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{{Infobox song
| name          = She Bop
| cover         = Ps sb1.jpg
| alt           = 
| caption       = 7-inch vinyl single
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Cyndi Lauper]]
| album         = [[She's So Unusual]]
| B-side        = Witness
| released      = July 2, 1984
| recorded      = 1983
| studio        = [[Record Plant]]<br>(New York City)
| genre         = {{hlist|[[New wave music|New wave]]|[[dance-pop]]|[[pop rock]]}}
| length        = 3:47<br>4:36 (video version)
| label         = {{hlist|[[Portrait Records|Portrait]]|[[Epic Records|Epic]]}}
| writer        = *[[Cyndi Lauper]]
* [[City Boy (band)|Stephen Broughton Lunt]]
* [[Gary Corbett]]
* [[Rick Chertoff]]
| producer      = [[Rick Chertoff]]
| prev_title    = [[Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)|Time After Time]]
| prev_year     = 1984
| next_title    = [[All Through the Night (Cyndi Lauper song)|All Through the Night]]
| next_year     = 1984
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|KFq4E9XTueY|"She Bop"}}}}
}}
"'''She Bop'''" is a song by American singer-songwriter [[Cyndi Lauper]], written by Lauper, [[City Boy (band)|Stephen Broughton Lunt]], [[Gary Corbett]], and [[Rick Chertoff]], and produced by the lattermost. It was released on July 2, 1984, via [[Portrait Records]] as the third single from her debut studio album ''[[She's So Unusual]]'' (1983). Lyrically, the song talks about the subject of [[female masturbation]], which caused controversy upon its release at the time.

One of Lauper's most successful singles, "She Bop" peaked within the top ten of the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], reaching number three in September 1984. The track peaked within the top ten of Australia and New Zealand, reached the top twenty of the [[European Hot 100 Singles]] chart, and topped the [[Israel Broadcasting Authority|Israeli Singles Chart]]. Due to a lack of promotion, the track stalled at number 46 in the United Kingdom. The music video for the track, which utilized animated segments and multiple visual effects, would receive a nomination at the [[1985 MTV Video Music Awards]] for [[Best Female Video]]. Lauper would re-record a quieter version of the song for her 2005 studio album ''[[The Body Acoustic]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=Cyndi Lauper - The Body Acoustic |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2005/12/16/cyndi-lauper-the-body-a/6f85079b-db10-4c12-b4a0-76fd02b63eaa/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=16 February 2021 |date=16 December 2005}}</ref>

== Recording and composition ==
"She Bop" moves at a [[tempo]] of 137 beats per minute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BPM for "She Bop" by Cyndi Lauper |url=https://songbpm.com/@cyndi-lauper/she-bop-3f827e3a-b14b-49c9-8259-8ba03a08a249 |access-date=January 12, 2025 |website=Song BPM}}</ref> The song was recorded at [[Record Plant|Record Plant Studios]] in [[New York City]] and was produced by [[Rick Chertoff]].<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[She's So Unusual]] |type=album liner notes |others=[[Cyndi Lauper]] |publisher=[[Portrait Records]] |year=1983 |id=38930}}</ref> Lauper said she recorded the song naked in an interview with ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 7, 2022 |title=Cyndi Lauper {{!}} “She Bop” was released as a single 38 years ago this month! |url=https://www.instagram.com/cyndilauper/p/CfuVQDzpW6i/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |via=[[Instagram]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/archive/peoplearchive.php/Cyndi_Lauper/biography/|title=Cyndi Lauper Biography|work=Monsters and Critics|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829165412/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/archive/peoplearchive.php/Cyndi_Lauper/biography/|archive-date=August 29, 2009}}</ref>

=== Lyrical content ===
The track is an ode to [[masturbation]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=September 17, 2015 |title=PMRC's 'Filthy 15': Where Are They Now? |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/pmrcs-filthy-15-where-are-they-now-60601/cyndi-lauper-she-bop-2-179572/ |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=January 12, 2025 |website=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> It was included on the [[Parents Music Resource Center]]'s "Filthy Fifteen" list in 1984 due to it being considered "profane or sexually explicit";<ref name=":0" /> this led to the creation of the [[Parental Advisory]] sticker. Lauper has stated that finding a copy of gay men's magazine ''[[Blueboy (magazine)|Blueboy]]'' lying around in the recording studio provided the impetus for writing "She Bop".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/03/cyndi-lauper-she-bop-_n_5083703.html|title=Cyndi Lauper's 'She Bop' Was Inspired By Gay Porn Magazine Blueboy |website=[[HuffPost]] |date=February 2, 2016 |access-date=September 18, 2016}}</ref> The magazine is mentioned in the first verse.<ref name="BACAF">{{cite web |url=https://www.bacaf.org/history |title=Blueboy History |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Blueboy Archives & Cultural Arts Foundation |access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref>

