Released: November 2, 1983
Songwriter: Giorgio Moroder Irene Cara
Staring at the images on my TV set
Switching channels, haven't found the right station yet
What I need is Romance '83
Try to fix the tuning on my radio
Getting up, I trip over the remote control
What I need is Romance '83
I thought that love and kindness were the things we all need
A bit of sensitivity
Just living life simple was the thing to believe in
I don't really know, really know anymore
Sharing all the human feelings deep inside
Instead we hide behind machines
I really wonder if there can ever be a place
For a little, a little bit of Romance '83
Input, output, microprocessor delay
VCI, VCA, modulation for decay
DIN sync into control
The invert mode for stereo
Set mode channels two selectors
Audio schematic vectors
You're busy when I call you up on the telephone
You're playing those Atari games and I'm here alone
What I need is Romance '83
Sometimes it makes me think if I can ever be free
Life is no longer a challenge and there's no mystery
What I need is Romance '83
I look back on a time when the world was so young
A beautiful ecology
A flowing river and a bright beautiful sun was enough
Now I don't really know anymore
Satisfied with only the land and the trees
Instead we mass-produce machines
I really wonder if there can ever be a place
For a little, a little bit of Romance '83
I look back on a time when the world was so young
A beautiful ecology
I really wonder if there can ever be a place
For a little, a little bit of Romance '84
What I need is Romance '84
Switching channels, haven't found the right station yet
What I need is Romance '83
Try to fix the tuning on my radio
Getting up, I trip over the remote control
What I need is Romance '83
I thought that love and kindness were the things we all need
A bit of sensitivity
Just living life simple was the thing to believe in
I don't really know, really know anymore
Sharing all the human feelings deep inside
Instead we hide behind machines
I really wonder if there can ever be a place
For a little, a little bit of Romance '83
Input, output, microprocessor delay
VCI, VCA, modulation for decay
DIN sync into control
The invert mode for stereo
Set mode channels two selectors
Audio schematic vectors
You're busy when I call you up on the telephone
You're playing those Atari games and I'm here alone
What I need is Romance '83
Sometimes it makes me think if I can ever be free
Life is no longer a challenge and there's no mystery
What I need is Romance '83
I look back on a time when the world was so young
A beautiful ecology
A flowing river and a bright beautiful sun was enough
Now I don't really know anymore
Satisfied with only the land and the trees
Instead we mass-produce machines
I really wonder if there can ever be a place
For a little, a little bit of Romance '83
I look back on a time when the world was so young
A beautiful ecology
I really wonder if there can ever be a place
For a little, a little bit of Romance '84
What I need is Romance '84
more tracks from the album
What a Feelin’ (CD reissue)
- Flashdance... What a Feeling
- Flashdance... What a Feeling (Long Version)
- Why me? - 12" mix
- The Dream (Hold on to Your Dream) (dance remix)
- Breakdance (extended remix)
- Breakdance
- Cue Me Up
- Keep On
- Receiving
- You Were Made For Me
- The Dream (Hold On To Your Dream)
- You Took My Life Away
- Romance ’83
- Flashdance... What a Feeling (Instrumental)
From the albums
- What a Feelin’ (1983)
- What a Feelin’ (CD reissue) (1997)
Irene Cara popular songs
- Flashdance... What a Feeling
- Fame
- Out Here On My Own
- The Dream (Hold On To Your Dream)
- Hot Lunch Jam
- Anyone Can See
- You Were Made For Me
- Receiving
- Breakdance (extended Dubb)
- Keep On
- Romance ’83
- I Sing The Body Electric
- You Took My Life Away
- All My Heart
- Cue Me Up
- Why Me
- Breakdance
- Breakdance (extended remix)
- The Dream (Hold on to Your Dream) (dance remix)
- Why me? - 12" mix
- Flashdance… What a Feeling ’95
- Get a Grip
- Give Me Love
- We’re Gonna Get Up