Cyndi Lauper Trivia

1. Who did Captain Lou portray in Cyndi Lauper's music video, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"?

From Quiz Captain Lou Albano and Cyndi Lauper

Answer: The father figure

Captain Lou played Cyndi's dad in the music video "Girl's Just Want to Have Fun". That was her real mother, Catrine, in the music video. The song peaked at #2 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. That's right; this classic wasn't #1. Hard to believe, huh? Well, the 1950s series "The Honeymooners"'s (which Cyndi said on she loves on Johnny Carson's show in 1984) ratings were never so good, which is why they only made 39 episodes. Captain Lou Albano and Cyndi met purely by chance on a plane in 1983. The rest is history.

From Quiz This Quiz is Cyn-ful!

Answer: 2002

"Shine" was a 2002 EP release despite the 2001 copyright. It was an independent release that charted at the over all #2 position in the same year. This was the first time Cyndi ever released any media without the assistance of a major label.

From Quiz 15 Deadly Cyns

Answer: Hole In My Heart & Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China)

This is from Cyndi's first movie "Vibes."

From Quiz Captain Lou Albano and Cyndi Lauper

Answer: A cook in a diner

Lou Albano appeared as the cook in the diner they were at in "Time After Time" music video. Written by Lauper, the song peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 9, 1984 and stood at the top for a couple weeks. The movie Cyndi was tearing at in the beginning of the video was "The Garden of Allah" from 1936, starring Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, and Basil Rathbone.

From Quiz 15 Deadly Cyns

Answer: That's What I Think

This song reached #11 on the US dance chart in 1993.

From Quiz Cyndi Lauper Lyrics

Answer: All Through The Night

Six singles were released from the smash debut album by Cyndi Lauper, called "She's So Unusual." "All Through the Night" was one of those singles. It was originally written and recorded by Jules Shear and covered by Cyndi Lauper for her 1983 debut studio album. The song hit the top five singles charts. Unlike the other five singles released from this album, there was no accompanying video for the song.

From Quiz 1980s singer Cyndi Lauper

Answer: Mad About You

She won for Outstanding Guest Actress playing Ira's ex-wife.

From Quiz Captain Lou Albano and Cyndi Lauper

Answer: God

Captain Lou appeared all throughout this music video, the first time a little after the two minute mark. Just what were they hoping He would understand? I can't impart that information, for Funtrivia is a family website. But let's just say, contrary to what some people contend, the '80s were NOT just like the '50s.

From Quiz 15 Deadly Cyns

Answer: Change Of Heart

The Bangles sing back up on this hit single.

From Quiz Cyndi Lauper Lyrics

Answer: She Bop

"She Bop" is another single from her debut album, "She's So Unusual." This song was released in July 1984 and hit number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Due to sexual lyrics, the song was included on the 'Filthy Fifteen' list by the Parents Music Resource Center. This group was founded in 1985 to try to increase parental control over the music children were exposed to (particularly violent, sexual lyrics or lyrics with references to drugs). This song made that list and got a Parental Advisory sticker slapped on it.

From Quiz 1980s singer Cyndi Lauper

Answer: Paris

Cyndi filmed this concert while on her worldwide True Colors tour.

From Quiz This Quiz is Cyn-ful!

Answer: and Then Some

This is a must have! It is a compilation CD of greatest hits. It was released in the US in 1995. It included songs from the first decade of her solo career.

From Quiz 15 Deadly Cyns

Answer: She Bop

This song is from Cyndi's debut solo album "She's So Unusual," which went x6 platinum.

From Quiz Cyndi Lauper Lyrics

Answer: Time After Time

"Time After Time" was the second single from "She's So Unusual." Recorded in 1983 and released in 1984 it was a big hit for Lauper. A sad and memorable love song, it reached number one in several countries, including Zimbabwe. Lauper received a number of nominations for the song, including American Video Awards, a Billboard Award, a BMI Award and a Grammy Award. It won several. It's also listed on many "Best of" lists, notably in 2021 by "Rolling Stone" as one of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

From Quiz 1980s singer Cyndi Lauper

Answer: Michael J Fox

Fox starred as Mikey, and Cyndi was his ditzy secretary.

From Quiz This Quiz is Cyn-ful!

Answer: She's So Wonderful

One of the big wigs at Portrait Records exclaimed that Cyndi was "so wonderful" when he heard a demo tape of one of her tracks. Her manager at the time (David Wolff) retorted, "she's so unusual". They tossed the two around as ideas for the title of her first album. The rest is history... Even though 1984 was a landmark year for Cyndi (this was the year she had four top 5 singles), the album in question, "She's So Unusual" was released in 1983.

From Quiz 15 Deadly Cyns

Answer: The World Is Stone

This single was never released in the United States but reached #2 in France and stayed in the top 5 for 3 months.

