She’s So Unusual

~ Release by Cyndi Lauper (see all versions of this release, 27 available)

Tracklist

12" Vinyl 1
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A1Money Changes Everything
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello (engineer & producer)
engineer:
William Wittman
associate producer:
William Wittman
producer:
Rick Chertoff
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
Money Changes Everything
lyricist and composer:
Tom Gray (New wave singer - songwriter)
publisher:
Gray Matter Publishing
45:05
A2Girls Just Want to Have Fun
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello (engineer & producer)
engineer:
William Wittman
associate producer:
William Wittman
producer:
Rick Chertoff
bass:
Eric Bazilian
electric guitar:
Rick DiFonzo
electronic drum set:
Anton Fig
keyboard [keyboards] and synthesizer [synthesizers]:
Rob Hyman
background vocals:
Krystal Davis, Ellie Greenwich, Cyndi Lauper, Jules Shear, Maretha Stewart and Diane Wilson (vocals)
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1983) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1983, in 1994)
produced for:
Red Sox Music Productions, Inc.
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
music videos:
Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
recording of:
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
lyricist and composer:
Robert Hazard
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 and Heroic Music (publisher) (in 1983)
4.13:58
A3When You Were Mine
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello (engineer & producer)
engineer:
William Wittman
associate producer:
William Wittman
producer:
Rick Chertoff
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
When You Were Mine
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Controversy Music, NPG Publishing, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
35:06
A4Time After Time
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello (engineer & producer)
engineer:
William Wittman
associate producer:
William Wittman
producer:
Rick Chertoff
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1983)
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 494)
recording of:
Time After Time
writer:
Rob Hyman and Cyndi Lauper
publisher:
Sony Songs Inc. (ended), CBS Songs Ltd., Gray Matter Music, Human Boy Music, Rellla Music Corp., Sony Music Publishing (Japan), Inc., A Division, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division, Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Dub Notes Music (publisher) (in 1984), Rella Music Co. (publisher) (in 1984) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
4.44:04
B1She Bop
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello (engineer & producer)
engineer:
William Wittman
associate producer:
William Wittman
producer:
Rick Chertoff
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
She Bop
writer:
Rick Chertoff, Gary Corbett, Cyndi Lauper and Steve Lunt (British musician, songwriter, music executive also credited as Stephen Broughton)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), ATV/Sony Songs, LLC, Concord Copyrights (BMI), Hobbler Music, Noyb Music Company, Perfect Punch Music (publisher), Rellla Music Company, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Spirit One Music, Twenty Twenty 6 Music, Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Wall to Wall Music, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部, フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present)
4.53:52
B2All Through the Night
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello (engineer & producer)
engineer:
William Wittman
associate producer:
William Wittman
producer:
Rick Chertoff
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1983)
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
All Through the Night
lyricist and composer:
Jules Shear
publisher:
Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?) (ended), Funzalo Music, Juters Music Company and Songs of Universal, Inc.
4.34:32
B3Witness
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello (engineer & producer)
engineer:
William Wittman
associate producer:
William Wittman
producer:
Rick Chertoff
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Witness
writer:
Cyndi Lauper and John Turi
publisher:
Notting Hill Music (UK) Ltd., Rellla Music Corp. and Turi Music
43:41
B4I’ll Kiss You
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello (engineer & producer)
engineer:
William Wittman
associate producer:
William Wittman
producer:
Rick Chertoff
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
I’ll Kiss You
writer:
Cyndi Lauper and Jules Shear
publisher:
Rellla Music Corp., Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US), Funzalo Music Co. (publisher) (in 1984), Juters Music Co. (publisher) (in 1984) and Rella Music Co. (publisher) (in 1984)
4.54:12
B5He’s So Unusual
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello (engineer & producer)
engineer:
William Wittman
associate producer:
William Wittman
producer:
Rick Chertoff
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
He’s So Unusual
writer:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist), Al Sherman (Tin Pan Alley songwriter) and Abner Silver
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
30:46
B6Yeah Yeah
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello (engineer & producer)
engineer:
William Wittman
associate producer:
William Wittman
producer:
Rick Chertoff
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
recorded at:
The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
Yeah Yeah
writer:
Hasse Huss and Mikael Rickfors
publisher:
Sweden Music AB
43:19

Credits

Release

art direction and design/illustration:Janet Perr
additional bass:Neil Jason (bassist)
additional guitar:Rick DiFonzo
Neil Jason (bassist)
William Wittman
additional membranophone and additional percussion:Anton Fig
additional percussion [extra percussion]:Rick Chertoff
additional synthesizer:Peter Wood (UK keyboardist/pianist)
additional synthesizer [synthesizers]:Richard Termini
bass guitar, guitar family, melodica [hooter] and saxophone:Eric Bazilian
keyboard [keyboards]:Rob Hyman
additional background vocals:Krystal Davis
Ellie Greenwich
Jules Shear
Maeretha Stewart
Dianne Wilson
background vocals:Eric Bazilian
Rob Hyman
Cyndi Lauper
lead vocals:Cyndi Lauper
ASIN:US: B00030IZY0 [info]