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An Entity of Type : wsb:Classic_Song, within Data Space : wasabi.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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has title
  • Girls Just Want To Have Fun
has format
  • Music download
  • Single (music)
has language
  • eng
Subject
  • 2008 singles
  • 1994 singles
  • Number-one singles in New Zealand
  • Number-one singles in Australia
  • Songs with feminist themes
  • Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
  • 1983 singles
  • Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one singles
  • European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
  • MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video
  • Cyndi Lauper songs
  • Song recordings produced by Rick Chertoff
  • Songs written by Robert Hazard
abstract
  • %22Girls Just Want to Have Fun%22 is a song written by and first recorded in 1979 by American musician Robert Hazard. However, it is much better known as a single by American singer Cyndi Lauper, whose version was released in 1983. It was the first major single released by Lauper as a solo artist and the lead-off single from her debut album She's So Unusual. Lauper’s version gained recognition as a feminist anthem and was promoted by an award-winning video. It has been covered on either an album or in live concert by over 30 other artists.The single was Lauper's breakthrough hit, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming a worldwide hit throughout late 1983 and early 1984. It remains one of Lauper's signature songs and was a widely popular song during the era of its release, the 1980s. The %22Rolling Stone & MTV: '100 Greatest Pop Songs': 1-50%22, %22Rolling Stone: %22The 100 Top Music Videos%22%22 and the %22VH1: 100 Greatest Videos%22 lists ranked the song at No. 22, No. 39 and No. 45, respectively. The song received Grammy Award nominations for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2013, the song was remixed by Yolanda Be Cool, taken from the 30th anniversary reissue of the album She's So Unusual.
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  • Robert Hazard
  • Redbone (band)
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  • 5714decb25ac0d8aee3e5a72
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  • USSM18300144
producer
  • Cyndi Lauper
  • Rick Chertoff
  • Jimmy Bralower
track number
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schema:award
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Platinum
wsb:allMusic_page
wsb:amazon_page
wsb:deezer_artist_id
  • 2025
wsb:deezer_page
wsb:deezer_song_id
  • 535373
wsb:explicit_lyrics_count
wsb:gain
wsb:goEar_page
wsb:has_explicit_lyrics
wsb:iTunes_page
wsb:language_detected
  • english
wsb:rank
wsb:record_label
  • Epic Records
  • Columbia Records
  • Portrait Records
wsb:recording_description
  • 1994
  • 2010
  • June 1983; The Record Plant
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  • Girls Just Want To Have Fun
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wsb:has_social_tags
wsb:lastFm_song_id
  • TRUADOK12903CCDB56
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