From Quiz Cyndi Lauper Lyrics

Answer: Girls Just Want To Have Fun

This song introduced the world at large to Cyndi Lauper but did you know that she was not the first to record it? It was originally written, recorded and performed in 1979 by a musician by the name of Robert Hazard. The Lauper version was the debut single off her 1983 album "She's So Unusual" and was her breakout hit. It reached number one pretty much everywhere (Ireland, Norway, United States, Canada, Israel, Japan and the list goes on...) and Lauper won an American Video Award and MTV Video Music Award for the song. The song was accompanied by a fun and weird music video that highlighted Lauper as a quirky and creative soul. The video cost less than $35,000 to make and featured a large cast of volunteers, Captain Lou Albano of wrestling fame, and Lauper's real mom.

From Quiz 1980s singer Cyndi Lauper

Answer: Pee-Wee's Playhouse

That's her on the theme to her friend Pee-Wee's show.

From Quiz This Quiz is Cyn-ful!

Answer: younger

This song was from the "True Colors" (1986) LP. It was the second single released in that same year and hit #3 in the US top 10. Bonus trivia! Special guest vocalists for "Change of Heart", The Bangles.

From Quiz Cyndi Lauper Lyrics

Answer: Change of Heart

Here's a song not from Lauper's debut album! "Change of Heart" was the second single released from her second album ("True Colors"). The song was released in 1986 and reached top ten in Chile, United States, Israel and France. Background vocals for the song were recorded by the female band The Bangles. The accompanying video shows Lauper playing at various locations around London, England.

From Quiz 1980s singer Cyndi Lauper

Answer: Vibes

Peter Falk also starred in this action-adventure flick.

From Quiz Captain Lou Albano and Cyndi Lauper

Answer: "Captain Lou Is Missing"

Cyndi Lauper's appearance on "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" marked her first appearance on a television series. In the episode ("Captain Lou is Missing"), Cyndi bursts into Mario Brothers Plumbing with flyers crying that her best friend, Captain Lou, is missing. Mario (played by Captain Lou Albano) is saddened by the news, for Captain Lou is his hero. Mario and his brother Luigi vow to help her find him. A world-wide search ensues. It comes to an end when the President of the United States calls off Operation Lou Search. Captain Lou is deemed missing forever. Mario attempts to cheer the despondent Cyndi up by reminding her that at least he got to know Captain Lou. Captain Lou is his hero. I felt the same way as Mario. I was barely a year old when this episode aired in the United States 11/30/89, but "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show" was played in reruns for years, and I still remember seeing the show very clearly in my extreme youth. I had the privilege to meet Captain Lou Albano in a hardware store in New York years ago. I asked him about his being on the show. He said he did it for the kids, and that he wanted to make them happy. He did the right thing. After Captain Lou died, it was the now grown kids from the 80's who made the most YouTube videos in his remembrance, not his wrestling fans. I had the equal privilege of meeting Cyndi Lauper at a book signing a few years ago. I asked her if she remembered being on "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" episode "Captain Lou is Missing". She told me that she remembered making it, but that she had never seen it.

From Quiz 15 Deadly Cyns

Answer: Sisters Of Avalon

This upbeat song is from the album of the same name.

From Quiz Cyndi Lauper Lyrics

Answer: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough

"The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" was released in 1985 as a single from the soundtrack for the movie "The Goonies." It was her fifth top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100. I guess it was one of those songs that artists get sick of performing live for one reason or another as Lauper refused to include it in her live shows between 1987 and 2004. Fans kept asking for it though so eventually she included it again. Originally Lauper called the song "Good Enough" but that was changed by the film studio so that there was a closer connection to the movie title. The movie "The Goonies" was directed by Steven Spielberg who made Lauper musical director, giving her free reign to include artists she wanted on the soundtrack. She included her friends The Bangles as well as Philip Bailey and Teena Marie.

From Quiz 1980s singer Cyndi Lauper

Answer: The Bangles

The Bangles provided backing vocals on that top 10 hit.

From Quiz Captain Lou Albano and Cyndi Lauper

Answer: Girls Just Want to Have Fun

In 1989, while on "Regis and Kathie Lee", Captain Lou Albano shaved his trademarked beard and announced he would be playing Mario on the "Super Mario Bros. Super Show". The "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" music video was shot during the summer of 1983 around her 30th birthday. Cyndi Lauper altered the songs original lyrics (despite writing many songs she did not write this one), which were mostly about a girl pleasing a man, to just a girl's anthem. Captain Lou Albano appeared as Mario in a commercial warning kids not to do drugs. He warned kids and anyone who offers them a drug is not their friend, and that "...if you do drugs, you'll go to Hell before you die."

From Quiz This Quiz is Cyn-ful!

Answer: I Drove All Night

"I Drove All Night" (a top 10 single in the US) was the first US single from this album; it was originally written for Roy Orbison, but he didn't record it until after Cyndi. "My First Night Without You" was the second single. "Heading West" and "A Night to Remember" were also singles internationally from the above mentioned LP, but not in the US. All were released in 1989.

From Quiz Cyndi Lauper Lyrics

Answer: When You Were Mine

The song "When You Were Mine" was written and recorded originally by Prince for his 1980 album "Dirty Mind." The Lauper version was covered in 1983 and released as a promotional single only in the United States. In Canada and Japan it was commercially released. Lauper performed the song at the 1985 American Music Awards. Both versions of the songs are synthesizer based, with the Prince version being a bit more up tempo.

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