#cyndi lauper

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Cyndi Lauper (1984)

[cosmonautroger]

Cyndi Lauper

[hagenlastkiss]

Cyndi Lauper in the 70s, when she only dreamed of becoming the star she became

[lamelarts]

Girls just wanna have fun with Elfie 👏🩷⚾️

I really love the coach design and the energy she puts into the choreo so much 👏 Really captured well the Having Fun of the song 🥺 The map is really cute and super fun overall ahh 🧡💙🩷

[the-bogginses-are-gay]

if you're lost, you can look, and you will find me

time after time

if you fall, I will catch you, I'll be waiting

time after time

[blondebrainpowered]

Cyndi Lauper and Laura Dern

[9151967]

CODE OF SILENCE: Tarsus IV + Jim Kirk

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Do you like this song? #717

Yes I like it, I already know it

Yes I like it, first time listening

No I don't like it, I already know it

No I don't like it, first time listening

Voting ended onNov 20, 2025

Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun 1983

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a song written in 1979 by rock musician Robert Hazard, who performed it with various bands in the Philadelphia area, and enjoyed some local college radio airplay with a demo recording he made. Hazard wrote it as a rock song coming from the male perspective. Hazard's friend, producer Rick Chertoff, brought it to American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper to record as a pop-electronic song. Lauper "flipped the script" and made it carry a feminist attitude by subtly changing some of the lyrics at the suggestion of Chertoff, conveying the point that all women really want is to have the same experiences that men can have, and she had her own suggestions about how her version should sound. It was released in 1983 as Lauper's debut single from her first solo album, She's So Unusual. Lauper's version gained recognition as a feminist anthem and was promoted by an MTV Video Music Award–winning music video directed by Edd Griles. It has been covered by more than 30 other artists.

The single was Lauper's breakthrough hit, becoming a worldwide hit throughout late 1983 and early 1984. It reached the Top 10 in more than 25 countries and reached number 1 in ten of those countries including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, and Ireland. It also reached number 2 on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100. It received Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Lauper released a new version, "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)", as the first single from her 1994 compilation album Twelve Deadly Cyns…and Then Some. It reached the top 10 in several countries.

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" received a total of 92,3% yes votes!