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{{Short description|1983 single by Cyndi Lauper}}
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{{Infobox song
| name          = Girls Just Want to Have Fun
| cover         = Cyndi lauper girls just want to have fun.jpg
| alt           =
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Cyndi Lauper]]
| album         = [[She's So Unusual]]
| B-side        = Right Track Wrong Train
| released      = October 17, 1983<ref>{{Cite web |title=RIAA |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Cyndi+Lauper&ti=Girls+Just+Want+to+Have+Fun&format=Single&type=#search_section |website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]}}</ref>
| recorded      =
| studio        = [[Record Plant]] ([[New York City]])
| genre         =
* [[New wave music|New wave]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 5, 2018 |title=The so-unusual story of how 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' went from bad-boy party song to feminist anthem |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/unusual-story-girls-just-want-fun-went-bad-boy-party-song-feminist-anthem-011725153.html |work=[[Yahoo!]]}}</ref><ref name="Billboard Pop 500">{{Cite magazine |last=Billboard Staff |date=October 19, 2023 |title=The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/ |access-date=February 24, 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |quote=...take a minute to recall just how groundbreaking Cyndi Lauper's new wave-pop singalong was in late 1983.}}</ref>
* [[Pop music|pop]]<ref name="Billboard Pop 500" /><ref name="RS 2004">{{Cite book |last=Evans |first=Paul |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |editor-last=Brackett |editor-first=Nathan |edition=4th |pages=476 |chapter=Cyndi Lauper |editor-last2=Hoard |editor-first2=Christian}}</ref>
* [[Bubblegum music|bubblegum]]<ref name="Bubblegum 2001">{{Cite book |last=Smay |first=David |title=Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth |publisher=[[Feral House]] |year=2001 |editor-last=Cooper |editor-first=Kim |location=Los Angeles |pages=248–250 |chapter=Bubblegum & New Wave |editor-last2=Smay |editor-first2=David}}</ref>
| length        = {{duration|m=3|s=58}}
| label         = [[Portrait Records|Portrait]]
| writer        = [[Robert Hazard]]
| producer      = {{hlist|[[Rick Chertoff]]|William Wittman}}
| next_title    = [[Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)|Time After Time]]
| next_year     = 1984
| misc          = {{External music video|type=single|{{YouTube|PIb6AZdTr-A|"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"}}}}
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"'''Girls Just Want to Have Fun'''" is a single written in 1979 by [[Robert Hazard]] and made famous in 1983 by the American singer-songwriter [[Cyndi Lauper]], who changed some of the lyrics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Hazard Biography |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/robert-hazard-mn0000291054/biography |access-date=July 15, 2015 |website=AllMusic}}</ref> It was released by [[Portrait Records]] as Lauper's debut single from her first solo album, ''[[She's So Unusual]]'' (1983), which was released four days earlier. Lauper's version gained recognition as a [[feminist anthem]]<ref name="She's a rebel" /> and was promoted by an [[MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Award]]–winning music video directed by [[Edd Griles]]. It has been covered by more than 30 other artists.

The single was Lauper's breakthrough hit, reaching {{abbr|No.|Number}}&nbsp;2 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart and becoming a worldwide hit throughout late 1983 and early 1984.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2022-01-24 |title=Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' Joins YouTube's One Billion Views Club |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/cyndi-lauper-girls-just-want-to-have-fun-youtube-one-billion-views-1235022003/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> It is considered one of Lauper's [[List of signature songs|signature songs]] and was a popular song during the 1980s.

The lists "''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and [[MTV]]: '100 Greatest Pop Songs': 1–50", "''Rolling Stone'': The 100 Top Music Videos" and "[[VH1]]: 100 Greatest Videos" ranked the song at No.&nbsp;22, No.&nbsp;39 and No.&nbsp;45, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=VH1 |year=1997–2012 |title=Rolling Stone & MTV: '100 Greatest Pop Songs': 1–50 |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2000/rsmtv100.htm |access-date=May 31, 2012 |website=RockOnTheNet.com}}</ref><ref name="rockonthenet.com">{{Cite web |last=[[Rolling Stone]] |year=1997–2012 |title=Rolling Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1993/rsvideo.htm |access-date=May 31, 2012 |website=RockOnTheNet.com}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |last=VH1 |year=1997–2012 |title=VH1: 100 Greatest Videos |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2001/vh1videos.htm |access-date=May 31, 2012 |website=Rock On The Net.com |publisher=Rock On The Net}}</ref> The song received [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]] nominations for [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] at the [[27th Annual Grammy Awards]].

Lauper released a new version, "'''Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)'''", as the first single from her 1994 compilation album ''[[Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some]]''. It reached the top 10 in several countries. In 2013, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" was remixed by [[Yolanda Be Cool]] for the 30th-anniversary reissue of ''She's So Unusual''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |title=She's So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration [Deluxe Edition] [Boxset] |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/shes-so-unusual-a-30th-anniversary-celebration-deluxe-edition-boxset-mr0004092348 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

