# "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" From The Original Male Viewpoint

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 15, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-just-wanna-have-fun-from-the-original-male-viewpoint/489552 "2009-03-15T20:33:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-just-wanna-have-fun-from-the-original-male-viewpoint/489552/21 "2019-08-04T16:30:37Z")

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> [@psychonaut](#):
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> Also, a follow-up question that I’m hoping someone can answer: How is it that Cyndi Lauper came to record “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”? That is, how did she (or her A&R rep) find the song to begin with

All accounts I’ve found say that her producer, Rick Chertoff, had heard the song on Hazard’s EP. [This article](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/robert-hazard-girls-just-want-to-have-fun-writer-899005.html) confirms that the song was on the EP. Here’s [another article](https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1986-11-22-2549687-story.html) that says that Hazard and the Hooters were college buddies and that Chertoff, an old friend, was very familiar with the song.

The first answer on this [Quora page](https://www.quora.com/What-does-Cyndi-Lauper-mean-with-Girls-Just-Want-To-Have-Fun) has some insights into the changes Lauper made.

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**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-just-wanna-have-fun-from-the-original-male-viewpoint/489552/22 "2019-08-04T16:37:54Z")

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I’ve always found it interesting that “Money Changes Everything” (which I like a lot more than “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”) was written by a man (Tom Gray of Brains). The lyrics don’t really suggest either (or any) gender, but it just surprised me when I learned this. His (Brain’s) recorded version is actually quite good.

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**Author:** ![Rayks\_Marcial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Rayks\_Marcial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayks_Marcial)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-just-wanna-have-fun-from-the-original-male-viewpoint/489552/23 "2019-08-06T02:50:15Z")

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The boys watch the girls while the girls watch the boys who watch the girls go by.

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