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Cyndi Lauper: every song, explained.
3 Cyndi Lauper songs in the archive, from 1983–1986: what each one is about, who wrote it and what it did on the charts. Each entry opens the full explanation.
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Songs explained
1983–1986
Years covered
Pop
Main genre here
Cyndi Lauper
Time After Time
1983
Cyndi Lauper
True Colors
1986
Cyndi Lauper
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
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Every Cyndi Lauper entry sets out what the song is about and where that reading comes from: writing credits, interviews, the record's own history. Where a popular interpretation is wrong, the entry says so and shows the evidence. Missing a song? Suggest it.