Written by | Robert Hazard |
Date | 1979 |
Publisher | Heroic Music |
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" was the first major single released by Cyndi Lauper on the album She's So Unusual. It was performed by Janice in the 1985 stage show The Muppet Show on Tour: 2nd Edition in a medley of 80s songs including "Beat It" and "Heart of Rock 'n' Roll." Zoe sang the song in the Sesame Place show Elmo Rocks.
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- It was spoofed several times on Sesame Street with such songs as Kids Just Love to Brush, Grouch Girls Don't Wanna Have Fun and Two Heads are Better Than One.
- Oscar quotes the title in Sesame Street Episode 2360 upon seeing Maria quack like a duck due to the Amazing Mumford's magic.
- The Bear in the Big Blue House episode title "Grandparents Just Want to Have Fun" references the song.