Maurice West - Maniac (official Lyric Video) -

Maurice West, a Dutch producer known for his "progressive and electro house" sound, took this legendary melody and reimagined it for a new generation.

: Instead of a girl "dancing like she's never danced before," the original demo featured gruesome lines like "He’s a maniac, maniac that’s for sure / And he’ll kill your cat and nail it to the floor". Maurice West - Maniac (Official Lyric Video)

While Maurice West's version is a peak-time festival track released via Armada Music , the song it covers actually started as a joke about a serial killer. Maurice West, a Dutch producer known for his

: The original writers, Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky, initially wrote "Maniac" as a darkly humorous song inspired by the 1980 horror film Maniac and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre . Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky