

Just a still 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 beat of her heart, changing woman into life She has danced into the danger zone, when a dancer becomes a dance It can cut you like a knife, if the gift becomes the fire On a 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 On the ice-build iron sanity is a place most never see It's a hard warm place of mystery, touch it, but can't hold it You work all your life for that moment in time, it could come or pass you by It's a push of the world, but there's always a chance If the hunger stays the night There's a cold connective heat, struggling, stretching for defeat Never stopping with her head against the wind She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know And she's dancing like she's never danced before She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know And she's dancing like she's never danced before (Solo) It can cut you like a knife, if the gift becomes the fire On a wire between will and what will be She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know And she's dancing like she's never danced before (repeats out)
Just a still 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 beat of her heart, changing woman into life She has danced into the danger zone, when a dancer becomes a dance It can cut you like a knife, if the gift becomes the fire On a 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 On the ice-build iron sanity is a place most never see It's a hard warm place of mystery, touch it, but can't hold it You work all your life for that moment in time, it could come or pass you by It's a push of the world, but there's always a chance If the hunger stays the night There's a cold connective heat, struggling, stretching for defeat Never stopping with her head against the wind She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know And she's dancing like she's never danced before She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know And she's dancing like she's never danced before (Solo) It can cut you like a knife, if the gift becomes the fire On a wire between will and what will be She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know And she's dancing like she's never danced before (repeats out)
A versão original do refrão descrevia um assassino que mataria um gato, mas, a pedido do produtor Phil Ramone, foi reescrita para falar de uma garota que dança com paixão.
A música foi incluída no filme *Flashdance* depois que a esposa de Sembello enviou um disco para executivos da Paramount, que buscavam trilha sonora.
*Maniac* ocupou o primeiro lugar na Billboard Hot 100 por duas semanas em setembro de 1983 e é considerada uma das canções de maior faturamento já escritas para um filme.
Embora tenha sido indicada ao Oscar de Melhor Canção Original, a canção foi desclassificada porque a versão original não havia sido composta especificamente para o longa‑metragem.
Várias bandas internacionais, entre elas o power metal italiano Sigma e a metalcore americana Evergreen Terrace, lançaram versões cover da faixa em 2000 e 2004, respectivamente.
Em 2008, o dueto italiano The Bloody Beetroots remixou a música em um estilo electro, demonstrando a longevidade e a versatilidade da composição.
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