== Background ==

The song was written in 1979 by [[Rock music|rock]] musician [[Robert Hazard]], who performed it with various bands in the Philadelphia area, and enjoyed some local [[college radio]] airplay with a demo recording he made. Hazard wrote it as a rock song coming from the male perspective. Hazard's friend, producer [[Rick Chertoff]], brought it to [[Cyndi Lauper]] to record as a pop-electronic song.<ref name=Hazard>{{cite news |url=https://www.mcall.com/1986/11/22/robert-hazard-sets-the-record-straight/ |author=Staff |title=Robert Hazard Sets the Record Straight |date=November 22, 1986 |newspaper=[[The Morning Call]] |access-date=January 15, 2025}}</ref> Lauper "flipped the script" and made it carry a feminist attitude by subtly changing some of the lyrics at the suggestion of Chertoff, and she had her own suggestions about how her version should sound.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cyndi Lauper initially didn't think "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" was very fun – Music News – ABC News Radio |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2019/4/30/cyndi-lauper-initially-didnt-think-girls-just-want-to-have-f.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031211102/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2019/4/30/cyndi-lauper-initially-didnt-think-girls-just-want-to-have-f.html |archive-date=October 31, 2022 |access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref> For the recording sessions, Chertoff brought in two longtime musician friends from [[the Hooters]]: keyboardist [[Rob Hyman]] and guitarist [[Eric Bazilian]]. Lauper later said that the Hooters were "my band before I had a band."<ref name=Hazard/> The song appeared on Lauper's 1983 debut record ''[[She's So Unusual]]''.

The track is a synthesizer-backed anthem, from a feminist perspective, conveying the point that all women really want is to have the same experiences that men can have.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Moyer |first1=Justin Wm |last2=Kaplan |first2=Sarah |date=April 30, 2015 |title=Cyndi Lauper and the secret feminist history of 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/30/cyndi-lauper-on-capitol-hill-and-the-secret-feminist-history-of-girls-just-wanna-have-fun/ |access-date=December 14, 2017 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Gillian G. Gaar, author of ''She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll'' (2002), described the single and corresponding video as a "strong feminist statement", an "anthem of female solidarity" and a "playful romp celebrating female camaraderie." The song is in the key of [[F-sharp major|F{{music|#}} major]].<ref name="She's a rebel">{{Cite book |last=Gaar |first=Gillian G. |title=She's a rebel: the history of women in rock & roll |publisher=Seal Press |year=2002 |isbn=1-58005-078-6 |pages=264–265}}</ref>

The song's success overshadowed Hazard's own music career. His 1984 album ''[[Wing of Fire]]'' was a sales disappointment at the same time that Lauper's version of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" was going Gold, making him a millionaire. After Lauper claimed in interviews to have co-written the song, Hazard served her with a [[cease and desist]] letter. He was able to buy a New Jersey lake house and a horse farm from the song's royalties, although he said that federal taxes took most of the money.<ref name=Hazard/>

==Critical reception==
''[[Cash Box]]'' said that "Robert Hazard's original male point of view is transformed into a cheerleader-like sing-along for party girls, and the [[Toni Basil]]–like beat is augmented by a hooky, ringing guitar."<ref name="cb">{{Cite magazine |date=December 24, 1983 |title=Reviews |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1983/CB-1983-12-24.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1983/CB-1983-12-24.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=July 20, 2022 |magazine=Cash Box |page=7}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
The song was released in late 1983, but much of its success on the charts came during the first half of 1984. The single reached the Top 10 in more than 25 countries and reached No.&nbsp;1 in ten of those countries including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway and on the [[Irish Singles Chart]]. It also reached No.&nbsp;2 on both the [[UK singles chart|UK Singles Chart]] and the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].

In the United States, the song entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at No.&nbsp;80 on December 17, 1983. On the issue dated March 10, 1984, it peaked at No.&nbsp;2, where it stayed for two weeks, behind [[Van Halen]]'s "[[Jump (Van Halen song)|Jump]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 12, 2008 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs – Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1983-12-17/hot-100?order=gainer |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 12, 2008 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs – Billboard Hot 100 Chart |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1984-03-10/hot-100?order=position |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the song entered the chart at No.&nbsp;50 on January 14, 1984, and peaked at No.&nbsp;2 on February 4, 1984, where it stayed for one week.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girls Just Want to Have – Album Search – Official Charts<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/cyndi-lauper-girls-just-want-to-have-fun/ |website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]}}</ref> In Ireland, the song entered the chart on January 29, 1984. It peaked at No.&nbsp;1 for two weeks and was on the chart for a total of seven weeks.<ref name="irishcharts.ie">{{Cite web |title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602061251/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archive-date=June 2, 2009 |website=irishcharts.ie}}</ref> In Australia, the song debuted on the [[Kent Music Report]] Top 100 on February 27, 1984. It entered the Top 10 in only its third week on the chart and reached No.&nbsp;1 on March 26, 1984. It topped the chart for two weeks and then remained at No.&nbsp;2 for four weeks behind [[Nena (band)|Nena]]'s "[[99 Luftballons]]". It stayed on the chart for 21 weeks and was the 9th biggest-selling single of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1984 |url=http://www.australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=27161&pages=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516171201/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=27161&pages=2 |archive-date=May 16, 2017 |access-date=April 8, 2017 |publisher=Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien}}</ref> In Belgium, the song debut at No.&nbsp;38 on February 18, 1984, and peaked at No.&nbsp;4 on April 7, 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girls Just Want To Have Fun |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/43a/Cyndi-Lauper-Girls-Just-Want-To-Have-Fun |website=ultratop.be}}</ref> In the Netherlands, the song entered the chart at No.&nbsp;38 on February 25, 1984, and peaked at No.&nbsp;4 on March 31, 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi+Lauper&titel=Girls+Just+Want+To+Have+Fun&cat=s |website=hitparade.ch}}</ref>

