As music history lore, and apparently Sembello himself tell us, he wrote the high-energy track with his songwriting partner ...

“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 ...

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Sometimes you just have to dance. These are three one-hit wonders from the 1980s that make us ask someone to dance.