She's So Unusual

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She's So Unusual
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Studio album by
Cyndi Lauper
ReleasedOctober 14, 1983 (1983-10-14)
RecordedMay–August 1983
Studio Record Plant (New York City)
Genre
Length38:42
Label Portrait
Producer Rick Chertoff
Cyndi Lauper chronology
She's So Unusual
(1983)		 True Colors
(1986)
Singles from She's So Unusual
  1. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
    Released: October 17, 1983 [4]
  2. "Time After Time"
    Released: March 27, 1984
  3. "She Bop"
    Released: July 2, 1984
  4. "All Through the Night"
    Released: September 3, 1984
  5. "Money Changes Everything"
    Released: December 1984
  6. "When You Were Mine"
    Released: January 31, 1985 (Canada/Japan)

She's So Unusual is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released on October 14, 1983, by Portrait Records. The album was re-released in 2014 to commemorate its 30th anniversary, and was called She's So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration. The re-release contains demos and remixes of previously released material, as well as new artwork. [5]

Contents

In 1978, Lauper formed the band Blue Angel. [6] The band soon signed a recording contract with Polydor Records; however, their debut album, Blue Angel , was a commercial failure. The band parted ways after firing their manager, who sued Lauper for $80,000 and forced her into bankruptcy. [7] Lauper went on to sing in many New York night clubs, and caught the eye of David Wolff, who became her manager and subsequently got her signed to Portrait Records.

Six singles were released from the album, with "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" becoming a worldwide hit and her first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. "Time After Time" became her first number-one hit on the chart and experienced similar success worldwide. Lauper found success with the next two singles as well, with both "She Bop" and "All Through the Night" peaking in the top five. This makes Lauper the first female singer to have four top five singles on the Hot 100 from one album. [8] She's So Unusual was promoted by the Fun Tour throughout 1983 and 1984.

The album is primarily new wave-based, with many of the songs being influenced by synthpop and pop rock. Upon its release, the album received positive reviews from music critics, who noted Lauper's unique vocals. Lauper earned several awards and accolades for the album, including two Grammy Awards at the 27th Grammy Awards, one of which was for Best New Artist. She's So Unusual peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart and stayed in the chart's top forty for 65 weeks. It has sold over 6 million copies in the United States and 25 million copies worldwide. This makes it Lauper's best-selling album to date and one of the best-selling albums of the 1980s. [9] [10] In 2003, She's So Unusual was ranked at number 494 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, [11] and it subsequently placed at number 184 in a 2020 reboot of the list. [12] In 2019, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". [13]

Background

In 1978, Lauper met saxophone player John Turi and formed the band Blue Angel. They recorded a demo tape of original music. Steve Massarsky heard the tape and liked Lauper's voice. He bought out Blue Angel's contract for $5,000 and became their manager.

Lauper received many offers to go solo, but rebuffed any offer that didn't include the rest of the band. Blue Angel was eventually signed by Polydor Records and released a self-titled album on the label in 1980. Despite some positive critical attention, the album was a commercial failure. The members of Blue Angel also had a falling-out with Massarsky and fired him as their manager. He later filed an $80,000 suit against them, which forced Lauper into bankruptcy. [7]

After Blue Angel broke up, Lauper spent time working in retail stores and singing in local clubs. In 1981, while singing in a local New York bar, Lauper met David Wolff, who took over as her manager. With his help, Lauper signed with Portrait Records, a subsidiary of Epic Records, in the spring of 1983 and soon began recording her debut album. [14]

Artwork

The front cover of She's So Unusual was photographed on Henderson Walk in Coney Island, New York in the summer of 1983 by Annie Leibovitz. Lauper is depicted wearing a vintage red prom-style dress that she purchased at the vintage clothing shop where she used to work, Screaming Mimi's. She is also seen holding a bouquet of flowers which were purchased from a vendor on the boardwalk at the time of the shoot. Lauper has heavy costume jewelry on her ears, arms, neck and her right ankle. She is barefoot, with the exception of the fishnet stockings, and her red high-heels appear to have been taken off in front of her as they lay on their sides at the bottom of the photo. The cover shot was captured in front of the wax museum, The World In Wax Musee. It can be seen behind Lauper that the museum had been closed for some time and at the time of closure was featuring a wax statue of Puerto Rican baseball great Roberto Clemente. The wooden awning above the doorway with the two blue panels read the name of the museum. The first panel read "The World" and second panel read "In Wax". This was airbrushed out of the photograph. [15]

The cover won Janet Perr the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 1985. [16]

Singles

The lead single from the album was "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", released on September 6, 1983. This single achieved massive success in the United States with its music video playing in heavy rotation on several stations, and eventually peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. It received Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of 2,000,000 copies. [17] The single was a success internationally, reaching the top ten in 19 countries and number one in 10 countries, including; Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Brazil and Norway. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" received nominations at the 1985 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and won Best Female Video at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, among several nominations. In the year end Top 100 of 1984 in New Zealand, the single was included on the top spots.

