Cyndi Lauper, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 90^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2022), we recollect and reflect on “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper. 

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome – we don’t discriminate ‘round here! In the 90^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2022), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, performed by 🎙 Cyndi Lauper. 

Theme & Lyrics ✍

“I come home in the morning light / My mother says, ‘When you gonna live your life right’,” 🎙 Cyndi Lauper sings on her iconic, 1983 hit, 🎵 “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”.  She responds to her mother, singing, “Oh, momma dear, we’re not the fortunate ones / And girls, they wanna have fun.” “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” has earned definitive status from Lauper, however, some folks forget or are totally unaware it’s a cover.  Yes, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” was written and originally recorded by 🎼 ✍ Robert Hazard in 1979, four years before the Lauper rendition arrived! Of course, Lauper earned every ounce of success with the iconic 80s record, which peaked at no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1984.

“Girls…” is utterly exuberant from the jump.  The production is bright and ear-catching. Lauper’s vocals are commanding, expressive, and chocked full of personality.  As the title of the song suggests, Lauper is enjoying her life, living it up, carefree.  “Some boys take a beautiful girl / And hide her from the rest of the world,” Lauper sings in the third verse, continuing, “I wanna be the one to walk in the sun.” Woo! Of course, she best sums up the sentiments in the chorus:

“That’s all they really want

Some fun

When the working day is done

Oh, girls, they wanna have fun

Oh, girls, they wanna have fun.”

Final Thoughts 💭 

Honestly, does  🎵 “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” require extensive analysis? No, it’s self-explanatory.  To this day, this 1980s classic is still potent – lit to the n^th degree. There’s no doubt that Cyndi Lauper is indebted to Robert Hazard for this one!

🎙 Cyndi Lauper • 💿 She’s So Unusual • 🏷 Sony Music Entertainment • 🗓 1983

Cyndi Lauper, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 90 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, Gerhard G., JL G via Pixabay,  Karl Hörnfeldt via Unsplash,  The Musical Hype, Sony Music Entertainment]