983)		 "Automatic Man"
(1983)
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"Maniac" is a song performed by Michael Sembello. The song was used in the 1983 film Flashdance.

"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.

The song was included in Flashdance after Sembello's wife accidentally included it on a tape sent to executives at Paramount Pictures who were looking for music to use in the film.[2]

A dance music version was released in 2000, by Irish DJ Mark McCabe, entitled "Maniac 2000".

Personnel

  • Michael Sembello – lead vocals, bass synth, guitar, background vocals
  • Danny Sembello – bass synth, synthesizers, acoustic piano, background vocals
  • Carlos Vega – Simmons drums
  • Chris Page – additional synthesizer
  • John Sembello – background vocals

Charts and awards

"Maniac" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks beginning on September 10, 1983 and is one of the highest-grossing songs ever written for a film. In addition to producing "Maniac", Phil Ramone produced the song that would dethrone it from the top spot, Billy Joel's "Tell Her About It". The Original Soundtrack of Flashdance won the 1983 Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for A Motion Picture or a Television Special.

The song was nominated for an Academy Award. Another song from the film, "Flashdance... What a Feeling" performed by Irene Cara, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1983.

Other appearances

In film, the song is featured in Jake Speed (1986) performed instrumentally by a nightclub band,[28] Tommy Boy (1995), when Chris Farley gets hosed at a gas station; it also features in American Wedding (2003), when Stifler dances to it in a dance-off competition in a gay nightclub. It was sung by Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS; "Germany seek the Superstar") winner Alexander Klaws in the 2003 World Idol competition.

See also

References

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  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Michael Sembello – Maniac" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ CHART NUMBER 1390 – Saturday, September 03, 1983 at the Wayback Machine (archived November 7, 2006). CHUM.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 4331." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
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  17. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Michael Sembello – Maniac". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1983-09-10" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
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  20. ↑ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending SEPTEMBER 3, 1983 at the Wayback Machine (archived September 11, 2012). Cash Box magazine.
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  25. ↑ (German) Jahrescharts – 1983 at the Wayback Machine (archived May 9, 2015). Offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment Charts.
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