In Sweden, the song entered at No.&nbsp;13 on March 6, 1984, and peaked at No.&nbsp;5 on April 3, 1984, charting for six weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=swedishcharts.com – Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi+Lauper&titel=Girls+Just+Want+To+Have+Fun&cat=s |website=swedishcharts.com}}</ref> In Switzerland, the song entered the chart at No.&nbsp;15 on April 1, 1984, and peaked at No.&nbsp;6 on April 29, 1984.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girls Just Want To Have Fun |url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Cyndi-Lauper/Girls-Just-Want-To-Have-Fun-1082 |website=hitparade.ch}}</ref> In New Zealand, the song debuted at No.&nbsp;21 on April 1, 1984, and peaked at No.&nbsp;1 on May 6, 1984, where it stayed for three weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=charts.nz |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi+Lauper&titel=Girls+Just+Want+To+Have+Fun&cat=s |website=charts.nz}}</ref> In Austria, the single entered at No.&nbsp;3 on May 1, 1984, which was its peak position.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun |url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi+Lauper&titel=Girls+Just+Want+To+Have+Fun&cat=s |website=austriancharts.at}}</ref>
In Netherland and New Zealand "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" made the year end charts for the Top 100 of 1984. On the ARC (American Radio Chart), "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" reached number 1 and made the Top 40 songs of the year for 1984. In Mexico "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" stayed in the Top 5 for five months and reached number 1 on October 1, 1984; the song remained number one for six weeks.

==Music video==
{{More citations needed section|date=April 2010}}
The release of the single was accompanied by a quirky music video. It cost less than US$35,000 ({{Inflation|USD|35000|1983|fmt=eq|r=-3}}), largely due to a volunteer cast and the free loan of the most sophisticated video equipment available at the time. The cast included Lauper's close friend, professional wrestler/[[Manager (professional wrestling)|manager]] "Captain" [[Lou Albano]] in the role of Lauper's father while her real mother, Catrine, played herself. Lauper later appeared in [[WWE|World Wrestling Federation]] storylines opposite Albano and guest-starred on ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "Robo Koopa/Captain Lou is Missing", in which Albano portrayed [[Mario]] (Albano also played himself in the episode). This collaboration was the catalyst for the "Rock 'n' Wrestling" connection that lasted for the following two years. Lauper's attorney, Elliot Hoffman, appeared as her uptight dancing partner. Also in the cast were Lauper's manager, David Wolf, her brother, Butch Lauper, fellow musician [[Steve Forbert]], and a bevy of secretaries borrowed from [[Portrait Records|Portrait]]/[[Sony Music|CBS]], Lauper's record label. A clip of the 1923 film ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' is featured as Lauper watches it on television.

''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' creator [[Lorne Michaels]], another of Hoffman's clients, agreed to give Lauper free run of his brand new million-dollar digital editing equipment, with which she and her producer created several first-time-ever computer-generated images of Lauper dancing with her buttoned-up lawyer Hoffman, leading the entire cast in a snake-dance through New York streets and ending up in Lauper's bedroom in her home. The bedroom scene is an homage to the famous stateroom scene in the [[Marx Brothers]]' film ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]'' (1935).

"The year 1983 makes a watershed in the history of female-address video. It is the year that certain issues and representations began to gain saliency and the textual strategies of female address began to coalesce." In the video, Lauper wanted to show in a more fun and light-hearted manner that girls want the same equality and recognition boys had in society.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=Lisa A. |url=https://archive.org/details/genderpoliticsmt00lewirich |title=Gender Politics and MTV: Voicing the Difference |publisher=Temple University Press |year=1990 |isbn=9780877226932 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/genderpoliticsmt00lewirich/page/117 117] |url-access=registration}}</ref>

Before the song starts, the beginning of her version of "[[He's So Unusual#Cyndi Lauper version|He's So Unusual]]" plays.

The music video was directed by [[Edd Griles]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2022-01-24 |title=Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' Joins YouTube's One Billion Views Club |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/cyndi-lauper-girls-just-want-to-have-fun-youtube-one-billion-views-1235022003/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The producer was Ken Walz while the cinematographer was [[Francis Kenny]]. The treatment for the video was co-written by Griles, Walz, and Lauper. The video was shot on the [[Lower East Side]] of [[Manhattan]] in summer 1983 and premiered on television in December 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |title=mvdbase.com – Cyndi Lauper – "Girls just want to have fun" |url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=16167 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908110434/http://mvdbase.com/video.php?id=16167 |archive-date=September 8, 2018 |access-date=August 10, 2012 |website=mvdbase.com}}</ref> The choreography was by a New York dance and music troupe called XXY featuring Mary Ellen Strom, Cyndi Lee and Pierce Turner.

The music video crossed one billion views on [[YouTube]] in January 2022.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2022-01-24 |title=Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' Tops 1 Billion YouTube Views |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/girls-just-want-to-have-fun-billion-youtube-views-1235161558/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Year
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|By
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|List
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Work
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Ranked
|-
|1985
|''[[The Village Voice]]''
|''[[Pazz & Jop]]'' critics' poll of 1984
|rowspan=5|"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"<ref>{{Cite news |year=1985 |title=Pazz & Jop critics' poll of 1984 |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres84.php |access-date=May 12, 2015 |work=The Village Voice}}</ref>
|10
|-
|1993
|''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|The 100 Top Music Videos<ref name="rockonthenet.com" />
|22
|-
|rowspan=1|1999
|[[MTV]]
|100 Greatest Videos Ever Made<ref>{{Cite web |year=1999 |title=VH1: '100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll' |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/vh1women.htm |access-date=June 17, 2012 |website=VH1 |publisher=Rock On The Net}}</ref>
|58
|-
|2001
|rowspan=2|[[VH1]]
|100 Greatest Videos<ref name="ReferenceA" />
|45
|-
|rowspan=1|2006
|rowspan=1|100 Greatest Songs of the 80's<ref>{{Cite web |title=VH1: '100 Greatest Songs of the 80's' |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/vh180s.htm |access-date=June 17, 2012 |website=VH1 |publisher=Rock On The Net.}}</ref>
|23
|}

