"Maniac", the 1983 one-hit wonder by Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky, had much darker backstory before it reached its final form.

Steeltown girl Alex Owens is hard at work. She's got big dreams of studying ballet, but right now, they're just dreams. She's holding down a factory job during the day and dancing at a strip club at ...

Legend has it that the song was written for the 1980 grindhouse classic “Maniac.” But as it turns out, the true story is even weirder. Rumor has it that the song’s original lyrics included the verse, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Turn on the forever hit, '80s dance track "Maniac" by Michael Sembello, and it takes approximately six seconds before your heart ...

Michael Sembello is an inspirational musician. He excels as a singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, and his sound crosses multiple genre boundaries. His work is known for creative compositions and ...

“Maniac” was a song that only ended up on the “Flashback” movie soundtrack by accident. Michael Sembello was a Philadelphia-born musician and songwriter who had penned tunes for people like Michael ...

Some of the biggest hits of the 80s came from movies. That opened up the playing field to all kinds of artists to score. You didn’t have to have an established brand name if you could get your song in ...

YouTube masher-upper extraordinaire Bill McClintock has returned! For his latest amalgamation masterwork, McClintock has taken Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper” and put it together with Michael Sembello’s ...