"Time After Time" was the second single released from the album, and was released in April 1984. It repeated the success of the previous single and spent two consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Lauper's first number one hit on the Hot 100 and eventually spending a total of 20 weeks on the chart and receiving Gold certification from the RIAA for 1,000,000 copies sold. [17] Like the previous single, "Time After Time" was an international success and reached the top ten in 15 countries. The song received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year. In the year end Top 100 of 1984 in New Zealand, the single was included on the top spots.

The third single from the album was "She Bop", released on July 2, 1984. This single reached number three on the Hot 100, becoming her third consecutive top five hit, and spent a total of 18 weeks on the chart. With sales of over 1,000,000 copies, the song was certified Gold by the RIAA. The single proved to be another international success for Lauper, reaching the top ten in 8 countries. "She Bop" was controversial upon release and placed at number 15 on the PMRC's "Filthy Fifteen". [18]

"All Through the Night" was single number four, released in September 1984. Like Lauper's previous three singles, "All Through The Night" reached the top five of the Hot 100 with a peak of number five. It was written by, and originally recorded by Jules Shear, who provided backup vocals as well. The song was a moderate international success, reaching the top ten in 6 countries, and received Gold certification in Canada. [19] In the year end Top 100 of 1985 in New Zealand, the single was included on the list.

Single number five was "Money Changes Everything", released in December 1984. It was a moderate success and reached number #27 on the Hot 100, Lauper's first single to not reach the top ten. It also did moderately well in Australia, reaching #19 on its chart.

The sixth and final single from the album was a cover of the Prince song, "When You Were Mine", released on January 31, 1985, in Canada and Japan only. It achieved little success, reaching number #62 on the Canadian Singles Chart .

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Christgau's Record Guide A [20]
Classic Pop Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [21]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [22]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [23]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [24]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [25]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Sounds Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [26]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 9/10 [27]

She's So Unusual peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 chart, due to the success of the album's first single on U.S. radio and heavy airplay of its music video on MTV. In the weeks following, the album's sales remained stable thanks to the following four singles and Lauper's world tour and appearances on popular television and radio programs. Overall, the album stayed 77 weeks on the Billboard 200. It became one of the best-selling albums of 1984. At least until 1986, the album was the second best-selling album in Canada by a female artist during the decade, behind Whitney Houston's self-titled debut album, selling more than 900,000 copies. [28] She's So Unusual has since sold over seven million copies in the United States, where it was certified seven times platinum by the RIAA. [29] The album has sold over 16 million copies worldwide. [30]

She's So Unusual was voted the eleventh best album of the year in The Village Voice 's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll for 1984. [31] In a retrospective review for AllMusic, music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album a "giddy mix of self-confidence, effervescent popcraft, unabashed sentimentality, subversiveness, and clever humor". [3] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine called it "a pop classic". [1] Alternative Press said that, with "some fine tunes" and the CD reissue's three bonus tracks, the album "certainly bears another listen." [32]

Select rankings of She's So Unusual
PublicationList (1984)RankRef.
The Village Voice Pazz & Jop 1984: Dean's List
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Accolades

She's So Unusual and its singles earned Lauper six Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year and ultimately winning the awards for Best Recording Package and Best New Artist. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and "Time After Time" was nominated for Song of the Year. Lauper earned ten MTV Video Music Award nominations. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" received six nominations including Video of the Year, and won for Best Female Video. "Time After Time" received three nominations and "She Bop" received one nomination.

