Cyndi Lauper shares the story behind 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'

In her new documentary, 'Let The Canary Sing,' Lauper talks about 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' and 'Time After Time'

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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 ...

Cyndi Lauper's Message in the “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” Video

The song was actually a reworking of a tune by Robert Hazard, but the traditional perspective of a girl-crazy guy was usurped to become an anthem for young ...

Cyndi Lauper Didn't Want to Record 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' at ...

But she didn't see the potential for it to become an empowering song for women upon first listen. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" was written and ...

Why Cyndi Lauper Rewrote Her Iconic Song "Girls Just Want to ...

And all of the sudden, it had this new life of its own.” #CyndiLauper tells the story of how she re-wrote her hit song “Girls Just Wanna ...

Cyndi Lauper - The Story Behind "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

40 years ago today, Cyndi Lauper released Girls Just Wanna Have ...

Released as the lead single from her debut solo album “She's So Unusual” the song was a major hit. Originally the song was written by Robert ...

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Cyndi Lauper is a singer-songwriter who has sold more than 30 million albums and is known for hit songs like “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” ...

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Did you know 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun' was written and first recorded by a man, before Cyndi Lauper turned it into a feminist anthem?

Girls Just Want to Have Fun — Cyndi Lauper's breakthrough hit had ...

The singer's 1983 anthem to female solidarity started life in a very different milieu.

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Lauper's version gained recognition as a feminist anthem and was promoted by a Grammy-winning music video. It has been covered by more than 30 other artists. " ...

Cyndi Lauper and the secret feminist history of 'Girls Just Want to ...

Cyndi Lauper and the secret feminist history of 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' ... It's easy to make the time Cyndi Lauper struck out on her own ...

Hollywood Flashback: Cyndi Lauper Debuted “Girls Just Want to ...

“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” almost didn't make the album: Lauper felt that the song, as written by Robert Hazard, emphasized women as sexual ...

Cyndi Lauper says she initially rejected recording 'Girls Just Want To ...

Cyndi Lauper revealed that she initially objected to recording "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" because the song was written by a man.

The so-unusual story of how 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' went from ...

"Girls" was written and originally recorded by male punk artist Robert Hazard. When Cyndi Lauper remade it from a woman's point of view 35 ...

The Revolution Will Be Unusual: Cyndi Lauper's “Girls Just Wanna ...

Hazard's “Girls” is an uptempo song that cooks along underneath a raft of distorted, synth-like guitars to create a 1950s rockabilly feel ...

“Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” Is A Political Song Believe It Or Not

Cyndi Lauper describes how “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and the ... they share the stories behind their projects and passions. Every ...

How Cyndi Lauper turned original, macho 'Girls Just Want to Have ...

It was only after Chertoff and Lauper's other She's So Unusual collaborators, Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian of the Hooters, were ...

Cyndi Lauper Didn't Want To Record 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'

She said in the doc, “Every time we want to have fun, we're whores.” It took “many demos” of the song before Lauper found a fun sound to sing ...

Cyndi Lauper was initially hesitant to sing "Girls Just Want to Have F...

Cyndi Lauper was initially hesitant to sing "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," but then reworked it with reggae and Motown influences, transforming it into an ...