==Reception==
''[[Cash Box]]'' said that "with characteristic zaniness, Lauper takes a [[be-bop]] [[back beat]] and sparks it with an inspired vocal that pops and chirps with rhythmic intensity."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-07-28.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-07-28.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|date=July 28, 1984|accessdate=2022-07-25|page=7}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
"She Bop" was released on July 2, 1984. It debuted on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] at No. 52 in the issue dated July 21, 1984,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1984-07-21 |title=The Billboard Hot 100 – Week of July 21, 1984 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=January 2, 2013 |access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref> and spent a total of 18 weeks on the chart, reaching a peak position of No. 3 in the issue dated September 8, 1984.<ref name=BB_HOT100/> It was the third single from Lauper's debut album to make the top 10 of the Hot 100.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956515/keha-takes-off-with-fourth-top-10-from-debut-album |title=Ke$ha 'Takes Off' with Fourth Top 10 from Debut Album|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=May 2, 2011 |magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 2, 2011}}</ref> The single also reached number 10 on the [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance/Club Play Songs]] chart the week of September 15, 1984,<ref name=BB_DANCE/> and placed at 34 on the ''Billboard'' year-end chart of 1984.<ref name=BB_YE/> On April 17, 1989, the song was certified [[RIAA certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for the shipment of half a million copies across the United States.<ref name=RIAA_CERT/>

==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>

==Formats and track listings==
* '''US/UK 7" single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=She Bop|others=[[Cyndi Lauper]]|year=1984|type=US 7-inch Single liner notes|publisher=[[Portrait Records]]|id=37-04516}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=She Bop|others=[[Cyndi Lauper]]|year=1984|type=UK 7-inch Single liner notes|publisher=[[Portrait Records]]|id=A 4620}}</ref>
# "She Bop" – 3:47
# "Witness" – 3:40
* '''US 12" single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=She Bop|others=[[Cyndi Lauper]]|year=1984|type=US 12-inch Single liner notes|publisher=[[Portrait Records]]|id=4R9 05011}}</ref>
# "She Bop" (Special Dance Mix) – 6:16
# "She Bop" (Instrumental) – 6:30
* '''UK 12" single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=She Bop|others=[[Cyndi Lauper]]|year=1984|type=UK 12-inch Single liner notes|publisher=[[Portrait Records]]|id=TA 4620}}</ref>
# "She Bop" (Special Dance Mix) – 6:16
# "She Bop" (Instrumental) – 5:20 (stated)
# "Witness" – 3:40

==Official versions==
# Album version – 3:42
# Single version – 3:47 <small>(7" single)</small>
# Special dance mix – 6:27 <small>(12" single)</small>
# Instrumental – 5:21 <small>(12" single)</small>
# Video mix – 4:35 <small>(Philippines 7" single)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Cyndi-Lauper-She-Bop/release/7306961|title=Cyndi Lauper – She Bop (Vinyl)|website=[[Discogs]]|date=July 12, 2020 }}</ref>
# Live at Le Zenith <small>(Recorded 1987)</small> – 5:12 <small>(From ''[[Heading West (song)|Heading West]]'' UK single – CD & 12" versions)</small>
# Live at Irvine Meadows <small>(Recorded 1983)</small> – 5:20 <small>(From ''[[She's So Unusual]]'' 2000 CD reissue)</small>
# The Body Acoustic Version – 4:16 <small>(From ''[[The Body Acoustic]]'')</small>
# Live <small>(True Colors Live 2008)</small> – 3:46 <small>(From ''True Colors Live 2008'' EP)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Cyndi-Lauper-True-Colors-Live-2008/release/7286262|title = Cyndi Lauper – True Colors Live 2008 (2008, File)|website = [[Discogs]]| year=2008 }}</ref>
# Live at the Warehouse, Memphis – 4:04 <small>(From ''[[To Memphis, with Love]]'')</small>
# Live <small>(Front and Center Presents)</small> – 3:59 <small>(From ''Front and Center Presents Cyndi Lauper'') (2014)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Cyndi-Lauper-Front-And-Center/release/7351985|title=Cyndi Lauper – Front and Center (2015, CD)|website=[[Discogs]]|date=March 25, 2015 }}</ref>