===Awards and nominations===
{{awards table}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|1983
|rowspan="9"|"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
|American Video Awards for Best Female Performance
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[1984 MTV Video Music Awards|1984]]
|[[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Concept Video]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[MTV Video Music Award – Viewer's Choice]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Grammy Awards of 1985|1985]] || [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year]] || {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] || {{nom}}
{{end}}

==Track listings==
* '''7-inch single'''
:A. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" – 3:55 ([[Robert Hazard]])
:B. "Right Track Wrong Train" – 4:40 ([[Cyndi Lauper]], [[Ellie Greenwich]], Jeff Kent)
* '''12-inch single'''
:A. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Extended Version)" – 6:08
:B1. "Fun With V. Knutsn (Instrumental)" – 7:10
:B2. "Xtra Fun" – 5:05<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Extended Version) |type=Vinyl |publisher=Portrait |year=1983 |id=PRTA 12-3943}}</ref>
* '''CD-Rom-Ringle'''
In 2007, a limited edition which included interactive computer material and a code to download a free [[ringle]] of the title track was released. It also contained "Right Track, Wrong Train", the B-side of the original single release.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Cyndi Lauper –Girls Just Want To Have Fun |type=Ringle |publisher=Epic |year=2007 |id=88697 18012 2}}</ref>
# "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
# "Right Track Wrong Train"
# Computer media

==Credits and personnel==
{{Unreferenced section|date=April 2010}}

# '''Lyrics:''' Robert Hazard. '''Production:''' [[Rick Chertoff]].
# '''Lyrics:''' Cyndi Lauper, Ellie Greenwich, Jeffrey B. Kent. '''Production:''' Rick Chertoff.
* [[Cyndi Lauper]] – lead vocals, background vocals
* [[Jules Shear]] – backing vocals
* [[Ellie Greenwich]] – backing vocals
* [[Eric Bazilian]] – bass
* [[Krystal Davis]] – backing vocals
* Rick DiFonzo – electric guitar
* [[Anton Fig]] – [[LinnDrum]] and [[Oberheim DX]]
* [[Rob Hyman]] – keyboards, [[Roland Juno-60]], synthesizers
* Maretha Stewart – backing vocals
* Diane Wilson – backing vocals

