▁composed ▁by ▁Giorg io ▁Mor oder , ▁and ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁were ▁written ▁by ▁Car a ▁and ▁Keith ▁For sey . ▁The ▁song ▁won ▁an ▁Academy ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Original ▁Song , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁Golden ▁Glo be ▁and ▁numerous ▁other ▁awards . ▁It ▁also ▁reached ▁number ▁one ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁Hot ▁ 1 0 0 ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁Despite ▁the ▁song ' s ▁title , ▁the ▁word ▁' Fl ash d ance ' ▁itself ▁is ▁not ▁heard ▁in ▁the ▁lyr ics . ▁The ▁song ▁is ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁opening ▁title ▁sequence ▁of ▁the ▁film , ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁music ▁Alex ▁uses ▁in ▁her ▁dance ▁aud ition ▁routine ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁film . ▁ ▁Another ▁song ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁film , ▁" Man iac ", ▁was ▁also ▁nominated ▁for ▁an ▁Academy ▁Award . ▁It ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Michael ▁S emb ello ▁and ▁Dennis ▁Mat k os ky . ▁A ▁popular ▁urban ▁legend ▁holds ▁that ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁originally ▁written ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁horror ▁film ▁Man iac , ▁and ▁that ▁lyr ics ▁about ▁a ▁k iller ▁on ▁the ▁loose ▁were ▁re written ▁so ▁the ▁song ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁Flash d ance . ▁The ▁legend ▁is ▁dis cred ited ▁in ▁the ▁special ▁features ▁of ▁the ▁film ' s ▁DVD ▁release , ▁which ▁reve al ▁that ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁written ▁for ▁the ▁film , ▁although ▁only ▁two ▁complete ▁lyr ics ▁(" Just ▁a ▁steel ▁town ▁girl ▁on ▁a ▁Saturday ▁night " ▁and ▁"