Flock of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away)ħ4. Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson – Say Say Sayħ5. Whitney Houston – Greatest Love Of Allħ6. Glen Mederios – Nothing’s Going To Change My Love For Youħ7. The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is MagicĨ6.
Hall & Oates – I Can’t Go For That (No Can D0)ĩ7. Moroder wrote two hits for Top Gun (Take My Breath Away & Danger Zone) while Moroder penned hits for Beverly Hills Cop II (Shakedown) and The Breakfast Club (Forget About Me).ġ00. 9 on the British charts and peaked at No.
FLASHDANCE SOUNDTRACK LIST MOVIE
Forsey and Moroder were giants in the 80s movie soundtrack industry. Flashdance the Original Soundtrack album from Various artists, released on 11th April 1983 on Casablanca Records. The songs, though few, are great and evoke the feeling of interpretive dancing which is what the film is all about. It finished 1983 third on the Billboard Top 100, behind The Police’s “Every Breathe You Take” and Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”.įun Fact: This song was co-written by Cara and Keith Forsey with Giorgio Moroder composing the music. Flashdance on CD is not so much the soundtrack as a small collection of songs in the movie. It reached number-one on the Billboard Top 100 and stayed in the top spot for six weeks. You’ll find that out soon enough.Ĭhart Success: “Flashdance…What a Feeling” was a colossal commercial success.
Oddly, this wasn’t even my favorite song from the Flashdance soundtrack. Whether you’re singing along, dancing with or sporting the clothes, everything about this tune is chockfull with awesomeness. That distinction belongs to her singing “Fame” in 1980.Īs good as Fame was, “Flashdance” was on another level. It wasn’t my first brush with being obsessed with an Irene Cara tune either. I boogied around my house like I was Danny Terrio to this song.
I could’ve been monumentally embarrassed were there hidden cameras installed at our home. Whether it’s the epic Jennifer Beals oversized sweater/legwarmers combo still worn ad nauseam today at costume parties or Irene Cara singing the hell out of the title soundtrack, it produces some of my favorite remembrances. I’m a sentimental dude and precious few things from the 80s speak to me more than Flashdance. Among many, two movies in particular stand out to me…flicks I probably enjoyed more for the music than the movie itself- Flashdance and Footloose. Soundtrack to the 1983 American musical and romance film Flashdance. Thanks to the music video generation, incorporating present-day popular music into movies became a regular thing. Discover releases, reviews, songs, credits, and more about Flashdance (Original. At the forefront is the MTV era, and not just because of videos. There’s a million things about the 80s that elicit fond memories.
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