Girls Just Want to Have Fun

The song was written in 1979 by 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.{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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." The song appeared on Lauper's 1983 debut record She's So Unusual.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

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.{{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}} 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# major.{{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}}

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.

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."{{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}}

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. 1 in ten of those countries including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway and on the Irish Singles Chart. It also reached No. 2 on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100.

In the United States, the song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 80 on December 17, 1983. On the issue dated March 10, 1984, it peaked at No. 2, where it stayed for two weeks, behind Van Halen's "Jump".{{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}}{{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}} In the United Kingdom, the song entered the chart at No. 50 on January 14, 1984, and peaked at No. 2 on February 4, 1984, where it stayed for one week.{{Cite web |title=Girls Just Want to Have – Album Search – Official Charts |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/cyndi-lauper-girls-just-want-to-have-fun/ |website=Official Charts}} In Ireland, the song entered the chart on January 29, 1984. It peaked at No. 1 for two weeks and was on the chart for a total of seven weeks.{{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}} 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. 1 on March 26, 1984. It topped the chart for two weeks and then remained at No. 2 for four weeks behind Nena's "99 Luftballons". It stayed on the chart for 21 weeks and was the 9th biggest-selling single of the year.{{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}} In Belgium, the song debut at No. 38 on February 18, 1984, and peaked at No. 4 on April 7, 1984.{{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}} In the Netherlands, the song entered the chart at No. 38 on February 25, 1984, and peaked at No. 4 on March 31, 1984.{{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}}

In Sweden, the song entered at No. 13 on March 6, 1984, and peaked at No. 5 on April 3, 1984, charting for six weeks.{{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}} In Switzerland, the song entered the chart at No. 15 on April 1, 1984, and peaked at No. 6 on April 29, 1984.{{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}} In New Zealand, the song debuted at No. 21 on April 1, 1984, and peaked at No. 1 on May 6, 1984, where it stayed for three weeks.{{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}} In Austria, the single entered at No. 3 on May 1, 1984, which was its peak position.{{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}}

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.

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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 "Captain" Lou Albano in the role of Lauper's father while her real mother, Catrine, played herself. Lauper later appeared in 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/CBS, Lauper's record label. A clip of the 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 (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.{{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}}

Before the song starts, the beginning of her version of "He's So Unusual" plays.

The music video was directed by Edd Griles.{{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 |language=en-US}} 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 in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in summer 1983 and premiered on television in December 1983.{{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}} 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.{{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}}

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• 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{{Cite AV media |title=Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Extended Version) |type=Vinyl |publisher=Portrait |year=1983 |id=PRTA 12-3943}}

• 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.{{Cite AV media |title=Cyndi Lauper –Girls Just Want To Have Fun |type=Ringle |publisher=Epic |year=2007 |id=88697 18012 2}}

1. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
2. "Right Track Wrong Train"
3. Computer media

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1. Lyrics: Robert Hazard. Production: Rick Chertoff.
2. 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

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| type = single

| artist = Cyndi Lauper

| album = Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some

| B-side = Hat Full of Stars

| released = {{start date|1994|9|5}}{{Cite magazine |date=September 3, 1994 |title=Single Releases |magazine=Music Week |page=27}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Reggae fusion

| length = {{unbulleted list|3:54 (album version)|3:39 (single edit)}}

| label = Epic

| writer = {{hlist|Robert Hazard|Lolly Vegas}}

| producer = {{hlist|Cyndi Lauper|Jimmy Bralower}}

| prev_title = Hat Full of Stars

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = I'm Gonna Be Strong

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On September 5, 1994, Lauper released a new version, "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" by Epic Records, as the first single of her 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 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 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;{{Cite news |date=August 4, 1995 |title=Selected New Releases: CHR/Pop |work=Radio & Records |page=76 |issue=1106 |issn=0277-4860}} it is Lauper's last single to chart in the United States. She directed a new music video for the song by herself.

Steve Baltin from Cash Box noted that the "reggae-flavored 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."{{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=Cash Box |page=7}} 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".{{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}} 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."{{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}} 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!"{{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=NME |page=49}}

A music video was produced to promote the new version, directed by Cyndi Lauper herself{{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}} and later made available on YouTube in 2010.{{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}} It had generated more than 4.7 million views as of April 2025.

• European CD single / UK cassette single

1. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Single Edit) – 3:39
2. "Hat Full of Stars" – 4:27

• CD single (US/UK) / European CD maxi-single

1. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Single Edit) – 3:39
2. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Mikey Bennett's Carnival Version featuring Patra) (Edit) – 4:09
3. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Sly & Robbie's Home Grown Version featuring Snow) – 4:16
4. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Pop Goes the Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:04
5. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (Original Version) – 3:54

• Japanese CD single

1. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Single Edit) – 3:39
2. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Mikey Bennett's Carnival Version featuring Patra) (Edit) – 4:09
3. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Sly & Robbie's Home Grown Version featuring Snow) – 4:16
4. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Pop Goes the Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:04

• Australian CD single

1. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Single Edit) – 3:39
2. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Pop Goes the Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:04
3. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Dancehall Main featuring Snow) – 5:50
4. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Harder Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:49
5. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Sly & Robbie's Home Grown Version featuring Snow) – 4:16
6. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Lounge Mix featuring Snow) – 6:12
7. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Mikey Bennett's Carnival Version featuring Patra) (Edit) – 4:09

• European 12-inch

1. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Pop Goes the Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:04
2. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Dancehall Main featuring Snow) – 5:50
3. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Harder Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:49
4. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Sly & Robbie's Home Grown Version featuring Snow) – 4:16
5. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Lounge Mix featuring Snow) – 6:12
6. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Lounge Dub featuring Snow) – 6:00
7. "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Mikey Bennett's Carnival Version featuring Patra) – 6:00

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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 actress Caroline Quentin, glamour girl Danielle Lloyd, X Factor finalist Lucie Jones, singer Sonique (herself a breast cancer survivor), former EastEnders actress Lucy Benjamin, and Celebrity Big Brother{{'}}s Nicola T.{{Cite web |title=Girls Just Want To Have Fun: Sonique Records Cancer Charity Single After Beating Breast Cancer | Showbiz News | 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}}

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.{{Cite news |last=Elliott |first=Jane |date=March 2, 2010 |title=Sonique describes breast cancer battle |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8534372.stm |work=BBC News}}{{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}} The digital edition was released on iTunes. The sales were to be used for cancer research. This version debuted at No. 1 and stayed on the UK charts for 21 more weeks.{{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 }}

• 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.{{Cite web |title=HAPPY NATION songs and albums | full Official Chart history |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1589/happy-nation/ |website=Official Charts}}
• English 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.{{Cite web |title=GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN – LOLLY | Official Charts |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/lolly-girls-just-wanna-have-fun/ |website=Official Charts}}
• Shaggy's 2012 song "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" featuring rapper Eve from his album Rise interpolates "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". It charted in five countries in Europe.
• Trinidadian-American 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.{{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}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/nicki-minaj-pink-friday-girls/|title=PINK FRIDAY GIRLS|date=December 21, 2023|website=Official Charts}}

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