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.
Sembello had originally written the song as a horror theme after watching a slasher film possibly 1980 s.
Just a steel town girl on a saturday night lookin for the fight of her life in the real time world no one sees her at all they all say she s crazy locking rhythms to the.
The song was used in the 1983 film flashdance.
When the dancer becomes the dance.
Provided to youtube by universal music group maniac michael sembello flashdance 1983 umg recordings inc.
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.