She Bop
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| "She Bop" | ||||
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7-inch vinyl single
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| Single by Cyndi Lauper | ||||
| from the album She's So Unusual | ||||
| B-side | "Witness" | |||
| Released | July 2, 1984 | |||
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| Recorded | 1983 at Record Plant (New York City, New York) | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 3:47 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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| Producer(s) | Rick Chertoff | |||
| Cyndi Lauper singles chronology | ||||
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"She Bop" is a song by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released as the third single from her debut studio album She's So Unusual. It reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1984. Worldwide, the song is her most commercially successful single after "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time After Time", and reached number 46 on the UK Singles Chart and number 6 on the ARIA Singles Chart. "She Bop" was her third consecutive Top 5 on the Hot 100. The song is also featured in the film Never Been Kissed.
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The song was considered controversial, as it dealt with the subject matter of female masturbation. It was also included on the Parents Music Resource Center's "Filthy Fifteen" list, due to its sexual lyrics; this led to the creation of the Parental Advisory sticker. (Other songs on the "Filthy Fifteen" list included tracks by Madonna, Prince, and AC/DC.) In an interview on The Howard Stern Show, Lauper stated that she recorded the vocals of the song while nude.[1]
Lauper said she wanted little kids to think the song was about dancing, and to understand the real meaning as they got older. It could receive airplay as she never directly stated in the song what the meaning was.
The single has been released in over 32 variations across the world, the most common being a two-track 7" vinyl single (with varying covers) and a two-track 12" vinyl single (also with varying covers).
Lauper recorded a slow ballad version of the song for her album The Body Acoustic.
Lauper stated at a concert during her 2013 She's So Unusual anniversary tour that she recorded the song topless in a dark room and tickled herself under her arms, which is why there is her laughter on the track.[2]
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