The Very Best of Cyndi Lauper

~ Release by Cyndi Lauper (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Time After Time
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello
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)
4.353:58
2Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1994)
recording of:
Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)
additional lyricist:
Lolly Vegas
lyricist and composer:
Robert Hazard
publisher:
Sony Tunes, Inc. (ended), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) and Novalene Music
version of:
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
2.53:52
3True Colors
engineer and mixer:
Bryan McGee (sound engineer)
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Epic Records (a division of Sony Music Entertainment; holding company, not a release label) (in 1986) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1986)
recording of:
True Colors
writer:
Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly (songwriter)
publisher:
Sony Tunes, Inc. (ended), Brain Drain Music (work publisher), Sony Music Publishing (Japan), Inc., A Division, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
4.553:47
4The World Is Stone
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1992)
recording of:
The World Is Stone
lyricist:
Luc Plamondon
composer:
Michel Berger
translator:
Tim Rice
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. (ended) and Sixty Fours Square Music Ltd.
translated version of:
Le monde est stone
44:21
5What's Going On
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1986)
cover recording of:
What’s Going On
lyricist and composer:
Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland (songwriter 1930-1996) and Marvin Gaye
publisher:
FCG Music, Jobete Music Co., Inc., MG III Music, NMG Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Stone Agate Music Corp., イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
44:36
6I Drove All Night
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1989)
cover recording of:
I Drove All Night
writer:
Tom Kelly (songwriter) and Billy Steinberg
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
4.54:10
7Iko Iko
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1986)
recording of:
Iko Iko
lyricist:
James Crawford, Jr. (R&B musician James “Sugar Boy” Crawford, Jr.), Barbara Anne Hawkins, Rosa Lee Hawkins and Joan Marie Johnson
composer:
James Crawford, Jr. (R&B musician James “Sugar Boy” Crawford, Jr.), Barbara Anne Hawkins and Rosa Lee Hawkins
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), EMI Longitude Music Co., IKO Legal Hold, Melder Publishing Co., Songs of Windswept Pacific, Trio Music Company Inc. and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部
revision of:
Jockomo
32:03
8She Bop
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1983)
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., 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)
3.53:45
9All Through the Night
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello
engineer:
William Wittman
associate producer:
William Wittman
producer:
Rick Chertoff
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (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.
4.354:26
10Change of Heart
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1986)
recording of:
Change of Heart
additional lyricist:
Cyndi Lauper
lyricist and composer:
Essra Mohawk
publisher:
8111524 Music, Smoking Word Music and Stone and Muffin Music
44:22
11I Don't Want to Be Your Friend
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1989)
recording of:
I Don't Want to Be Your Friend
lyricist and composer:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
publisher:
Realsongs
3.54:21
12Sisters of Avalon3.54:22
13Who Let In the Rain44:35
14Money Changes Everything
cover recording of:
Money Changes Everything
lyricist and composer:
Tom Gray (New wave singer - songwriter)
publisher:
Gray Matter Publishing
45:00
15The Goonies 'r' Good Enough
lead vocals:
Cyndi Lauper
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1984)
recording of:
The Goonies 'R' Good Enough
writer:
Cyndi Lauper, Steve Lunt (British musician, songwriter, music executive also credited as Stephen Broughton) and Arthur Stead
publisher:
Perfect Punch Music (publisher), Pet Me Publishing, Rellla Music and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
33:37
16Girls Just Want to Have Fun
additional engineer:
John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer) and Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:
John Agnello
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. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (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)
4.13:48
17If You Go Away
cover recording of:
If You Go Away (in 2003)
lyricist and composer:
Jacques Brel
translator:
Rod McKuen
publisher:
Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919) and Intersong Paris S.A.
translated version of:
Ne me quitte pas (original French version)
34:27
18Hymn to Love
cover recording of:
Hymn to Love (Piaf version)
lyricist:
Édith Piaf
composer:
Marguerite Monnot
translator:
Eddie Constantine
translated version of:
Hymne à l’amour
3:34
19La Vie En Rose
cover recording of:
La Vie en rose (English translation) (in 2003)
lyricist:
Édith Piaf
composer:
Louiguy (french composer Louis Guglielmi)
translator:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter)
publisher:
Éditions Beuscher Arpège
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
translated version of:
La Vie en rose (French original)
43:34

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