Flashdance... What a Feeling - wikipedia Flashdance... What a Feeling `` Flashdance... What a Feeling '' Side - A label of one of U.S. 7 - inch vinyl editions Single by Irene Cara from the album What a Feelin ' & Flashdance : Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture B - side `` Love Theme from Flashdance '' ( instrumental ) ( 7 ``, CD ) `` Found It '' ( 12 `` ) Released April 1983 ( 1983 - 04 ) Format 7 - inch single 12 - inch single CD single Recorded 1982 -- 83 Genre Pop Length 3 : 57 Label Network Polygram Casablanca Composer ( s ) Giorgio Moroder Lyricist ( s ) Keith Forsey Irene Cara Producer ( s ) Giorgio Moroder Irene Cara singles chronology `` Anyone Can See '' ( 1981 ) `` Flashdance... What a Feeling '' ( 1983 ) `` Why Me ? '' ( 1983 ) Audio sample file help Music video `` Flashdance... What a Feeling '' on YouTube `` Flashdance... What a Feeling '' is a song from the 1983 film Flashdance, written by Italian composer Giorgio Moroder ( music ), Keith Forsey and Irene Cara ( lyrics ), and performed by Cara. Contents 1 Song information 2 Composition 3 Releases and track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts 5.1 Weekly charts 5.2 Year - end charts 6 Marcia Hines version 6.1 Track listing 6.2 Charts 7 Global DeeJays version 7.1 Charts 8 Other cover versions 9 See also 10 References 11 External links Song information In addition to topping the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Cara 's only # 1 song, it earned a platinum record, the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2004 it finished at # 55 in AFI 's 100 Years... 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. The song also kept Culture Club 's song `` Time ( Clock of the Heart ) '' off the number one spot. It reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week of May 28th, 1983 and stayed there for 6 weeks. The song was the # 3 single of the year in 1983 on the Billboard year - end chart. In 2008, the song was ranked at # 26 on Billboard 's All Time Top 100, which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, the song spent one week at # 2 on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending date July 9, 1983, behind `` Baby Jane '' by Rod Stewart. Composition The song is in the key of B ♭ Major and has a Tempo of 122 BPM. Releases and track listing These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of `` Flashdance... What a Feeling ''. 7 '' vinyl, mini CD single No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 1. `` Flashdance... What a Feeling '' Keith Forsey, Irene Cara 3 : 55 2. `` Love Theme from `` Flashdance '' ( Instrumental ) '' Giorgio Moroder 3 : 26 12 '' vinyl single No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 1. `` Flashdance... What a Feeling ( Remix ) '' Keith Forsey, Irene Cara 7 : 16 2. `` Found It '' Frank Floyd, Irene Cara 4 : 20 Personnel Irene Cara - vocals Keith Forsey - drums Joe Esposito - background vocals Sylvester Levay - keyboards Stephanie Spruill - background vocals Maxine Willard Waters - background vocals Richie Zito - guitar Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1983 - 1984 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 22 Canada ( RPM ) France ( IFOP ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) Ireland ( IRMA ) Italy ( FIMI ) Japan Singles Chart Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 13 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 17 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Norway ( VG - lista ) Polish Singles Chart 21 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) Spain ( AFYVE ) UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1983 ) Position Australia Austria Canada New Zealand UK 19 US Billboard Hot 100 Marcia Hines version `` What a Feeling '' Single by Marcia Hines from the album Time of Our Lives Released November 29, 1998 Format CD single Recorded 1998 Genre Dance - pop Length 3 : 25 Songwriter ( s ) Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara Producer ( s ) Nick Coler, Ian Richardson Marcia Hines singles chronology `` Give It All You Got '' ( 1994 ) `` What a Feeling '' ( 1998 ) `` Makin ' My Way '' ( 1999 ) Marcia Hines recorded a version of the single titled `` What a Feeling '' in 1998. It was released as the lead single from her ninth studio album, Time of Our Lives ( 1999 ). Track listing CD - Single What A Feeling 3 : 25 What A Feeling ( 12 '' Mix ) 5 : 30 What A Feeling ( Discotheque Remix ) 7 : 07 What A Feeling ( Easy Skanking Mix ) 5 : 57 What A Feeling ( Freakazoid Dub Mix ) 6 : 35 What A Feeling ( Extended Mix ) 5 : 23 I Got The Music In Me 4 : 38 Charts Chart ( 1998 / 99 ) Peak position Australian Singles Chart 66 Australian Singles Chart 23 Global Deejays version `` What a Feeling ( Flashdance ) '' Single by Global Deejays from the album Network Released 2005 Format CD single Length 6 : 06 Songwriter ( s ) Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara Global Deejays singles chronology `` The Sound of San Francisco '' ( 2005 ) `` What a Feeling ( Flashdance ) '' ( 2005 ) `` Do n't Stop ( Me Now ) '' ( 2006 ) In 2005 Global Deejays covered `` What a Feeling '' on their Album Network. Charts Charts ( 2005 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 44 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 14 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 28 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia ) 29 Czech Republic ( Rádio Top 100 Oficiální ) 7 France ( SNEP ) 18 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 16 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 35 Russia ( 2M ) 9 Spain ( PROMUSICAE ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 45 Other cover versions In 1990, The Shadows did an instrumental cover on their album Reflection. The song was used as the opening theme music for the Japanese TV drama Stewardess Monogatari ( A Stewardess 's Story ) by Miki Asakura. Björn Again released a version of the song as a single in 1993 which reached # 65 on the UK Singles Chart. Swiss Dance act DJ Bobo released a version as a duet with Irene Cara in 2001, which reached # 2 on the Swiss charts and # 3 on the German charts. French singer Priscilla Betti released a French version of the song named `` Cette vie nouvelle '' as the second single from her debut album Cette vie nouvelle ( 2002 ). It peaked at number nine on the French singles chart. In 2004, Swedish singer Charlotte Perrelli performed the song live, as host of the televised music contest show