Editing Girls Just Want to Have Fun (section)

=="Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)"==
{{Infobox song
| name          = Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)
| cover         = HeyNow(GJWtHF).jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Cyndi Lauper]]
| album         = [[Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some]]
| B-side        = Hat Full of Stars
| released      = {{start date|1994|9|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 3, 1994 |title=Single Releases |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=27}}</ref>
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| genre         = [[Reggae fusion]]
| length        = {{unbulleted list|3:54 (album version)|3:39 (single edit)}}
| label         = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| writer        = {{hlist|[[Robert Hazard]]|[[Lolly Vegas]]}}
| producer      = {{hlist|[[Cyndi Lauper]]|Jimmy Bralower}}
| prev_title    = Hat Full of Stars
| prev_year     = 1993
| next_title    = [[I'm Gonna Be Strong#Cyndi Lauper version|I'm Gonna Be Strong]]
| next_year     = 1994
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|CaqeAABlH3Q|"Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)"}}}}
}}

On September 5, 1994, Lauper released a new version, "'''Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)'''" by [[Epic Records]], as the first single of her first compilation album, ''[[Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some]]'' (1994). It incorporates a [[reggae]] feel and an interpolation of "[[Come and Get Your Love]]" by [[Redbone (band)|Redbone]] from 1974. The arrangement evolved as she experimented with the song's style over the course of the 1993–1994 Hat Full of Stars Tour.

The single reached the top 10 in several countries. It reached number 4 in the UK, becoming Lauper's first top-10 hit there since 1989 with "[[I Drove All Night]]". It reached number 4 in New Zealand. In the US, it reached number 87 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 following its August 8, 1995, release to [[contemporary hit radio]];<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 4, 1995 |title=Selected New Releases: CHR/Pop |work=[[Radio & Records]] |page=76 |issue=1106 |issn=0277-4860}}</ref> it is Lauper's last single to chart in the United States. She directed a new music video for the song by herself.

===Critical reception===
Steve Baltin from ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' noted that the "reggae-flavored [[Electronic dance music|dance]] oriented remake" is being given a big boost from the film ''[[To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar]]''. He added, "Lauper still sounds in fine form on the very easy going kick-back track. Particularly fun is the jammin' guitar solo bridge in the middle of the single."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Baltin |first=Steve |date=October 14, 1995 |title=Pop Singles |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1995/CB-1995-10-14.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812062502/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1995/CB-1995-10-14.pdf |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=November 8, 2022 |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |page=7}}</ref> In his weekly UK chart commentary, [[James Masterton]] said, "The new version slows the track down to turn it into a far slinkier dance groove to quite inspired effect".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Masterton |first=James |author-link=James Masterton |date=September 11, 1994 |title=Week Ending September 17th 1994 |url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1994/week-ending-september-17th-1994 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |website=Chart Watch UK}}</ref> Alan Jones from ''[[Music Week]]'' wrote, "Turning a familiar old favourite into a dance groove unusually required a drop in tempo here, reducing it to a slinky shuffle. The melody and Cyndi's excellent vocals are still its selling points, and the success of Cyndi's ''Twelve Deadly Cyns'' album suggests the timing could be right to make this a hit again."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Alan |date=September 10, 1994 |title=Market Preview: Mainstream – Singles |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-09-10.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-09-10.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=April 19, 2021 |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=20}}</ref> Tommy Udo of ''[[NME]]'' considered it a "totally unnecessary reworking" and commented, "It just sounds like somebody's hamfisted and amateurish remix that would normally be hidden away as track 18 – you know, the Will This Do? Mix by DJ Krap – although oddly enough, Cyndi herself had a hand in it all." He concluded, "She could still be bigger than [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]!"<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Udo |first=Tommy |date=September 17, 1994 |title=Singles |url=https://flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53274990506/ |access-date=October 22, 2023 |magazine=[[New Musical Express|NME]] |page=49}}</ref>

===Music video===
A music video was produced to promote the new version, directed by Cyndi Lauper herself<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cyndi Lauper: Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7786714/ |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> and later made available on YouTube in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 28, 2010 |title=Cyndi Lauper – Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaqeAABlH3Q |access-date=September 8, 2021 |publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> It had generated more than 4.7 million views as of April 2025.

