Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!
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{{Infobox album
| name = Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!
| type = studio
| artist = The Nolans
| cover = Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!.album.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1984}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Pop|dance-pop}}
| length =
| label = {{hlist|Towerbell|Mercury}}
| producer = Richard Myhill
| prev_title = Harmony
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Tenderly
| next_year = 1986
}}
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! is the seventh studio album by the Irish all-girl pop band The Nolans. Released in 1984 through Towerbell Records and Mercury Records, the album consists of cover medleys totaling to 33 songs.{{cite web |url=https://nolansisters.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-129.html |title=LP- GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN(４人娘"３３景"曲がわり！) (Japan)(ノーランズ博物館) |website=The Nolans Museum |date=7 February 2016 |access-date=4 July 2021}} It marked the first album without original member Linda Nolan following her departure from the group in 1982.
The album peaked at No. 39 on the UK Albums Chart and sold over 60,000 copies.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/girls-just-wanna-have-fun/ |title=Girls Just Wanna Have Fun |publisher=Official Charts |date= |access-date=4 July 2021}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| extra_column = Original artist
| total_length =
| title1 = Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!
| writer1 = Robert Hazard
| extra1 = Cyndi Lauper
| length1 =
| title2 = Time After Time
| writer2 = {{hlist|Lauper|Rob Hyman}}
| extra2 = Cyndi Lauper
| length2 =
| title3 = Holiday
| writer3 = {{hlist|Curtis Hudson|Lisa Stevens}}
| extra3 = Madonna
| length3 =
| title4 = It's Raining Men
| writer4 = {{hlist|Paul Jabara|Paul Shaffer}}
| extra4 = The Weather Girls
| length4 =
| title5 = Right by Your Side
| writer5 = {{hlist|Annie Lennox|David A. Stewart}}
| extra5 = Eurythmics
| length5 =
| title6 = Thriller
| writer6 = Rod Temperton
| extra6 = Michael Jackson
| length6 =
| title7 = Rock with You
| writer7 = Temperton
| extra7 = Michael Jackson
| length7 =
| title8 = Off the Wall
| writer8 = Temperton
| extra8 = Michael Jackson
| length8 =
| title9 = Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
| writer9 = Jackson
| extra9 = Michael Jackson
| length9 =
| title10 = Beat It
| writer10 = Jackson
| extra10 = Michael Jackson
| length10 =
| title11 = Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)
| writer11 = {{hlist|Marvin Gaye|Barrett Strong|Norman Whitfield}}
| extra11 = Marvin Gaye
| length11 =
| title12 = Do You Really Wanna Hurt Me
| writer12 = {{hlist|Roy Hay|Boy George|Mikey Craig|Jon Moss}}
| extra12 = Culture Club
| length12 =
| title13 = I'll Tumble 4 Ya
| writer13 = {{hlist|Hay|George|Craig|Moss}}
| extra13 = Culture Club
| length13 =
| title14 = It's a Miracle
| writer14 = {{hlist|Hay|George|Craig|Moss|Phil Pickett}}
| extra14 = Culture Club
| length14 =
| title15 = Church of the Poison Mind
| writer15 = {{hlist|Hay|George|Craig|Moss}}
| extra15 = Culture Club
| length15 =
| title16 = Karma Chameleon
| writer16 = {{hlist|Hay|George|Craig|Moss|Pickett}}
| extra16 = Culture Club
| length16 =
| title17 = Total Eclipse of the Heart
| writer17 = Jim Steinman
| extra17 = Bonnie Tyler
| length17 =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| extra_column = Original artist
| total_length =
| title1 = Flashdance... What a Feeling
| writer1 = {{hlist|Keith Forsey|Irene Cara|Giorgio Moroder}}
| extra1 = Irene Cara
| length1 =
| title2 = Fame
| writer2 = {{hlist|Michael Gore|Dean Pitchford}}
| extra2 = Irene Cara
| length2 =
| title3 = Maniac
| writer3 = {{hlist|Dennis Matkosky|Michael Sembello}}
| extra3 = Michael Sembello
| length3 =
| title4 = Footloose
| writer4 = {{hlist|Kenny Loggins|Pitchford}}
| extra4 = Kenny Loggins
| length4 =
| title5 = Let's Hear It for the Boy
| writer5 = {{hlist|Tom Snow|Pitchford}}
| extra5 = Deniece Williams
| length5 =
| title6 = Every Breath You Take
| writer6 = Sting
| extra6 = The Police
| length6 =
| title7 = Love On Your Side
| writer7 = {{hlist|Tom Bailey|Alannah Currie|{{nowrap|Joe Leeway}}}}
| extra7 = Thompson Twins
| length7 =
| title8 = Doctor! Doctor!
| writer8 = {{hlist|Bailey|Currie|Leeway}}
| extra8 = Thompson Twins
| length8 =
| title9 = Sister of Mercy
| writer9 = {{hlist|Alex Sadkin|Bailey}}
| extra9 = Thompson Twins
| length9 =
| title10 = You Take Me Up
| writer10 = {{hlist|Sadkin|Bailey}}
| extra10 = Thompson Twins
| length10 =
| title11 = Hold Me Now
| writer11 = {{hlist|Bailey|Currie|Leeway}}
| extra11 = Thompson Twins
| length11 =
| title12 = In Your Eyes
| writer12 = {{hlist|Dan Hill|Michael Masser}}
| extra12 = George Benson
| length12 =
| title13 = Truly
| writer13 = {{hlist|Lionel Richie|James Anthony Carmichael}}
| extra13 = Lionel Richie
| length13 =
| title14 = All Night Long (All Night)
| writer14 = {{hlist|Richie|Carmichael}}
| extra14 = Lionel Richie
| length14 =
| title15 = Running with the Night
| writer15 = {{hlist|Richie|Carmichael}}
| extra15 = Lionel Richie
| length15 =
| title16 = Hello
| writer16 = {{hlist|Richie|Carmichael}}
| extra16 = Lionel Richie
| length16 =
}}
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|master=319645|name=Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!|type=album}}
{{The Nolans}}
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