Girls Just Want to Have Fun

original song written, composed, and recorded by Robert Hazard; first released by Cyndi Lauper

"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" is a song by Cyndi Lauper. It was the first single by Lauper. The single reached number one in over ten countries. It received a Grammy Award nomination for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Cap'n Lou Albano was in the music video for the song.

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
Song by Cyndi Lauper
from the album She's So Unusual
B-side"Right Track Wrong Train"
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1983
RecordedJune 1983
at The Record Plant
(New York City)
GenrePop, New Wave
Length3:58
LabelEpic, Portrait, CBS
Songwriter(s)Robert Hazard
Producer(s)Rick Chertoff, William Wittman
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
"You Make Loving Fun"
(1977)
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
(1983)
"Time After Time"
(1984)

The song was covered by Miley Cyrus. The Miley Cyrus version is off her album Breakout. It has been covered on either an album or in live concert by over 30 other artists.