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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.
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 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
Run-DMC, "Christmas in Hollis" The 1987 Special Olympics charity album, A Very Special Christmas, had some incredible contributions from A-list artists like Madonna, Whitney Houston, Bruce ...
"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 ...
Q-Feel was a British synthpop group. They released their self-titled album in 1982, which included their only hit single, "Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)".It was an entry in the 1982 A Song for Europe, the UK's pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.
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.