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
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!Chart (1983–1984)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|AustraliaKent|1|refname=kent|page=173}}
|-
{{single chart|Austria|3|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=Girls Just Want To Have Fun|refname="MegaCharts1984"|access-date=May 19, 2010}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|4|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=Girls Just Want To Have Fun|access-date=May 30, 2019}}
|-
|Canada (''[[The Record (magazine)|The Record]]'')<ref>{{cite book|author=Nanda Lwin|author-link=Nanda Lwin|title=Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide|publisher=Music Data Canada|year=1999|isbn=1-896594-13-1}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=Girls Just Want To Have Fun|chartid=6304|access-date=September 25, 2021}}
|-
|Chile (Clasificación Nacional del Disco)<ref name="cyndilauper.com">{{Cite web |date=December 28, 2003 |title=Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want to Have Fun |url=http://www.cyndilauper.com/single_det.php?shname=gjwthf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031228060331/http://www.cyndilauper.com/single_det.php?shname=gjwthf |archive-date=December 28, 2003 |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|Colombia ([[UPI]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 21, 1984 |title=Canciones más populares de Latinoamérica |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UUtEAAAAIBAJ&dq=la+opinion+CANCIONES+MAS+POPULARES&pg=PA11&article_id=1339,2967902 |access-date=October 1, 2024 |publisher=La Opinión}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|Denmark ([[IFPI Danmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Eurotipsheet|title=Correspondents Northern Europe|page=18|volume=1|number=5|date=April 30, 1984|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1984/M&M-1984-04-30.pdf}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
|Europe ([[Eurochart Hot 100]])
|align="center"|1
|-
|France ([[SNEP]])<ref name="FRA">{{Cite web |title=infodisc.fr Note : You must select Cyndi Lauper |url=http://infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_L.php |access-date=March 1, 2020 |publisher=infodisc.fr |language=fr}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|1|song=Girls Just Want To Have Fun|refname="Irish1986"|access-date=May 17, 2009}}
|-
|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Classifiche |url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php |access-date=June 6, 2022 |website=[[Musica e dischi]] |language=it}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Cyndi Lauper".</ref>
|align="center"|4
|-
|Japan ([[Oricon]] International Chart)<ref name="Japan #1 IMPORT DISKS">{{Cite web |last=Oricon |date=April 9, 1984 |title=Japan #1 IMPORT DISKS Chart |url=http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~hbr/JPP1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421200743/http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~hbr/JPP1.htm |archive-date=April 21, 2015 |access-date=February 5, 2012 |publisher=Oricon Charts}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|Mexico (Hit Parade)<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 8, 1984 |title=Las canciones más populares en Latinoamérica |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hvBDAAAAIBAJ&dq=la+opinion+CANCIONES+latinoamerica&pg=PA12&article_id=1343,6853987 |access-date=October 11, 2024 |work=[[La Opinión (Los Angeles)]] |language=es}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|3|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=Girls Just Want To Have Fun|year=1984|week=14|refname=|access-date=September 8, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|4|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=Girls Just Want To Have Fun|refname="MegaCharts1984a"|access-date=May 19, 2010}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=Girls Just Want To Have Fun|refname="MegaCharts1984b"|access-date=May 19, 2010}}
|-
{{single chart|Norway|1|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=Girls Just Want To Have Fun|refname="MegaCharts1984c"|access-date=May 19, 2010}}
|-
|Peru ([[UPI]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 12, 1984 |title=Los éxitos en Latinoamérica |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DO1DAAAAIBAJ&dq=la+opinion+exitos+latinoamerica&pg=PA11&article_id=1245,1888785 |access-date=October 5, 2024 |work=[[La Opinión (Los Angeles)]] |language=es}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio|Springbok]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=SA Charts 1965 – March 1989 |url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(L).html |access-date=September 5, 2018}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|5|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=Girls Just Want To Have Fun|refname="MegaCharts1984d"|access-date=May 19, 2010}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland |6|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=Girls Just Want To Have Fun|refname="MegaCharts1984e"|access-date=May 19, 2010}}
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|2|artist=Cyndi Lauper|artistid=21311|access-date=March 5, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|2|artist=Cyndi Lauper|access-date=March 5, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|1|artist=Cyndi Lauper|access-date=March 5, 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|80|artist=Cyndi Lauper|access-date=March 5, 2023}}
|-
|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref name="CASHBOX">{{Cite magazine |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MARCH 17, 1984 |url=http://98.130.35.56/archives/80s_files/19840317.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304113221/http://98.130.35.56/archives/80s_files/19840317.html |archive-date=March 4, 2018 |access-date=July 16, 2017 |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box magazine]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|6|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=Girls Just Want To Have Fun|songid=1082|access-date=September 25, 2021}}
|-
|Zimbabwe ([[List of record charts|ZIMA]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kimberley |first=Christopher |title=Zimbabwe Singles Chart Book: 1965–1996}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (2013)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Slovenia ([[SloTop50]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart |url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2013&week=25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222151749/http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2013&week=25 |archive-date=December 22, 2016 |access-date=June 23, 2013 |publisher=[[SloTop50]] |language=sl}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (2025)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Poland ([[Polish music charts|Polish Airplay Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olis.pl/charts/oficjalna-lista-airplay|title=OLiS – oficjalna lista airplay|publisher=[[OLiS]]|language=pl|access-date=June 23, 2025|type=Select week 14.06.2025–20.06.2025.}}</ref>
|align="center"|56
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1984)
!Position
|-
|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 31, 1984 |title=National Top 100 Singles for 1984 |url=https://i.imgur.com/MyookoA.jpg |access-date=September 2, 2022 |magazine=[[Kent Music Report]] |via=[[Imgur]] |issue=548}}</ref>
|align="center"|9
|-
|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jahreshitparade Singles 1984 |url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?id=1984&cat=s |access-date=September 2, 2022 |publisher=Hung Medien |language=de}}</ref>
|align="center"|29
|-
|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jaaroverzichten 1984 |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1984 |access-date=September 2, 2022 |publisher=[[Ultratop]] |language=nl}}</ref>
|align="center"|20
|-
|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=January 5, 1985 |title=Top 100 Singles of 1984 |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9638&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9638.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9638 |access-date=June 2, 2022 |magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |page=7}}</ref>
|align="center"|9
|-
|France (SNEP)<ref>{{Cite web |title=TOP – 1984 |url=http://www.top-france.fr/html/annuel/1984.htm |access-date=November 1, 2014 |website=Top-france.fr |language=fr}}</ref>
|align="center"|22
|-
|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1984 |url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1984 |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=[[Dutch Top 40]] |language=nl}}</ref>
|align="center"|23
|-
|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1984 |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1984&cat=s |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=[[Single Top 100]] |publisher=Hung Medien |language=nl}}</ref>
|align="center"|40
|-
|New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Selling Singles of 1984 |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1984-12-31 |access-date=September 2, 2022 |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|7
|-
|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=January 26, 1985 |title=Top 100 Singles (January 3 – December 29, 1984) |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1985/Music-Week-1985-01-26-I-IDX-55.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1985/Music-Week-1985-01-26-I-IDX-55.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=September 2, 2022 |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=37}}</ref>
|align="center"|32
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 22, 1984 |title=Talent Almanac 1985: Top Pop Singles |url={{Google books|ZSQEAAAAMBAJ|pg=RA1-PA5|plainurl=yes}} |access-date=September 2, 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=TA-19 |via=[[Google Books]] |volume=96 |issue=51}}</ref>
|align="center"|15
|-
|US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 29, 1984 |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-12-29.pdf |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] |page=8}}</ref>
|align="center"|16
|-
|West Germany (GfK)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts 1984 |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1984 |access-date=November 1, 2021 |website=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]] |language=de}}</ref>
|align="center"|47
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=Girl's Just Want to Have Fun|artist=Cyndi Lauper|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1983|certyear=2021|access-date=July 1, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Girl's Just Want to Have Fun|artist=Cyndi Lauper|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1983|certyear=1984|access-date=December 8, 2015}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=Girl's Just Want to Have Fun|artist=Cyndi Lauper|type=single|award=Platinum|certyear=2021|id=10097|access-date=April 1, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|title=Girls Just Want to Have Fun|artist=Cyndi Lauper|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=1984|source=infodisc|access-date=December 8, 2015}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Girls Just Want to Have Fun|artist=Cyndi Lauper|type=single|award=Platinum|certyear=2025|relyear=1983|access-date=November 11, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=Girl's Just Want to Have Fun|artist=Cyndi Lauper|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1983|certyear=2021|access-date=April 19, 2021|id=8323}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|artist=Cyndi Lauper|title= ガールズ・ジャスト・ワナ・ハブ・ファン|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1995|certyear=2019|certmonth=4|digital=true|access-date=September 10, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Girls Just Wanna Have Fun|artist=Cyndi Lauper|type=single|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1983|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=November 7, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|title=Girl's Just Want to Have Fun|artist=Cyndi Lauper|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1983|certyear=2022|id=file_2022-05-13-15-04-29.pdf|access-date=May 23, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2024|title=Girls Just Want to Have Fun|artist=Cyndi Lauper|access-date=May 7, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Girls Just Want to Have Fun|artist=Cyndi Lauper|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=2023|relyear=2004|id=2522-49-1|access-date=September 27, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Girls Just Want to Have Fun|artist=Cyndi Lauper|type=single|award=Platinum|number=6|certyear=2023|access-date=October 13, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Separator|title=Mastertone sales}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Girls Just Wanna Have Fun|artist=Cyndi Lauper|type=ringtone|award=Platinum|certyear=2007|access-date=December 8, 2015}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

