Girls Just Want to Have Fun

E506396
single song

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a 1983 pop anthem by Cyndi Lauper that became a feminist-leaning, feel-good hit and one of the defining songs of the 1980s.

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Cyndi Lauper – "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" 2
Girls Just Want to Have Fun canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
adaptedBy Cyndi Lauper NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ellie Greenwich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jules Shear NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rick Chertoff NERFINISHED ⓘ
album She’s So Unusual NERFINISHED ⓘ
artist Cyndi Lauper NERFINISHED ⓘ
bSide Right Track Wrong Train NERFINISHED ⓘ
certificationAustralia Platinum ⓘ
certificationCanada Platinum ⓘ
certificationUK Platinum ⓘ
certificationUS Gold ⓘ
chartPositionARIALatinAmerica 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 2 ⓘ
composer Robert Hazard NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfRelease United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredBy Katy Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miley Cyrus NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs 1980s pop anthem ⓘ
feel-good hit ⓘ
feminist-leaning anthem ⓘ
directorOfMusicVideo Edd Griles NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 1980s ⓘ
featuresPerformerInMusicVideo Captain Lou Albano NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyndi Lauper NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyndi Lauper’s mother ⓘ
genre dance-pop ⓘ
new wave ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn pop culture representation of female independence ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Girls Just Want to Have Fun (music video) NERFINISHED ⓘ
key E-flat major NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:55 ⓘ
lyricist Robert Hazard NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor becoming one of Cyndi Lauper’s signature songs ⓘ
being one of the defining songs of the 1980s ⓘ
originallyWrittenBy Robert Hazard NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfAlbum She’s So Unusual NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Cyndi Lauper NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Rick Chertoff NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Epic Records ⓘ
Portrait Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1983-09-06 ⓘ
releaseYear 1983 ⓘ
tempo fast ⓘ
theme female empowerment ⓘ
fun and freedom ⓘ
usedInMedium advertising ⓘ
film ⓘ
television ⓘ
vocalist Cyndi Lauper NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cyndi Lauper → notableWork → Girls Just Want to Have Fun ⓘ
1984 MTV Video Music Awards → notablePerformance → Girls Just Want to Have Fun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyndi Lauper – "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
1984 MTV Video Music Awards → notableWinner → Girls Just Want to Have Fun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cyndi Lauper – "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
Shannen Doherty → film → Girls Just Want to Have Fun ⓘ