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50+ Music<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> in 1954, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MichaelSembello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSembello</span></a>, American Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter, composer and producer ("Maniac"; "Flashdance"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. .⋅˚₊‧ 🜲 ‧₊˚ ⋅<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HappyBirthday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HappyBirthday</span></a> #71</p>
50+ Music<p>"Mirror, Mirror" is a song by American singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DianaRoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DianaRoss</span></a>. Written by Dennis Matkosky and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MichaelSembello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSembello</span></a>, and produced by Ross, the song was released as the second single from her <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Platinum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Platinum</span></a>-certified album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhyDoFoolsFallInLove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhyDoFoolsFallInLove</span></a> on December 11, 1981, by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RCARecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RCARecords</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-zW-vwgG-k" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=U-zW-vwgG-k</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Maniac 🔪 <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MichaelSembello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSembello</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvYQ1TNbf2g" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=qvYQ1TNbf2g</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Maniac" is a song from the 1983 film <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Flashdance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flashdance</span></a> that was written by Dennis Matkosky and its performer, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MichaelSembello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSembello</span></a>. The original idea for the song came to Matkosky while watching a news report on a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/serialKiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serialKiller</span></a>, which inspired gruesome lyrics that he and Sembello expanded upon after finding a 1980 horror film with the same name. When Flashdance director <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AdrianLyne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdrianLyne</span></a> grew attached to the demo of the song used during filming. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvYQ1TNbf2g" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=qvYQ1TNbf2</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Maniac 👹 <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MichaelSembello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSembello</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GCNUeTFSbA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=6GCNUeTFSb</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Maniac <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MichaelSembello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSembello</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mfwbkWJP8o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=5mfwbkWJP8</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>Maniac <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MichaelSembello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSembello</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtu.be/qvYQ1TNbf2g" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/qvYQ1TNbf2g</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Top 40 Years Ago<p>40 years ago this week, "Maniac" by <a href="https://musician.social/tags/MichaelSembello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSembello</span></a> entered the top spot, replacing "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" by <a href="https://musician.social/tags/Eurythmics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eurythmics</span></a> after 1 week. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=324it5DKoXU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=324it5DKoX</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/1980s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1980s</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/musichistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musichistory</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/musicvideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicvideo</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayDisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FridayDisco</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FridayFeeling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FridayFeeling</span></a> </p><p>..and that turns her into a...</p><p>🎙Maniac🎵🎶 <br>(Official Video)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MichaelSembello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSembello</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/324it5DKoXU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/324it5DKoXU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>