=="Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)"==
{{Infobox song
| name          = Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)
| cover         = HeyNow(GJWtHF).jpg
| alt           =
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Cyndi Lauper]]
| album         = [[Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some]]
| B-side        = Hat Full of Stars
| released      = {{start date|1994|9|5}}
| recorded      =
| studio        =
| genre         = [[Reggae fusion]]
| length        =
* 3:54 (album version)
* 3:39 (single edit)
| label         = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| writer        =
* [[Robert Hazard]]
* [[Lolly Vegas]]
| producer      =
* Cyndi Lauper
* Jimmy Bralower
| prev_title    = Hat Full of Stars
| prev_year     = 1993
| next_title    = [[I'm Gonna Be Strong#Cyndi Lauper version|I'm Gonna Be Strong]]
| next_year     = 1994
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|CaqeAABlH3Q|"Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)"}}}}
}}

On September 5, 1994, [[Epic Records]] released a new version of the song, "'''Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)'''", as the first single from Lauper's first compilation album, ''[[Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some]]'' (1994). It incorporates a [[reggae]] feel and an interpolation of "[[Come and Get Your Love]]" by [[Redbone (band)|Redbone]] from 1974. The arrangement evolved as she experimented with the song's style over the course of the 1993–1994 Hat Full of Stars Tour.

The single reached the top 10 in several countries. It reached number 4 in the UK, becoming Lauper's first top-10 hit there since 1989 with "[[I Drove All Night]]". It also reached number 4 in New Zealand. In the US, it reached number 87 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 following its August 8, 1995, release to [[contemporary hit radio]];<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 4, 1995 |title=Selected New Releases: CHR/Pop |work=[[Radio & Records]] |page=76 |issue=1106 |issn=0277-4860}}</ref> it is Lauper's last single to chart in the United States. She directed a new music video for the song by herself.

===Critical reception===
Steve Baltin from ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' noted that the "reggae-flavored [[Electronic dance music|dance]] oriented remake" is being given a big boost from the film ''[[To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar]]''. He added, "Lauper still sounds in fine form on the very easy going kick-back track. Particularly fun is the jammin' guitar solo bridge in the middle of the single."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Baltin |first=Steve |date=October 14, 1995 |title=Pop Singles |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1995/CB-1995-10-14.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812062502/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1995/CB-1995-10-14.pdf |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=November 8, 2022 |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |page=7}}</ref> In his weekly UK chart commentary, [[James Masterton]] said, "The new version slows the track down to turn it into a far slinkier dance groove to quite inspired effect".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Masterton |first=James |author-link=James Masterton |date=September 11, 1994 |title=Week Ending September 17th 1994 |url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1994/week-ending-september-17th-1994 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |website=Chart Watch UK}}</ref> Alan Jones from ''[[Music Week]]'' wrote, "Turning a familiar old favourite into a dance groove unusually required a drop in tempo here, reducing it to a slinky shuffle. The melody and Cyndi's excellent vocals are still its selling points, and the success of Cyndi's ''Twelve Deadly Cyns'' album suggests the timing could be right to make this a hit again."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Alan |date=September 10, 1994 |title=Market Preview: Mainstream – Singles |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-09-10.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-09-10.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=April 19, 2021 |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=20}}</ref> Tommy Udo of ''[[NME]]'' considered it a "totally unnecessary reworking" and commented, "It just sounds like somebody's hamfisted and amateurish remix that would normally be hidden away as track 18 – you know, the Will This Do? Mix by DJ Krap – although oddly enough, Cyndi herself had a hand in it all." He concluded, "She could still be bigger than [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]!"<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Udo |first=Tommy |date=September 17, 1994 |title=Singles |url=https://flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53274990506/ |access-date=October 22, 2023 |magazine=[[New Musical Express|NME]] |page=49}}</ref>

===Music video===
A music video was produced to promote the new version, directed by Cyndi Lauper herself<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cyndi Lauper: Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7786714/ |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> and later made available on YouTube in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 28, 2010 |title=Cyndi Lauper – Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaqeAABlH3Q |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> It had generated more than 4.7 million views as of April 2025.

