Girls Just Want to Have Fun
E506396
"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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cyndi Lauper – "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | 2 |
| Girls Just Want to Have Fun canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5252950 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Girls Just Want to Have Fun Context triple: [Cyndi Lauper, notableWork, Girls Just Want to Have Fun]
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A.
Isn’t It Kinda Fun
"Isn’t It Kinda Fun" is a romantic song by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the 1945 film adaptation of the musical "State Fair."
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B.
Blondes Have More Fun
Blondes Have More Fun is a 1978 rock and disco-influenced studio album by British singer Rod Stewart, best known for its hit single "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?".
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C.
Groovin' High
"Groovin' High" is a landmark bebop jazz composition and recording that helped define Dizzy Gillespie's innovative style and the bebop movement of the 1940s.
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D.
Ain't It Fun
"Ain't It Fun" is a hit pop-rock single by American band Paramore, known for its gospel-influenced sound and playful lyrics about the challenges of adulthood.
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E.
Hip Hug-Her
"Hip Hug-Her" is a 1967 soul and R&B instrumental album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, known for its tight grooves and influential Memphis sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Girls Just Want to Have Fun Target entity description: "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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A.
Isn’t It Kinda Fun
"Isn’t It Kinda Fun" is a romantic song by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the 1945 film adaptation of the musical "State Fair."
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B.
Blondes Have More Fun
Blondes Have More Fun is a 1978 rock and disco-influenced studio album by British singer Rod Stewart, best known for its hit single "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?".
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C.
Groovin' High
"Groovin' High" is a landmark bebop jazz composition and recording that helped define Dizzy Gillespie's innovative style and the bebop movement of the 1940s.
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D.
Ain't It Fun
"Ain't It Fun" is a hit pop-rock single by American band Paramore, known for its gospel-influenced sound and playful lyrics about the challenges of adulthood.
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E.
Hip Hug-Her
"Hip Hug-Her" is a 1967 soul and R&B instrumental album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s, known for its tight grooves and influential Memphis sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| 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
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fun and freedom ⓘ |
| usedInMedium |
advertising
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film ⓘ television ⓘ |
| vocalist | Cyndi Lauper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Girls Just Want to Have Fun Description of subject: "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.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cyndi Lauper – "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
this entity surface form:
Cyndi Lauper – "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"