Maniac

Alex and Kev, all right, you two.

What year was Michael Cimbello? Maniac.

Number one with Maniac.

You know,

I don't like this game.

the 90s, so this is kind of timely for me.

My number four pick is Maniac by Michael Zambello from the movie Flashdance.

Working out and dancing like a maniac.

You

one,

there's purely a man break dancing.

Yeah, Maniac by Michael Kemp.

I do like that there's this shredding guitar solo in the middle.

Uh, who does, who sang the original? What's ...

It's Maniac, right?

Yeah, it's Maniac.

It's [laughs] by a guy called Michael Sembello.

Wow.

[laughs]

Uh, Maniac, Michael Sembello.

We gotta do that one at some point here.

Uh, Sweet Dreams Are Made of This from the Eurythmics.

All right.

It also appeared in the third episode of the two- 2018 Netflix series Maniac, uh, where an odious character misinterprets the song and sings it to his fiancee as if it were a love song.

Love it.

And why is that a problem? Well, let's talk about the lyrics.

[laughs] There you go

Uh, so it won Song of the Year.

Other nominees were All Night Long, All Night by Lionel Richie, Beat It, Billie Jean, both by Michael Jackson, and Maniac by Michael Sembello

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