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- “All I wanted to do was make a modern record. I felt like we could arrange this thing and make it sound like such fun,” Lauper said, adding, “So I did it with sound — making it sound like every summer commercial, vacation sound, I ever heard.”
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"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a single by the American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, written by Robert Hazard. It was released by Portrait Records as Lauper's first major single as a solo artist and the lead single from her debut studio album, She's So Unusual (1983).
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Jun 6, 2024 · When Cyndi Lauper first heard “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” she told her producer she would “never” sing that song. On Tuesday, a documentary about Cyndi Lauper landed on Paramount+.
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Cyndi Lauper remade it as "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)," peaking at #87 in 1995. Sixteen years later, the cast of Glee took its version to #59. Finally, in 2015 The Voice contestant Madi Davis reached #98 with her ethereal cover after she performed it on the TV show.
Jan 23, 2023 · Pop. Cyndi Lauper Worried ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ Really Meant ‘Girls Just Want to Have Sex,’ So She Gave It ‘New Life’. The pop star explains on PBS' Finding Your Roots how she flipped...
2 days ago · But according to Lauper, the first version of the hit song sucked because it dismissed women’s (the intended audience) social and political needs. Yesterday (June 29) during an appearance on BBC ...
Jan 12, 2024 · While most people know “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” as Cyndi Lauper’s breakout hit in 1983, the song was actually written by Robert Hazard in 1979. Lauper was able to make some subtle changes to the song’s lyrics to turn it from a punk-inspired tale of male escapade, to a pop hit and feminist anthem.
May 5, 2015 · Perhaps most important were the lines that made the song about more than just doing the nasty: “Some boys take a beautiful girl/And hide her away from the rest of the world/I want to be the one...
