♪ she's a maniac, a maniac on the floor ♪ ♪ and she's dancing like she's never danced before ♪ >> she was a sexy welder who danced at night, but didn't take her clothes off. >> so, what's a dancer doing working as a welder? >> making a living. >> jennifer beals made that movie. she was everything. she was beautiful. she was strong, and she was sexy. >> it benefited from the beginnings of mtv because you would see videos of the songs of the "flashdance" soundtrack on mtv all the time. ♪ what a feeling ♪ >> that was the thing when the video was the trailer for the movie. and you can tell that the movie was designed with the video in mind. >> let's dance! ♪ >> kenny loggins, "footloose,"