===Track listings===
* '''European CD single / UK cassette single'''
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Single Edit) – 3:39
# "Hat Full of Stars" – 4:27

* '''CD single (US/UK) / European CD maxi-single'''
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Single Edit) – 3:39
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" ([[Mikey Bennett]]'s Carnival Version featuring [[Patra (singer)|Patra]]) (Edit) – 4:09
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" ([[Sly and Robbie|Sly & Robbie]]'s Home Grown Version featuring [[Snow (musician)|Snow]]) – 4:16
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" ([[Junior Vasquez|Vasquez]] Remix Pop Goes the Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:04
# "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (Original Version) – 3:54

* '''Japanese CD single'''
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Single Edit) – 3:39
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Mikey Bennett's Carnival Version featuring Patra) (Edit) – 4:09
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Sly & Robbie's Home Grown Version featuring Snow) – 4:16
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Pop Goes the Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:04

* '''Australian CD single'''
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Single Edit) – 3:39
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Pop Goes the Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:04
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Dancehall Main featuring Snow) – 5:50
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Harder Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:49
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Sly & Robbie's Home Grown Version featuring Snow) – 4:16
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Lounge Mix featuring Snow) – 6:12
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Mikey Bennett's Carnival Version featuring Patra) (Edit) – 4:09

* '''European 12-inch'''
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Pop Goes the Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:04
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Dancehall Main featuring Snow) – 5:50
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Remix Harder Dancehall featuring Snow) – 5:49
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Sly & Robbie's Home Grown Version featuring Snow) – 4:16
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Lounge Mix featuring Snow) – 6:12
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Vasquez Lounge Dub featuring Snow) – 6:00
# "Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Mikey Bennett's Carnival Version featuring Patra) – 6:00

===Charts===
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====Weekly charts====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1994–1995)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name="ryan">{{cite Ryan|page=162}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 4 Dec 1994 |url=http://i.imgur.com/nsqNAiF.jpg |access-date=September 1, 2016 |publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|62
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|50|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song={Hey Now} Girls Just Want to Have Fun|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="fla1994"}}
|-
|align="left"|Denmark ([[IFPI Danmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 19, 1994 |title=Top 10 Sales in Europe |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-11-19.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-11-19.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=April 11, 2020 |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |page=26 |volume=11 |issue=47}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|align="left"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 15, 1994 |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |page=20 |volume=11 |issue=42}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
|align="left"|Europe (European AC Radio)<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 5, 1994 |title=Adult Contemporary Europe Top 25 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-11-05.pdf |access-date=May 28, 2023 |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |page=26 |volume=11 |issue=45}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
|align="left"|Europe ([[European Dance Radio Chart|European Dance Radio]])<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 15, 1994 |title=European Dance Radio Top 25 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-10-15.pdf |access-date=May 27, 2023 |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |page=29 |volume=11 |issue=42}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|-
|align="left"|Finland ([[IFPI Finland|IFPI]])<ref>Week 36, 1994</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
{{single chart|France|3|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song={Hey Now} Girls Just Want to Have Fun|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="fra1994"}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|56|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song={Hey Now} Girls Just Want to Have Fun|songid=2906|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="ger1994"}}
|-
|align="left"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2719236#page/n1/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 Vikan 22.9.-28.9. '94|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=16|date=September 22, 1994|access-date=April 1, 2025}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|25
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|10|song=(Hey Now) Girls Just Want to Have Fun|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="ire1994"}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|4|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song={Hey Now} Girls Just Want to Have Fun|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="nz1994"}}
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|5|date=19941008|access-date=March 5, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|38|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song={Hey Now} Girls Just Want to Have Fun|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="swe1994"}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|37|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song={Hey Now} Girls Just Want to Have Fun|access-date=March 5, 2021|refname="swi1994"}}
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|4|artist=Cyndi Lauper|artistid=21311|access-date=March 5, 2023}}
|-
|align="left"|UK Airplay (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-10-29.pdf#page=32|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=October 29, 1994|page=20|access-date=May 23, 2025}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|13
|-
|align="left"|[[Record Mirror Club Chart|UK Club Chart]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 27, 1994 |title=The ''RM'' Club Chart |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-08-27.pdf |access-date=May 20, 2023 |magazine=[[Music Week]], in [[Record Mirror]] (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |page=8}}</ref> 
| style="text-align:center;"|100
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|87|artist=Cyndi Lauper|access-date=March 5, 2023}}
|-
|align="left"|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cashbox Top 100: October 7, 1995 |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/19951007.html |access-date=November 24, 2022 |website=CashboxMagazine.com}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|81
|}
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====Year-end charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1994)
!Position
|-
|align="left"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 24, 1994 |title=1994 in Review: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |page=12 |volume=11 |issue=52}}</ref>
|align="center"|83
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{Cite web |title=End of Year Charts 1994 |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1994-12-31 |access-date=December 3, 2017 |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|48
|-
|align="left"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=January 14, 1995 |title=Top 100 Singles 1994 |magazine=[[Music Week]] |page=9}}</ref>
|align="center"|38
|}
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===Certifications===
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Hey Now (Girls Just Want To Have Fun)|artist=Cyndi Lauper|award=Silver|relyear=1994|certyear=1994|access-date=July 2, 2021|type=single|id=2863-2540-1}}
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