===Track listings===
* '''European CD single; UK cassette single'''
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Single Edit) – 3:39
# "Hat Full of Stars" – 4:27
* '''CD single (US/UK); European CD maxi-single'''
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Single Edit) – 3:39
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" ([[Mikey Bennett]]'s Carnival Version featuring [[Patra (singer)|Patra]]) (Edit) – 4:09
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" ([[Sly and Robbie|Sly & Robbie]]'s Home Grown Version featuring [[Snow (musician)|Snow]]) – 4:16
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" ([[Junior Vasquez|Vasquez]] Remix Pop Goes the Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:04
# "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (Original Version) – 3:54
* '''Japanese CD single'''
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Single Edit) – 3:39
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Mikey Bennett's Carnival Version featuring Patra) (Edit) – 4:09
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Sly & Robbie's Home Grown Version featuring Snow) – 4:16
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Pop Goes the Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:04
* '''Australian CD single'''
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Single Edit) – 3:39
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Pop Goes the Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:04
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Dancehall Main featuring Snow) – 5:50
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Harder Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:49
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Sly & Robbie's Home Grown Version featuring Snow) – 4:16
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Lounge Mix featuring Snow) – 6:12
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Mikey Bennett's Carnival Version featuring Patra) (Edit) – 4:09
* '''European 12-inch'''
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Pop Goes the Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:04
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Dancehall Main featuring Snow) – 5:50
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Harder Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:49
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Sly & Robbie's Home Grown Version featuring Snow) – 4:16
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Lounge Mix featuring Snow) – 6:12
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Lounge Dub featuring Snow) – 6:00
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Mikey Bennett's Carnival Version featuring Patra) – 6:00

===Charts===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

====Weekly charts====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1994–1995)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name="ryan">{{cite Ryan|page=162}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 4 Dec 1994 |url=http://i.imgur.com/nsqNAiF.jpg |access-date=September 1, 2016 |publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|62
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|50|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song={Hey Now} Girls Just Want to Have Fun|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="fla1994"}}
|-
|align="left"|Denmark ([[IFPI Danmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 19, 1994 |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-11-19.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-11-19.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=April 11, 2020 |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |page=26 |volume=11 |issue=47}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|align="left"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 15, 1994 |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |page=20 |volume=11 |issue=42}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
|align="left"|Europe (European AC Radio)<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 5, 1994 |title=Adult Contemporary Europe Top 25 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-11-05.pdf |access-date=May 28, 2023 |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |page=26 |volume=11 |issue=45}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|align="left"|Europe ([[European Dance Radio Chart|European Dance Radio]])<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 15, 1994 |title=European Dance Radio Top 25 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-10-15.pdf |access-date=May 27, 2023 |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |page=29 |volume=11 |issue=42}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|-
|align="left"|Finland ([[IFPI Finland|IFPI]])<ref>Week 36, 1994</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
{{single chart|France|3|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song={Hey Now} Girls Just Want to Have Fun|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="fra1994"}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|56|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song={Hey Now} Girls Just Want to Have Fun|songid=2906|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="ger1994"}}
|-
|align="left"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2719236#page/n1/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 Vikan 22.9.-28.9. '94|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=16|date=September 22, 1994|access-date=April 1, 2025}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|25
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|10|song=(Hey Now) Girls Just Want to Have Fun|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="ire1994"}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|4|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song={Hey Now} Girls Just Want to Have Fun|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="nz1994"}}
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|5|date=19941008|access-date=March 5, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|38|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song={Hey Now} Girls Just Want to Have Fun|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="swe1994"}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|37|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song={Hey Now} Girls Just Want to Have Fun|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="swi1994"}}
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|4|artist=Cyndi Lauper|artistid=21311|access-date=March 5, 2023}}
|-
|align="left"|UK Airplay (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-10-29.pdf#page=32|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=October 29, 1994|page=20|access-date=May 23, 2025}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|13
|-
|align="left"|[[Record Mirror Club Chart|UK Club Chart]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 27, 1994 |title=The ''RM'' Club Chart |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-08-27.pdf |access-date=May 20, 2023 |magazine=[[Music Week]], in [[Record Mirror]] (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |page=8}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|100
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|87|artist=Cyndi Lauper|access-date=March 5, 2023}}
|-
|align="left"|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cashbox Top 100: October 7, 1995 |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/19951007.html |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=CashboxMagazine.com}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|81
|}
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====Year-end charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1994)
!Position
|-
|align="left"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 24, 1994 |title=1994 in Review: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |page=12 |volume=11 |issue=52}}</ref>
|align="center"|83
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{Cite web |title=End of Year Charts 1994 |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1994-12-31 |access-date=December 3, 2017 |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|48
|-
|align="left"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=January 14, 1995 |title=Top 100 Singles 1994 |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=9}}</ref>
|align="center"|38
|}
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===Certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Hey Now (Girls Just Want To Have Fun)|artist=Cyndi Lauper|award=Silver|relyear=1994|certyear=1994|access-date=July 2, 2021|type=single|id=2863-2540-1}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

