{"id":765202,"date":"2022-01-25T06:14:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T06:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/25\/cyndi-laupers-girls-just-want-to-have-fun-video-passes-1b-views-on-youtube\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T06:14:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T06:14:10","slug":"cyndi-laupers-girls-just-want-to-have-fun-video-passes-1b-views-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/25\/cyndi-laupers-girls-just-want-to-have-fun-video-passes-1b-views-on-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' video passes 1B views on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jan. 24 (UPI) —<\/span> Cyndi Lauper is celebrating her first music video to pass 1 billion views on YouTube.<\/p>\n

The 68-year-old singer confirmed Monday that her video for the song “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” reached the milestone over the weekend.\n<\/p>\n

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“Huge news! My ‘Girls Just Want to Have Fun’ video joined the @YouTube 1 Billion Views Club over the weekend!” Lauper tweeted.<\/p>\n

“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” was written and first performed by Robert Hazard, while Lauper’s version appears on her 1983 album, She’s So Unusual<\/i>. Lauper released her music video for the song in October 2009.\n<\/p>\n

“A lot of people don’t realize this, but ‘Girls’ is really a political song,” Lauper said in a statement. “When I got my feminist hands on it, I knew I wanted to make it into an anthem for all women. Sonically, I wanted the song the song to be uplifting and joyful.”<\/p>\n

“When it came to make the video, it was really important to me to make sure we included women from every walk of life. I wanted every little girl watching the video to have the joyful experience of seeing herself on that screen. I wanted us to be a community,” she added.\n<\/p>\n

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Lauper released her 11th studio album, Detour<\/i>, in May 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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