She's So Unusual was ranked at number 494 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2003, [11] rising to number 487 in a 2012 update of the list, [34] then to number 184 in a 2020 update. [12] Rolling Stone also placed She's So Unusual at number 41 on its 2002 list of 50 essential albums by women in rock, [35] and the record retained the placement on a similar list published by the magazine a decade later. [36] In 2012, Slant Magazine listed it as the 22nd best album of the 1980s, calling it an "absolutely peerless collection of profound pop jewels". [37] In 2019, the Library of Congress selected She's So Unusual for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". [13]

YearNominee / workAwardResult
1984 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year Nominated
MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist Nominated
MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video Won
MTV Video Music Award for Best Concept Video Nominated
MTV Video Music Award – Viewer's Choice Nominated
MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance Nominated
"Time After Time"MTV Video Music Award for Best New ArtistNominated
MTV Video Music Award for Best Female VideoNominated
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction Nominated
1985Cyndi Lauper Grammy Award for Best New Artist Won
She's So Unusual Grammy Award for Best Album Package Won
Grammy Award for Album of the Year Nominated
"Girls Just Want To Have Fun" Grammy Award for Record of the Year Nominated
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Nominated
"Time After Time" Grammy Award for Song of the Year Nominated
"She Bop"MTV Video Music Award for Best Female VideoNominated

30th Anniversary Tour

2013 marked the 30th Anniversary of She's So Unusual. To honor it and to thank her fans for its success, Lauper embarked on a World Tour called the "She's So Unusual: 30th Anniversary Tour".

A part of the show, Lauper sings the entire track listing of the record in the order it appears on the CD while telling stories about the production of the record and her life at the time she recorded it.

Track listing

Original release

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)PublisherLength
1."Money Changes Everything" Tom Gray Gray Matter Music/ATV Music Corp.5:06
2."Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Robert Hazard Heroic Music3:58
3."When You Were Mine" Prince Ecnirp Music5:06
4."Time After Time"Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman Dub Notes, Rella Music4:01
Total length:18:11
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)PublisherLength
1."She Bop"Lauper, Rick Chertoff, Gary Corbett, Stephen Broughton LuntRellla Music Co., Noyb Music Co., Wall to Wall Music Co. & Hobbler Music3:47
2."All Through the Night" Jules Shear Funzalo Music/Juters Music Co.4:33
3."Witness"Lauper, John Turi Turalaura Music and Turi Music3:40
4."I'll Kiss You"Lauper, ShearRellla Music Co., Funzalo Music / Juters Music Co.4:12
5."He's So Unusual" Al Sherman, Al Lewis, Abner Silver Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc0:45
6."Yeah Yeah"Hasse Huss, Mikael Rickfors Stainless Music Corp.3:18
Total length:20:15
2000 reissue
No.TitleNotesLength
11."Money Changes Everything" (Live)Recorded 1984, Irvine Meadows, Irvine, CA; previously unreleased edit (original recording from Portrait promotional 12-inch (AS 1961)4:36
12."She Bop" (Live)Recorded 1984, Irvine Meadows, Irvine, CA; previously unreleased5:20
13."All Through the Night" (Live)Recorded 1984, Irvine Meadows, Irvine, CA; previously unreleased4:48
14."Money Changes Everything" (Live at Summer Sonic 07) (Japan remaster exclusive bonus track) 5:10
Total length:58:36

Notes

30th anniversary reissue (2014)
No.TitleLength
11."Girls Just Want to Have Fun (2013 Yolanda Be Cool remix)"5:52
12."Time After Time (2013 NERVO Back in Time remix)"4:53
13."Time After Time (2013 Bent Collective remix)"7:15
Total length:56:42

30th Anniversary Reissue (2014)

Bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (1983 early guitar demo)3:32
2."All Through the Night" (1983 rehearsal with studio dialog)5:30
3."Rules and Regulations" (1983 rehearsal)2:41
4."Money Changes Everything" (demo)4:52
5."Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (demo)3:22
6."Right Track, Wrong Train" (non LP B-side)4:40
7."Witness" (live, Boston, 1984)3:12
8."She Bop" (1984 Arthur Baker remix)6:27
9."Time After Time" (work in progress rough mix)4:00
Total length:38:16

Note

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for She's So Unusual
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [76] Platinum70,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [77] Gold250,000 [78]
Canada (Music Canada) [79] 8× Platinum900,000 [80]
France (SNEP) [81] Gold100,000*
Germany (BVMI) [82] Gold250,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) [83] Gold10,000*
Japan (RIAJ) [84] Gold372,000 [85]
New Zealand (RMNZ) [86] Platinum15,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [87] Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [88] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [29] 7× Platinum7,000,000‡
Summaries
Worldwide—16,000,000 [9] [30]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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