Songoftheday 4/20/13 - Life felt so right I was drowned in your light...

Irene Cara - "Why Me?"
from the album ...What A Feelin' (1983)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #13 (three weeks)
Weeks in the Top-40: 10

Today's Song of the Day is by singer Irene Cara (last name Escalera), who in the early 80s was like the female Kenny Loggins, having a string of soundtrack hits like the themes from Fame and Flashdance, as well as the top-20 single "Out Here On My Own" (from the former movie). After her huge #1 hit with the Flashdance track, Irene released her second album What A Feelin', and the first single from it was the bouncy "Why Me?", written by her along with Keith Forsey and producer Giorgio Moroder, and seems to be custom-made for a Fame-like sequel...

"Why Me?" became Cara's first non-soundtrack top-40 hit, reaching the top-20 on the pop chart as well as going to #7 on the dance chart. Surprisingly though, the album lingered down at #77 (perhaps everyone bought the soundtrack so just bought this single). It's since worn out better than a lot of the non-new wave dance-pop of the time.

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And what's the 80s without a Solid Gold clip?

Up tomorrow: British pugilists have some fortune.