Irene Cara - "What A Feeling"

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Posted in 2010:

skolohsaing- if i'm not mistaken the clip is from ..solid gold program ....early 80's

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cheapcape- Fantastic song and I am proud to have lived in the eighties!!

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knyt37- very good memories...Thanks a lot...

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tc1261-Thanks for posting this! I also have always loved this song, especially this longer version. I think this may be my all-time favorite song. All the elements of this song -- the music, the lyrics, everything -- come together to make it such an inspirational experience. Irene 'sells' this song to the max!

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brisbailrocks- I've always loved this song, especially the long version.

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azizip17-Wow!! What great artistry-the song's lyrics & tune, Irene Cara's singing, the dancing in the movie & on the stage, and your masterful production of this extended video, Sergio Luna. This Pittsburgher gives you your well deserved props!! Thank you for sharing scenes from this movie (and the city where I live) with the world!

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Summary from the official video Irene Cara -"What A Feeling"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILWSp0m9G2U

Flashdance What a Feeling Irene Cara
© 1983 Unidisc Music Group

Irene Cara is best known as a singer of movie themes, though she worked as an actress since childhood. Raised in New York City, she appeared on Broadway in 1967 in the musical Maggie Flynn at age eight and can be heard on the cast album for the show The Me Nobody Knows. From the age of 16, she was turning up on television and in films, including a part in the TV mini-series Roots 2 in 1979. In 1980, she was catapulted into stardom and a singing career by her appearance in the film Fame, for which she sang the title song, an Oscar-winning Top Ten hit. Also from the film was her Top 40 hit "Out Here on My Own." In 1983, she topped the charts with "Flashdance...What a Feelin'" from the movie Flashdance, a song she co-wrote that won another Oscar, and Cara won a couple of Grammys for her contributions to the soundtrack. Her What a Feelin' album included the hits "Why Me?" and "Breakdance," and she also made the Top 40 with a third movie theme, "The Dream (Hold on to Your Dream)," from DC Cab. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Jennifer Beals stars as Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel-mill welder by day, and bar dancer by night. Harboring dreams of a career in ballet, she is given financial support in this endeavor by her boss Nick Hurley (Michael Nouri) and moral support by demanding but big-hearted instructor Hanna Long (Lilia Skala). The film's signature scene is, of course, Alex's water-drenched dance audition, largely performed in long shot by her dance double Marine Jahan. Essentially an old-fashioned backstage yarn, Flashdance was given a contemporary spin by its pulsating, musical score featuring the Oscar-winning Best Song, Flashdance...What a Feeling, (music by Giorgio Moroder, lyrics by Keith Forsey and Irene Cara).

Similar Works
Fame (1980, Alan Parker)
Saturday Night Fever (1977, John Badham)
Footloose (1984, Herbert Ross)
Center Stage (2000, Nicholas Hytner)
Save the Last Dance (2001, Thomas Carter)
Dirty Dancing (1987, Emile Ardolino)
Over the Top (1986, Menahem Golan)
8 Mile (2002, Curtis Hanson)
Honey (2003, Bille Woodruff)
Brave New Girl (2004, Bobby Roth)
Other Related Works
Is featured in: The Full Monty (1997, Peter Cattaneo)
Is related to: Dance with Me (1998, Randa Haines)
Influenced: Sunset Strip (1991, Paul G. Volk)
Make It Happen (2008, Darren Grant)

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Posted in 2010:

terrychadban- One of my all-time fav movies! Jen Beal (and her double) were fantastic, Irene Cara's singing fabulous! Every time I hear the music it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about the movie -- how could anyone with a heart still beating NOT like it?

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d3drachulis22- ALL TIME CLASSIC. ALL TIME FAVE OF MINE. whenever i listen to this song i get so much energy and the song just makes me genuinely happy. and its not even my generation i was born in 1990. i love to listen to this when i practice ballet.

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ofalltheranters - We sang this in choir the other day and everybody was getting into it. I love Flashdance! One of my favorites!

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JulieAP8- Amazing dancing ;-0

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jjfan4eva -This song brings pure JOY!!!! I feel like I am floating when I hear it. I LOVE IRENE CARA!

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rjky1986- Pittsburgh sure has a cool skyline.

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Skyesthelimit1- 44 people accidentally hit the dislike button. It is absolutely inconceivable that ANYONE could dislike this.

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MsMarcelak- What a feeling to dance. heavenly feeling.

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jmcd31- I love this song!

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knowntothose- Another perfect hit for Irene Cara!!!

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bohemianlikeyou1988- Awesome song!

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kobophirekr-the words of this song are wounderful, they help me to believe in my dreams....foreign languages are a big part of my life and i will never let them go.... if we believe in us our dream will come true.... ( NY luv u. u are amazing in this movie,u are so cute with your Hudson river:)) everything of u and of the Usa is wounderful. thanks for everything!!!!

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azizip17-@kobophirekr Yes, the words of this song are very inspirational and the dancing is great!! But actually this isn't New York, but Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This is my adopted city. Pittsburgh is known as the city of bridges. That one scene when Alex is shown riding her bicycle down that steep hill is an example of how hilly parts of Pittsburgh is. Imagine it in the winter. Pittsburgh has a rich & diverse cultural life. We love our sports teams and we're thrilled when movies are made here

[Editor: I realize that I made a grammatical error. It should be "how hilly parts of Pittsburgh are". But you can't edit comments on YouTube. My bad].

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msvioletrose4u216 - I feel that beauty in music comes in every era... that the gift of life we can enjoy our grandparents, parents, sisters and brothers and well our era and friends etc,

You can never outlive music its ever ending full of blast and just changing as different era passes . Music is power , its spiritual, and its healing........

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zitalee2 - i was watching some 80's movie yesterday in class and a kid actually said that the 80's music had more character. i totally agree. it deffinately had more energy too it. although last decade's taste in music was pretty bad it's like, once you find a memorable song from the 2000's that u always liked it gives that decade a redeeming quality to it.

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aapete85- The older dance movies are soooo much better than the crap they come out with these days...movies where there's a troubled punk ass gangster that finds hope and love doing breakdancing and stomp...

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MrHappydog28-wonderful this song is so energetic...so beautiful...

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cne08 - All I can think of now when I hear this song is that Molson used it when the NHL lockout was over.

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KubasaSan - amazing!!! one of the greatest songs ever! and one of the best music movie! EPIC!

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PMEIndoorPercussion- So much emotion in that dancing i could feel it