What a Feelin'

What a Feelin'
Studio album by Irene Cara
Released	November 2, 1983 (1983-11-02)
Recorded	1983
Studio	Electric Lady Studios Northern Music Recorders (New York) Oasis Studio Carla Ridge Schnee Studio Sunset Sound (Los Angeles)[1]
Genre	Dance-pop Euro disco
Label	Network Geffen Epic Unidisc
Producer	Giorgio Moroder James Newton Howard
Irene Cara chronology
Anyone Can See (1982) What a Feelin' (1983) Carasmatic (1987)
Singles from What a Feelin'
"Flashdance... What a Feeling" Released: March 1983 "Why Me?" Released: October 1983 "The Dream (Hold On to Your Dream)" Released: December 1983 "Breakdance" Released: March 1984 "You Were Made for Me" Released: July 1984

What a Feelin' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Irene Cara. Released on November 2, 1983, this album is a continuation of the work that Cara began with producer Giorgio Moroder on the soundtrack to the 1983 film Flashdance. The dance-pop song she co-wrote with Moroder and Keith Forsey for the film, "Flashdance... What a Feeling", went to number one on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 and foreshadowed the style of this album, which was unlike her R&B-heavy debut. Although Cara was more accustomed to composing music, she relinquished most of those duties to Moroder here and shifted much of her songwriting focus to lyrics.

The title of the album clued in record buyers to the inclusion of the soundtrack hit from the spring of that year, but another four songs would make the Hot 100, the first of which, "Why Me?", had been released in October. "The Dream (Hold On to Your Dream)" from the D.C. Cab soundtrack became the second new single when that movie was released in December, four months earlier than planned. Since the song was not on the original pressings of What a Feelin', those copies were removed from store shelves so that the album could be re-released to include it. The other two Hot 100 entries were Cara's last top ten hit, "Breakdance", and the one track on the album for which she did write the music, "You Were Made for Me".

The album received mixed-to-positive reviews and was moderately successful, reaching number 77 on Billboard's album chart. But while Cara was having hit records and receiving awards for "Flashdance... What a Feeling", she was also feeling ripped off by her record company, Network Records, and planning to sue. The lawsuit she filed resulted in a backlash that destroyed her reputation in the entertainment industry. It would be eight years before the courts would acknowledge the harm she suffered and she would begin receiving royalties for the recordings she had made since signing with the label.