Talk:Flashdance... What a Feeling

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Music Video
I don't remember seeing a music video for this single, although I'd seen the "Maniac" one. Any information? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.154.130.90 (talk) 19:20, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


 * There is a video of the song on YouTube, and it consists of clips from the film. -- ♦Ian Ma c M♦  (talk to me) 19:37, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

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Academy Award for Irene Cara
Re this edit: Cara was credited as co-writer of the lyrics, so she did win an Academy Award at the 56th ceremony in 1984. However, the statement that she is "the only African American woman to win an Oscar outside of an acting category" is unsourced.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦  (talk to me) 17:39, 11 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Aha! My reversion was therefore done for the wrong reason, but another reason arises. Binksternet (talk) 17:52, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

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Diana Dewitt version
The compilation album "Magic Movie Hits" (PolyGram / 516 677-2) of Giorgio Moroder's music includes a version with lead vocals credited to Diana Dewitt, which is dated 1993. This version also appears in a few other later compilations, and could be mentioned in the article among the covers. For many years I thought it was the original. It is well done. -- J7n (talk) 01:32, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'd never heard this version before. It is on YouTube here and it is very good for a cover version. Diana DeWitt is not well known and apart from the entry in Discogs I couldn't find anything about her. May be worth a mention in the article.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦  (talk to me) 06:19, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

The relevant guideline here is WP:COVERSONG. Generally, we do not present a list of every artist who has covered the song, rather the section should be limited to two cases: As an example of why we use this guideline, consider the Beatles song "Yesterday". There are thousands of recorded covers of the song. Virtually all of them are forgettable (and forgotten). There is no sense in listing all of them. This song's covers, though fewer in number, are similarly mostly forgotten. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 21:49, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Cover versions which, had the original not existed, would be notable on their own Generally, this means versions that have charted.
 * Versions which are covered in independent reliable sources about the song. Yes, an article about Band No One Has Heard Of might mention or list every song they played one night in an obscure bar in Des Moines, including "Happy Birthday To You". That is trivial. If, however, sources discussing the song finds the band's performance of it to be notable, there might be reason to discuss it here.

The film version is in B, not Bb
But the original Irene Cara version is indeed in Bb. Since you make the point of (fairly unusual for wikipedia) discussing the key, you might want to specify that the version most readers are familiar with is in B. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzALZjoIx0g&ab_channel=DeryaPembe — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:558:6045:86:AD31:1540:DF85:9909 (talk) 07:31, 15 October 2020 (UTC)


 * What seems to have happened here is that the video is at 25 frames per second, instead of the cinema speed of 24 frames per second. This speeds it up by about 4 per cent, but not by a semitone which is around six per cent. There are other YouTube videos with the song at the right speed.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦  (talk to me) 16:32, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Words Sometimes Omitted from the First Verse
An extended version of this song starts the first verse (NOT the intro!) with the words, “If I only could take all the love that you give And escape to a world crystal clear…” Cbsteffen (talk) 10:01, 23 August 2023 (UTC)


 * These lyrics are only on the 12-inch single and were included in the article before. One editor added them in 2007 and another removed them in 2014 without giving a specific reason why. For things that might be considered trivia, it helps to have an article from a reliable source in which these additional lyrics are noted and commented on to establish why it is that they're notable beyond their frequency of use. Danaphile (talk) 16:40, 23 August 2023 (UTC)


 * They are largely non-notable as they do not appear in the film or the radio edit of the song. However, they could be included with proper sourcing.-- ♦Ian Ma c M♦  (talk to me) 17:19, 23 August 2023 (UTC)