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"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a single made famous in 1983–1984 by the American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, written by Robert Hazard in 1979, with some of the lyrics changed by Lauper. [6] It was released by Portrait Records as Lauper's debut single from her first solo album, She's So Unusual (1983).
The song samples "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper. The single was released in Germany and throughout Europe on 24 August 2012. [2] The accompanying music video was directed by Ras Kassa, and was released via YouTube on 14 July 2012. [3] The single found chart success in both Germany and Poland.
The album's lead single was "Hey Now (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun)", which combines the original lyrics of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" with a new chorus based on the 1974 hit "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone. [9] A music video featuring drag queens was shot to accompany this single
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and "Time After Time" was nominated for Song of the Year. Lauper earned ten MTV Video Music Award nominations. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" received six nominations including Video of the Year, and won for Best Female Video. "Time After ...
Robert Hazard (né Rimato; [1] August 21, 1948 – August 5, 2008) [2] was an American rock musician from Philadelphia.He wrote, composed, [3] and recorded (as a demo) the song "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" in 1979, which was recorded in 1983 by Cyndi Lauper who turned it into a best-selling hit. [4]
The song "Shadow" was made available on September 9. [32] On November 5, Chromatics released seven cover versions of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", [33] one which was featured in an ad for Mango featuring Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne, and another that is featured in the trailer for the 2019 Netflix original series Baby. The band ...
The Girls Just Want to Have Fun soundtrack was released in 1985 on CD, vinyl and cassette in the United States on the PolyGram Records/Mercury Records label. It's been out of print for quite some time and is now quite rare and expensive.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! is the seventh studio album by the Irish all-girl pop band The Nolans. Released in 1984 through Towerbell Records and Mercury Records, the album consists of cover medleys totaling to 33 songs. [1] It marked the first album without original member Linda Nolan following her departure from the group in 1982.