Girls just want to have fun
| Girls just want to have fun | |
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| Cyndi Lauper | |
| publication | September 6, 1983 |
| length | 3:58 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Robert Hazard |
| Producer (s) | Rick Chertoff, William Wittman |
| Label | portrait |
| album | She's So Unusual |
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Chart positions Explanation of the data |
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun is a pop song by Cyndi Lauper from 1983 that appeared on the album She's So Unusual . The piece was written by Robert Hazard in 1979 . In Lauper's version, Hazard's text has been changed so that it is shown from a female perspective.
The single release of the play was in the UK with silver, in Japan with the gold record in the United States with platinum and in Canada awarded double platinum.
The song can be heard in the episode Legends of the Mall by Daria and in the episode Freaks & Geeks by Drawn Together . In 1994, (Hey Now) Girls Just Want to Have Fun, a reggae version of the song sung by Lauper, was released .
Music video
The music video was shot in the summer of 1983. The father in the video was played by Lou Albano , and Lauper's mother was played by her birth mother, Cathrine Dominique Lauper. The dance partner was Lauper's lawyer Elliot Hoffman.
Cover versions
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Awards for sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Denmark (IFPI)
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 gold
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45,000 |
 France (SNEP)
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gold
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500,000 |
 Italy (FIMI)
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gold
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20,000 |
 Japan (RIAJ)
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gold
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100,000 |
 Canada (MC)
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 2 × platinum
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200,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
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gold
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7,500 |
 United States (RIAA)
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platinum
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1,000,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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gold
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500,000 |
| All in all |
6 × gold 3 × platinum |
2,372,500 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sources Chart placements: DE ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. / AT / CH , accessed on March 29, 2010.
- ↑ Girls Just Want to Have Fun in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ↑ Michael Sutton: Robert Hazard Biography. In: Allmusic . Retrieved July 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Ken Hunt: Robert Hazard - American musician famed for Girls Just Want to Have Fun. In: The Guardian . September 22, 2008, accessed July 22, 2015 .
