The song was used in the 1983 film flashdance.
She s a maniac on the floor song.
She s a maniac on the floor packing boxes like she never has before.
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 training strenuously in her converted warehouse.
Sembello had originally written the song as a horror theme after watching a slasher film with lyrics such as he s a maniac maniac that s for sure he will kill your cat and nail it to the door producer phil ramone convinced sem.
She has danced into the danger zone when the dancer becomes the dance it can cut you like a knife if the gift becomes the fire on the wire between will and what will be she s a maniac maniac on the floor and she s dancing like she s never danced before she s a maniac maniac on the floor and she s dancing like she s never danced before.
Maniac is a song performed by michael sembello.
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.