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!style="width: 200pt;"|Chart (1984–1985)
!style="width: 40pt;"|Peak<br />position
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!scope="row"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=kent>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=Illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|page=173|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] between 1983 and June 19, 1988.</ref>
|6
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{{single chart|Austria|5|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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{{single chart|Flanders|31|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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!scope="row"|Belgium ([[Top 30 (Belgium)|VRT Top 30]] Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1984/09/29|title=Radio 2 Top 30|publisher=[[Top 30]]|access-date=September 20, 2016|language=nl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328094126/http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1984/09/29|archive-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref>
|27
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{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|3|chartid=8602|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016|refname=CA_Top_Weekly}}
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!scope="row"|Canada ([[CHUM Chart|''CHUM'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=1447 |title=CHART NUMBER 1447 – Saturday, September 22, 1984 |publisher=[[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]] |access-date=June 3, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107201523/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=1447 |archive-date=November 7, 2006}}</ref>
|5
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!scope="row"|Chile (Clasificación Nacional del Disco)<ref name="Cyndi Lauper – She Bop">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyndilauper.com/single_det.php?shname=sb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031229083318/http://www.cyndilauper.com/single_det.php?shname=sb|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 29, 2003|title=Cyndi Lauper – She Bop|date=December 29, 2003|access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref>
|8
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!scope="row"|[[European Hot 100 Singles|European Top 100 Singles]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Eurotipsheet|title=European Top 100 Singles|page=10|date=September 24, 1984|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1984/M&M-1984-09-24.pdf}}</ref>
|17
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!scope="row"|European Airplay Top 50 (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=European Airplay Top 50|magazine=[[Music & Media|Eurotipsheet]]|page=19|date=September 10, 1984|issue=24}}</ref>
|12
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{{single chart|France|34|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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!scope="row"|Finland ([[Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=143 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=143 |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Cyndi Lauper|page=143|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=June 29, 2022|language=fi}}</ref>
|22
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!scope="row"| Guatemala ([[UPI]])<ref name="google_hvBDAAAAIBAJ_PA12">{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hvBDAAAAIBAJ&dq=la+opinion+CANCIONES+latinoamerica&pg=PA12&article_id=1343,6853987|title=Las canciones más populares en Latinoamérica|newspaper=[[La Opinión (Los Angeles)]]|language=es|access-date=October 11, 2024|date=October 8, 1984}}</ref>
|8
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!scope="row"| Israel ([[Israel Broadcasting Authority|IBA]])<ref name="israel">{{cite web|title=Israel Singles Chart 1987-1995|website=UKMix.org|url=https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/46793-israel-singles-charts-1987-1995?q=Cyndi%20Lauper|date=October 10, 2016|access-date=January 12, 2025}}</ref>
|1
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{{single chart|Dutch40|34|year=1984|week=42|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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{{single chart|Dutch100|41|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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{{single chart|New Zealand|6|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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!scope="row"| Puerto Rico ([[UPI]])<ref name="google_hvBDAAAAIBAJ_PA12"/>
|7
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!scope="row"|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web|title=South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1965 – 1989 Acts L|website=The South African Rock Encyclopedia|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(L).html|access-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref>
|6
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{{single chart|Switzerland|10|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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{{single chart|UK|46|date=19840915|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|3|artist=Cyndi Lauper|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016|refname=BB_HOT100}}
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!scope="row"|US [[Dance Club Songs|Dance/Disco Top 80]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name=BB_DANCE>{{cite magazine|date=September 15, 1984|title=Billboard September 15, 1984|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-09-15.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-09-15.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=45|location=New York, NY, USA|access-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref>
|10
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{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|27|artist=Cyndi Lauper|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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!scope="row"|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref name=CASHBOX>{{cite magazine|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19840929.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending SEPTEMBER 29, 1984 |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box magazine]] |access-date=June 3, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001104209/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19840929.html |archive-date=October 1, 2012}}</ref>
|3
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!scope="row"|US Top 40 (''[[Gavin Report]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Gavin Report – Top 40|magazine=[[Gavin Report]]|page=3|date=September 14, 1984|issue=1524}}</ref>
|3
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!scope="row"|US [[album-oriented rock|AOR]] Hot Tracks (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=R&R AOR/Hot Tracks|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=63|date=August 31, 1984|issue=549}}</ref>
|26
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!scope="row"|US Contemporary Hit Radio (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=National Airplay: The Back Page|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=88|date=September 7, 1984|issue=550}}</ref>
|2
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{{single chart|West Germany|19|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|songid=1145|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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!scope="row"|Zimbabwe ([[List of record charts|ZIMA]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Kimberley |first=Christopher |title=Zimbabwe Singles Chart Book: 1965–1996}}</ref>
|15
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!style="width: 200pt;"|Chart (1984)
!style="width: 40pt;"|Position
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!scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/MyookoA.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984|publisher=[[Kent Music Report]]|via=Imgur.com|accessdate=January 8, 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|61
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!scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=1984|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 1984|website=[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]|access-date=September 20, 2016|language=de}}</ref>
|align="center"|27
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{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|25|chartid=9638|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016|refname=CA_YE}}
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!scope="row"|Israel (IBA)<ref name="israel"/>
|align="center"|11
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!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name=BB_YE>{{cite magazine|date=December 22, 1984|title= Volume 96 No. 51, DECEMBER 22. 1984|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-12-22.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-12-22.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=TA-19|location=New York, NY, USA|access-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref>
|align="center"|34
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!scope="row"|US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1984YESP.html |title=The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1984 |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box magazine]] |access-date=June 3, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930234839/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1984YESP.html |archive-date=September 30, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|23
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!scope="row"|US Top 40 (''Gavin Report'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 40 Top 100|magazine=Gavin Report|page=9|date=December 14, 1984|issue=1537}}</ref>
|align="center"|26
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!scope="row"|US Contemporary Hit Radio (''Radio & Records'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 84 of '84: Contemporary Hit Radio|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=64|date=December 14, 1984|issue=564}}</ref>
|align="center"|28
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==Certifications==
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{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Gold|title=She Bop|artist=Cyndi Lauper|relyear=1984|certyear=1989|refname=RIAA_CERT}}
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==Awards and nominations==
'''Won'''
* 1985 – [[Broadcast Music, Incorporated|BMI Awards for Pop Award]]

