Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Summary

Girls Just Want to Have Fun is a musical work/composition^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,498 views/month, #141 of 19,375).^[2]

Key Facts

• Girls Just Want to Have Fun's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition^[3].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun's composer is recorded as Robert Hazard^[4].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun's genre is new wave^[5].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun's genre is pop music^[6].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun's genre is bubblegum music^[7].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun's genre is post-disco^[8].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun's genre is disco^[9].
• Among the performers on Girls Just Want to Have Fun was Robert Hazard^[10].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun was performed by Cyndi Lauper^[11].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun was performed by Pitty^[12].
• Among the performers on Girls Just Want to Have Fun was Cyndi Lauper^[13].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun is part of She's So Unusual^[14].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun's Commons category is recorded as Girls Just Want to Have Fun^[15].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun's language of work or name is recorded as English^[16].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun was published on 1979^[17].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun's lyricist is recorded as Robert Hazard^[18].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun'}^[19].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun's different from is recorded as Girls Just Want to Have Fun^[20].
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun's form of creative work is recorded as song^[21].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Release type: Song^[22]

• MusicBrainz ID: b61e1a55-a136-35c4-ba91-8514258ecad5^[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Robert Hazard^[10], Cyndi Lauper^[11], and Pitty^[12].

Publication

Girls Just Want to Have Fun was released on 1979^[17]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English^[16]. Genres include new wave^[5], pop music^[6], bubblegum music^[7], post-disco^[8], and disco^[9]. It is part of She's So Unusual^[14].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Girls Just Want to Have Fun include Girls Just Want to Have Sums^[24], a television series episode^[25], directed by Nancy Kruse^[26].

Why It Matters

Girls Just Want to Have Fun ranks in the top 0.73% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,498 views/month, #141 of 19,375).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27]

Entities named for it include Girls Just Want to Have Sums^[24], a television series episode^[25], directed by Nancy Kruse^[26].