- The song "Maniac" from the film Flashdance (1983), which he co-wrote with Michael Sembello and which Sembello performed, reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in September 1983, and was subsequently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. It lost to another song from the film, "Flashdance... What a Feeling", written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey and Irene Cara, which was also performed by Cara.
- The song "Maniac", which he co-wrote with Michael Sembello, only appeared in Flashdance (1983) after Sembello's wife mistakenly included it on a tape sent to Paramount Pictures executives, who were looking for music to use in the film.
- The song "Maniac", which he co-wrote with Michael Sembello, was number 9 on the year-end chart for 1983.
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