===Release history===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|September 5, 1994
|{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Epic Records|Epic]]
|<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 3, 1994 |title=Single Releases |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=27}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Australia
|September 19, 1994
|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}
|<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=19 September 1994 |title=New Release Summary – Product Available from : 19/09/94: Singles |magazine=[[The ARIA Report]] |issue=240 |page=21}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Japan
|September 29, 1994
|CD
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/79864/products/422117/1/ |title=シンディ・ローパー {{!}} ヘイ・ナウ(ガールズ・ジャスト・ワナ・ハヴ・ファン) |trans-title=Cyndi Lauper {{!}} Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun) |publisher=[[Oricon]] |language=ja |access-date=October 8, 2025}}</ref>
|}

==Race for Life version==
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| length     = 3:22
| label      = [[Epic Records|Epic]], [[Portrait Records|Portrait]], [[Columbia Records|CBS]]
| writer     = [[Robert Hazard]]
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In 2010, [[Cancer Research UK]] arranged for a charity record for their [[Race for Life]] campaign. It featured many celebrities such as ''[[EastEnders]]'' actress [[Nina Wadia]], ''[[Coronation Street]]'' actress [[Kym Marsh]], ''[[Life of Riley (TV series)|Life of Riley]]'' actress [[Caroline Quentin]], glamour girl [[Danielle Lloyd]], ''[[The X Factor (UK)|X Factor]]'' finalist [[Lucie Jones]], singer [[Sonique (musician)|Sonique]] (herself a breast cancer survivor), former ''EastEnders'' actress [[Lucy Benjamin]], and ''[[Celebrity Big Brother 2010 (UK)|Celebrity Big Brother]]''{{'}}s [[Nicola T]].<ref name="News.sky.com">{{Cite web |title=Girls Just Want To Have Fun: Sonique Records Cancer Charity Single After Beating Breast Cancer &#124; Showbiz News &#124; Sky News |url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Girls-Just-Want-To-Have-Fun-Sonique-Records-Cancer-Charity-Single-After-Beating-Breast-Cancer/Article/201004415619906?lpos=Showbiz_News_Third_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region__9&lid=ARTICLE_15619906_Girls_Just_Want_To_Have_Fun%3A_Sonique_Records_Cancer_Charity_Single_After_Beating_Breast_Cancer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717083336/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Girls-Just-Want-To-Have-Fun-Sonique-Records-Cancer-Charity-Single-After-Beating-Breast-Cancer/Article/201004415619906?lpos=Showbiz_News_Third_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region__9&lid=ARTICLE_15619906_Girls_Just_Want_To_Have_Fun:_Sonique_Records_Cancer_Charity_Single_After_Beating_Breast_Cancer |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |access-date=April 26, 2010 |publisher=News.sky.com}}</ref>

The single was released on April 26, 2010. The physical edition was exclusively distributed to over 800 stores run by [[Tesco]], an official partner of the event series.<ref name="BBC2010">{{Cite news |last=Elliott |first=Jane |date=March 2, 2010 |title=Sonique describes breast cancer battle |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8534372.stm |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref name="Charitypress2010">{{Cite press release |title=Hitting the high notes: UK women and celebrities unite for charity record |date=April 26, 2010 |url=https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2010/04/26/hitting-the-high-notes-uk-women-and-celebrities-unite-for-charity-record/ |access-date=February 21, 2022 |work=[[Cancer Research UK]]}}</ref> The digital edition was released on [[iTunes]].<ref name="Charitypress2010" /> The sales were to be used for cancer research.<ref name="BBC2010" /> This version debuted at No. 1 and stayed on the UK charts for 21 more weeks.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/race-for-life-girls-just-want-to-have-fun/ | title=Girls Just Want to Have Fun | website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref>

==Other versions==
* [[Hip house]] duo Happy Nation's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" samples the vocals from the 1990 song "Jammed in the USA" by Girls with Attitudes which itself interpolates vocals from "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". The single reached No. 77 on the UK Singles Chart in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HAPPY NATION songs and albums &#124; full Official Chart history |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1589/happy-nation/ |website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]}}</ref>
* English singer [[Lolly (singer)|Lolly]] released her version as a single in 2000 from her second album ''[[Pick 'n' Mix]]'' which reached No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN – LOLLY &#124; Official Charts |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/lolly-girls-just-wanna-have-fun/ |website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]}}</ref>
* [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]]'s 2012 song "[[Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Shaggy song)|Girls Just Wanna Have Fun]]" featuring rapper [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] from his album ''[[Rise (Shaggy album)|Rise]]'' interpolates "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". It charted in five countries in Europe.
* Trinidadian-American rapper [[Nicki Minaj (rapper)|Nicki Minaj]]'s "Pink Friday Girls" from her 2023 album ''[[Pink Friday 2]]'' contains interpolated vocals from "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". Despite not being released as an official single, the song still charted in both the US and UK, reaching No. 82 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 30 on the UK Singles Chart in 2023.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Nicki Minaj & Cyndi Lauper Perform 'Pink Friday Girls' & Share Heartfelt Moment at NYC Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/nicki-minaj-cyndi-lauper-pink-friday-girls-nyc-1235671587/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/nicki-minaj-pink-friday-girls/|title=PINK FRIDAY GIRLS|date=December 21, 2023|website=Official Charts}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[1983 in music]]
* [[List of number-one dance singles of 1984 (U.S.)]]
* [[Wanna Have Fun]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Girls Just Want to Have Fun}}
* {{YouTube|fyJrPns4IlI|Robert Hazard – Girls Just Want to Have Fun}}
* {{YouTube|jRr5EasAq84|Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want to Have Fun}}

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