SHE'S SO UNUSUAL

'''She's So Unusual''' was the debut album by American 1980s icon Cyndi Lauper.

Contents

Album information

Track listing

Singles

Personnel

Chart performance

Certifications

Album information

The album, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music), catapulted Lauper to stardom with such hits as "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "She Bop" and "Time After Time". As of 2002 it has sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard pop albums chart (US).
With a series of quirky videos, Lauper dominated MTV for several months. Her bizarre fashion, consisting of multiple layers of thrift store clothing and dozens of accessories, influenced fashion for the last half of the 1980s.
''She's So Unusual'' received mixed reviews on its release (its sole Grammy was for Janet Perr's Album Package). In recent years, however, the album has been re-appraised by the music media, and songs like "Time After Time" are considered pop classics.

Track listing

# "Money Changes Everything" (Tom Gray) – 5:06
# "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" (Robert Hazard) – 3:58
# "When You Were Mine" (Prince) – 5:06
# "Time After Time" (Rob Hyman, Lauper) – 4:03
# "She Bop" (Rick Chertoff, Gary Corbett, Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt) – 3:51
# "All Through The Night" (Jules Shear) – 4:33
# "Witness" (Lauper, John Turi) – 3:40
# "I'll Kiss You" (Lauper, Shear) – 4:12
# "He's So Unusual" (Al Sherman, Al Lewis, Abner Silver) – :45
# "Yeah Yeah" (H. Huss, Mikael Rickfors) – 3:18
# "Money Changes Everything" (Gray) – 4:35 (Live from the Portrait Promotional 12-inch)
# "She Bop" (Chertoff, Corbett, Lauper, Lunt) – 5:20 (Live)
# "All Through The Night" (Shear) – 4:48 (Live)

★ Live tracks available only from re-released 2000 version

★ unreleased track: "Right Track, Wrong Train" (Lauper, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Kent) appeared on the b-side of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"

Singles

#	Title	Date
1.	"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"	1983
2.	"Time after Time"	1984
3.	"She Bop"	1984
4.	"All Through the Night"	1984
5.	"Money Changes Everything"	1984
6.	"I'll Kiss You"	1984 ''Promo Only''
7.	"When You Were Mine"	1985

Personnel

★ Cyndi Lauper - Arranger, Vocals, Vocals (background), Reissue Producer,
★ Concept, Cover Art Concept

★ Jules Shear - Vocals, Vocals (background)

★ Ellie Greenwich - Vocals, Vocals (background)

★ John Agnello - Engineer, Assistant Engineer

★ Eric Bazilian - Bass, Guitar, Arranger, Guitar (Bass), Saxophone,
★ Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Hooter

★ Rick Chertoff - Percussion, Arranger, Producer

★ Krystal Davis - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)

★ Rick DiFonzo - Guitar

★ Anton Fig - Percussion, Drums

★ Rob Hyman - Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals (bckgr)

★ John Jansen - Engineer

★ Neil Jason - Bass, Guitar

★ George Marino - Reissue Mastering

★ Rod O'Brien - Engineer

★ Lennie Petze - Producer, Executive Producer, Reissue Producer

★ Maretha Stewart - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)

★ [Richard Termini][1] - Synthesizer

★ Diane Wilson - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)

★ William Wittman - Guitar, Producer, Engineer, Associate Producer

★ Peter Wood - Synthesizer

★ Dan Beck - Product Manager

★ Amy Linden - Liner Notes

★ Janet Perr - Art Direction, Design, Concept, Cover Art Concept

★ Justin Ware - Hair Stylist

Chart performance

Chart (1983/1984)	Peak Position
Australia albums chart	3
Chile albums chart	2
Germany albums chart	23
Holland albums chart	21
Italy albums chart	21
Japanese albums chart	5
New Zealand albums chart	<10
Switzerland albums chart	8
UK albums chart	16
USA Billboard 200	4

Certifications

Country	Certification
Australia	7x Platinum
Canada	7x Platinum
France	Platinum
Germany	Platinum
Italy	Platinum
Japan	3x Platinum
UK	Platinum
USA	6x Platinum