Although not included on initial pressings of Cara's What a Feelin' LP, the decision to release the film four months earlier than originally slated prompted an arrangement for her album to be reissued with the song.

Critics compared the song with her most recent soundtrack contribution, "Flashdance... What a Feeling", but Cara was credited with presenting a different vocal side in the new track in which she sang about the difficulties encountered before reaching her goal and the fact that she stayed committed to her belief in what she wanted to achieve.

In March 1983,[1] Casablanca Records released the first single from the soundtrack to the upcoming Paramount Pictures film Flashdance, the story of a young woman who works as a welder and nightclub performer and dreams of becoming a ballerina.

[14] Cash Box magazine compared the song to Cara's previous soundtrack excursion, stating that it "begins dream-like and builds to an energetic race in the 'Flashdance... What a Feeling' mold.

The promotional clip for the song featured Cara doing some lip-syncing and dancing along against two different backdrops: one inside her home after receiving a note that reads, "We miss you, Irene!

For example, a scene from the film in which two of the drivers try frantically to exit a cab that has stalled on railroad tracks as a train approaches is sandwiched between shots of Cara singing and dancing in front of the Frieze of Parnassus at the Albert Memorial.

", the video for the D.C. Cab song was directed and edited by Doug Dowdle and produced by Jeffrey Abelson,[15] a then up-and-coming movie studios liaison for music television shows and record companies.

"[16] Since Cara was living in New York City some months later when Abelson was in town shooting the video for the Ray Parker Jr. single "Ghostbusters", she agreed to be included as one of a dozen celebrities providing individual cameos in which they shouted the film song's name into the camera.