Melodifestivalen and recorded a studio version which was released as a promotional single to promote the contest. The track was also included on her third album Gone Too Long. Marie Picasso covered the song in 2007. Picasso 's version peaked at 54 position on the Swedish singles chart. Extensive samples are included in Jason Derulo 's 2010 single `` The Sky 's the Limit ''. The Glee Cast released a version of the song as a single in 2012 which reached # 145 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2015, French singer Maude Harcheb released a bilingual French / English cover version as `` Danse ta vie '' featuring Vitaa accompanied with a music video. It was included in the French compilation album Les Stars Font Leur Cinéma. See also List of number - one singles in Australia during the 1980s List of RPM number - one singles of 1983 List of number - one singles in 1983 ( New Zealand ) List of number - one songs in Norway ( VG - lista 1964 to 1994 ) List of number - one singles ( Sweden ) List of number - one singles of the 1980s ( Switzerland ) List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1983 List of number - one dance singles of 1983 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ `` The 50 Greatest Pop Songs of the ' 80s, Nos. 20 - 11 ''. Metro Weekly. Retrieved February 23, 2016. Jump up ^ Irene Cara, `` Flashdance... What a Feeling '' single release Retrieved January 31, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 136. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Browse Results ''. OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS. Jump up ^ `` Past Winners ''. Grammy.com. Retrieved May 7, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary : All - Time Top Songs ''. Retrieved May 7, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Flashdance... What A Feeling - Irene Cara - Custom Backing Track ''. Karaoke Version. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 28. Jump up ^ `` Barry 's Hits of All Decades Pop rock n Roll Music Chart Hits ''. Retrieved January 23, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- Irene Cara -- Flashdance... What A Feeling '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved December 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Irene Cara -- Flashdance... What A Feeling '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Retrieved December 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada ''. Retrieved 23 January 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Song title 141 - Flashdance... What a Feeling ''. tsort.info. Jump up ^ `` Offiziellecharts.de -- Irene Cara -- Flashdance... What A Feeling ''. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved December 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts - All there is to know ''. Retrieved 23 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Settimana 19 Novembre 1983 '' ( in Italian ). Hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved August 30, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- Irene Cara '' ( in Dutch ). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved January 23, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Irene Cara -- Flashdance... What A Feeling '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Retrieved December 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Charts.nz -- Irene Cara -- Flashdance... What A Feeling ''. Top 40 Singles. Retrieved December 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Norwegiancharts.com -- Irene Cara -- Flashdance... What A Feeling ''. VG - lista. Retrieved December 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Swedishcharts.com -- Irene Cara -- Flashdance... What A Feeling ''. Singles Top 100. Retrieved December 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- Irene Cara -- Flashdance... What A Feeling ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved December 10, 2017. Jump up ^ Salaverri, Fernando ( September 2005 ). Sólo éxitos : año a año, 1959 -- 2002 ( 1st ed. ). Spain : Fundación Autor - SGAE. ISBN 84 - 8048 - 639 - 2. Jump up ^ `` Irene Cara : Artist Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Irene Cara Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Irene Cara Chart History ( Adult Contemporary ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Irene Cara Chart History ( Dance Club Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2017. Jump up ^ Aria 1983 Year - End Chart Archived February 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 31, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Jahreshitparade Singles 1983 '' ( in German ). Austrian Charts Portal. Retrieved August 29, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Retrieved November 9, 2016. Jump up ^ New Zealand Top Selling Singles of 1983 Retrieved May 16, 2016. Jump up ^ UK Singles Chart 1983 Year - End Chart Retrieved January 31, 2016. 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YouTube. April 27, 2015. Jump up ^ evous.fr : Les Stars font leur cinéma, le nouvel album de reprises ( in French ) External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Irene Cara Studio albums Anyone Can See ( 1982 ) What a Feelin ' ( 1983 ) Carasmatic ( 1987 ) Singles `` Fame '' ( 1980 ) `` Out Here on My Own '' ( 1980 ) `` Flashdance... What a Feeling '' ( 1983 ) `` Why Me ? '' ( 1983 ) `` Breakdance '' ( 1984 ) `` You Were Made for Me '' ( 1984 ) Book : Irene Cara Marcia Hines Discography Studio albums Marcia Shines Shining Ladies and Gentlemen Ooh Child Take It from the Boys Jokers and Queens Love Sides Right Here and Now Time of Our Lives Hinesight Discothèque Life Marcia Sings Tapestry Amazing Live albums Marcia Hines Live Across Australia Compilation albums Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Volume 2 Queen of Pop Diva Marcia : Greatest Hits 1975 -- 1983 The Essential Marcia Hines Notable singles `` Fire and Rain '' `` From the Inside '' / `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' `` I Just Do n't Know What to Do with Myself '' `` ( Until ) Your Love Broke Through '' `` What I Did for Love '' `` You '' `` Music Is My Life '' `` Something 's Missing ( In My Life ) '' `` Your Love Still Brings Me to My Knees '' `` What a Bitch Is Love '' `` Many Rivers to Cross '' `` The Lord 's Prayer '' `` Rain ( Let the Children Play ) '' `` What a Feeling '' `` Ai n't Nobody '' `` Stomp ! 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Question: who sang what a feeling in the 80s
Answer: Irene Cara