What a Feelin'

"Flashdance....What a Feeling" was the first, although unofficial, single from the album and the theme song to the hit motion picture Flashdance, released in April 1983. It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 28, 1983 where it stayed for six weeks and was also a big hit around the world. "Why Me?" was the second, and first official, single released in October 1983. The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 on October 22, 1983 and charted for fifteen weeks, peaking at #13 on December 3, 1983.[3] "The Dream (Hold On to Your Dream)" was the third single from the album and was featured in the film D.C. Cab. It entered the Billboard chart on December 10, 1983 and peaked at #37 on February 11, 1984, staying on the charts for a total of fourteen weeks.[3]

"Breakdance" was the fourth single from the album, released in March 1984. It entered the chart on March 24, 1984 and charted for a total of nineteen weeks. It peaked at #8 on June 9, 1984, making it her third and last top ten hit on the pop chart.[3] "You Were Made for Me" was the final single from the album and Cara's last charting song on the Billboard Hot 100. It entered the chart on July 28, 1984 and peaked at #78 on August 11 of that year. The song stayed on the charts for only five weeks.[3]

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "C+" grade and was critical of Cara's songwriting and singing: "I wish she'd gotten her training in church rather than at Performing Arts."[4] In a retrospective review, Allmusic's William Ruhlmann gave it four-and-a-half out of five stars and said that, even though she sang and co-wrote the lyrics, Cara was mostly "the mouthpiece of Euro-disco producer Giorgio Moroder on these recordings."[2]

The first pressing of the album did not include "The Dream (Hold On to Your Dream)", but the song was added to reissues that varied by region later that year.

• Irene Cara - vocals
• Giorgio Moroder - composer, arranger, keyboards, producer
• Pete Bellotte - lyrics, co-producer
• Beth Anderson - background vocals
• David Lasley - background vocals
• Keith Forsey - percussion, drums, programming
• Bruce Roberts - background vocals
• Bunny Hull - background vocals
• Leo Adamian, Victoria Berdy, Lenny Castro, Carol Steele - percussion
• Mike Baird - drums
• Arthur Barrow - bass guitar, keyboards
• John Benítez - remixing
• Joe Caro - guitar
• Merry Clayton - background vocals
• Charlotte Crossley - background vocals
• Joe Esposito - background vocals
• Mary Hylan - Background vocals
• Will Lee, Neil Stubenhaus - bass guitar
• Sylvester Levay - arranger, keyboards
• Wendy McKenzie - background vocals
• Joe Pizzulo - background vocals
• Jack Joseph Puig - mixing engineer
• William Seidman - guitar, arranger
• Stephanie Spruill - background vocals
• Maxine Willard Waters - background vocals
• Richie Zito - guitar, arranger
• James Newton Howard - producer (for the track "You Were Made for Me")