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(Hey Now) Girls Just Want To Have Fun

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
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Single by Cyndi Lauper
from the album She's So Unusual
B-side "Right Track Wrong Train"
Released September 6, 1983 (1983-09-06)
Format
Recorded June 1983; Record Plant
(New York City, New York)
Genre Dance-pop
Length 4:25
Label Portrait
Songwriter(s) Robert Hazard
Producer(s)
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
(1983)
"Time After Time"
(1984)
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
(1983)
"Time After Time"
(1984)
Music video
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" on YouTube
Audio sample
"Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)"
Single by Cyndi Lauper
from the album Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some
Released July 25, 1994
Format CD single
Recorded 1994
Genre Reggae fusion
Length 3:54 (album version)
3:39 (single edit)
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Robert Hazard
Lolly Vegas
Producer(s) Cyndi Lauper
Jimmy Bralower
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
"Hat Full of Stars"
(1993)
"Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)"
(1994)
"I'm Gonna Be Strong"
(1994)
"Hat Full of Stars"
(1993)
"Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)"
(1994)
"I'm Gonna Be Strong"
(1994)
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
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Single by Race for Life
Released April 26, 2010
Format 7", digital download
Recorded 2010
Genre Pop
Length 3:22
Label Epic, Portrait, CBS
Songwriter(s) Robert Hazard
Producer(s) Rick Chertoff, William Wittman

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a song written by and first recorded in 1979 by American musician Robert Hazard. However, it is better known as a single by American singer Cyndi Lauper, whose version was released in 1983. It was the first major single released by Lauper as a solo artist and the lead-off single from her debut studio album She's So Unusual (1983). Lauper’s version gained recognition as a feminist anthem and was promoted by a Grammy-winning music video. It has been covered on either an album or in the live concert by over 30 other artists.

The single was Lauper's breakthrough hit, reaching number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and becoming a worldwide hit throughout late 1983 and early 1984. It remains one of Lauper's signature songs and was a widely popular song during the era of its release, the 1980s. The "Rolling Stone & MTV: '100 Greatest Pop Songs': 1-50", "Rolling Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos"" and the "VH1: 100 Greatest Videos" lists ranked the song at No. 22, No. 39 and No. 45, respectively. The song received Grammy Award nominations for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2013, the song was remixed by Yolanda Be Cool, taken from the 30th anniversary reissue of the album She's So Unusual.

The song is featured in the 2012 video game Sleeping Dogs, as part of the karaoke tracks.

With the inclusion of promotional releases, the single has seen about 40 individual versions of the release. The most common is a 7" vinyl single (with varying cover artwork) released in 1983/1984 (depending on the country) and the second most common is a 12" vinyl single (also with varying cover artwork) released in 1983/1984.


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