Editing She Bop (section)

==Music video==
The accompanying [[music video]] for "She Bop" was directed by Edd Griles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=16169|title=Site Maintenance|access-date=March 2, 2012|archive-date=April 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423213346/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=16169|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mark Marek designed the characters in the animated sections of this music video, which were produced and directed by Jerry Lieberman, of NYC's Jerry Lieberman Productions,<ref>{{cite web|title=Toonzone Goes "MAD" Interviewing Kevin Shinick and Mark Marek|url=https://www.toonzone.net/toonzone-goes-mad-interviewing-kevin-shinick-and-mark-marek/|website=Toonzone.|access-date=April 4, 2018|date=September 6, 2010}}</ref> and the cover of the US 12" version.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Cyndi-Lauper-She-Bop/release/531814|title = Cyndi Lauper – She Bop (1984, Carrollton pressing, Vinyl)|website = [[Discogs]]| year=1984 }}</ref> [[Wendi Richter]] and [[Lou Albano]] appear in the video, with Richter lip-synching the first line of the song.

The video expands upon the references to masturbation in the song's lyrics, although not overtly.<ref name="Perone">{{cite book |last1=Perone |first1=James E. |title=Listen to New Wave Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre |date=September 7, 2018 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-5969-4 |page=96 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uw5pDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA96 |access-date=16 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Among the images presented are an upright bottle shooting mayonnaise into the air, a sign at a gas station that displays 'GIT OFF HERE', gas pumps (labelled 'good x', 'better xx', 'nirvana xxx', 'single', and 'multiple'), a large sign that reads "Self Service", a dance sequence where Lauper portrays a blind person with a cane, and that same person winning a game of "Masterbingo"– both a reference to the myth that masturbation causes blindness.<ref name="Perone" /> Most of the more blatant references appear during the animated instrumental sequence, although subtle images are seen throughout the live action scenes.

At the [[1985 MTV Video Music Awards]], the video was nominated for "Best Female Video", but lost to [[Tina Turner]]'s "[[What's Love Got to Do with It (song)|What's Love Got to Do with It]]".<ref>{{cite news |title=Celebrity Beat |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9LADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53 |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=JET Magazine |date=30 September 1985 |page=53|publisher = Johnson Publishing Company}}</ref>

British music magazine ''[[Melody Maker]]'' complimented the video, noting that it worked well because "Lauper has a certain [[Betty Boop|Boop]]-cheeked charm" and also because of the "superb bits of animation" used in it.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Melody Maker|date=15 September 1985|title=High Definition|page=32|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Melody-Maker/80s/84/Melody-Maker-1984-09-15.pdf|accessdate=11 December 2024}}</ref>