'''Nominations'''
* [[1985 MTV Video Music Awards|1985]] – [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video]]

== Release history ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Release dates and formats for "She Bop"
!Region
!Date
!Format(s)
!Label(s)
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|United States
|July 2, 1984
| rowspan="2" |{{Hlist}}{{hlist|7-inch|12-inch single}}
|[[Portrait Records|Portrait]]
|<ref name="RIAA_CERT"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" |United Kingdom
|August 13, 1984
| rowspan="2" |{{Hlist}}{{hlist|Portrait|[[Epic Records|Epic]]}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 11, 1984 |title=New Singles |work=[[Music Week]] |page=20 |issn=0265-1548}}</ref>
|-
|August 27, 1984
|5-inch picture disc single
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 25, 1984 |title=New Singles |work=[[Music Week]] |page=20 |issn=0265-1548}}</ref>
|}

==Cover versions==
* Howie Beno and Cruella DeVille recorded a version of the song for the 1999 movie [[Jawbreaker (film)|Jawbreaker]]
* Hong Kong singer [[Aaron Kwok]] recorded a Cantonese and a Mandarin version of the song, both called "絕對美麗".
* Greek band [[Matisse (Greek band)|Matisse]] covered the song for their 2007 album, ''[[Toys Up]]''.
* Chilean hard rock band Betty Black Boots covers this song in their presentations in the Chilean rock scene.
* In July 2008, [[J-pop]] singer [[Nana Kitade]] covered "She Bop" for the album ''We Love Cyndi – Tribute to Cyndi Lauper''; another version of the cover was featured on her 2009 album ''[[Bondage (album)|Bondage]]''.
* South Korean pop singer [[Wax (singer)|Wax]] covered the song. Her version of it is called "Oppa", which means "Brother".
* American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[GWAR]] performed a version of the song in October 2015 for ''[[The A.V. Club]]''{{'s}} A.V. Undercover series, in a medley with [[The Ramones]]' "[[Blitzkrieg Bop]]".<ref>{{cite web |first=Josh |last=Modell |title=GWAR covers Cyndi Lauper |url=http://www.avclub.com/video/gwar-covers-cyndi-lauper-227503 |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=October 27, 2015 |access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref>
* Ex-[[Reuben (band)|Reuben]] frontman [[Jamie Lenman]], covered the song for his 2019 album ''Shuffle''.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFq4E9XTueY Cyndi Lauper – She Bop – YouTube – Uploaded by CyndiLauperVEVO]

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