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' and Flashdance
B-side	Love Theme from "Flashdance" (Instrumental)(7") Found It (12")
Released	April 1983
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	1982
Genre	Pop
Length	3:57
Label	Casablanca
Writer(s)	Giorgio Moroder (music) Keith Forsey & Irene Cara (lyrics)
Producer(s)	Giorgio Moroder
Irene Cara singles chronology
"Anyone Can See" (1981) "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (1983) "Why Me?" (1983)
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"What a Feeling (Flashdance)"
Single by Global Deejays
from the album Network
Released	2005
Format	CD single
Length	6:06
Writer(s)	Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara
Global Deejays singles chronology
"The Sound of San Francisco" (2005) "What a Feeling (Flashdance)" (2005) "Don't Stop (Me Now)" (2006)

"Flashdance... What a Feeling" is a song from the 1983 film Flashdance, written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, and Irene Cara, and performed by Cara.

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.

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.