Birch, Ian (June 23, 1983). «Flashdance: The Song». Smash Hits (Londres: Emap). «I was in California, working on an album and trying to find a producer. Paramount Pictures called me out of the blue and said that Giorgio Moroder, who was writing the music, needed some lyrics. I agreed to help out.»
«'Good Old Disco' Still Works for Moroder». Billboard (Nova York: Billboard Publications, Inc.). October 29, 1983: 6. «I would have liked him to do the song for the film, but the film company wanted to have a bigger name.»
Eszterhas 2010: "Paramount had so little faith in Flashdance that the studio sold off 30 percent of its own potential profit to a private investors group. Eszterhas, Joe. Hollywood Animal: A Memoir. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group,2010. ISBN 9780307530875.
