Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some

Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some
Greatest hits album by Cyndi Lauper
Released	August 22, 1994
Recorded	1981 through 1994
Genre	Pop, dance
Length	66:54 (Europe/South America); 70:57 (Japan); 57:52 (US)
Label	Epic EK-66100
Producer	Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper chronology
The Best Remixes Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some (1994) Wanna Have Fun (1996)
Singles from Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some
"(Hey Now) Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Released: 1994 "I'm Gonna Be Strong" Released: January 30, 1995 "Come on Home" Released: 1995

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Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some is musician Cyndi Lauper's greatest hits CD, released in 1994. The album sold over 6 million copies worldwide. The album has sold 565,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Album information

In the United States the album has 14 tracks. 11 are previously released hits; "I'm Gonna Be Strong" is a Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil track Lauper re-recorded, having previously performed it on her debut album Blue Angel. "(Hey Now) Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a re-recording of one of her biggest hits; it has been completely reworked to incorporate a reggae feel. A music video featuring drag queens was shot to accompany this single and it aired heavily on television. It was also featured in the film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. The track "Come On Home" was also new; two versions were recorded, one running 4:33 (The US Version) and one running 4:36 (the international version). Internationally the album has 16 tracks (17 in Japan).

There was some issue with the division of royalties due to the wide array of co-writers on the various tracks that prevented Lauper from releasing the longer version in the United States. Conceptually the album was originally called "13 Deadly Cyns" and in fact a promotional cassette with this title (and an alternate track listing) was pressed and distributed in the United Kingdom in June 1992.

Track listing

(To properly comprehend the United States track listing, simply eliminate any tracks designated as international and shift the numeration up by one.)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Edition	Length
1.	"I'm Gonna Be Strong" (new recording)	Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	All	3:52
2.	"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (from She's So Unusual, 1983)	Robert Hazard	All	3:54
3.	"Money Changes Everything" (from She's So Unusual, 1983)	Tom Gray	All	5:04
4.	"Time After Time" (from She's So Unusual, 1983)	Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman	All	4:04
5.	"She Bop (7" Single Remix)" (from She's So Unusual, 1983)	Cyndi Lauper, Gary Corbett, Rick Chertoff, Stephen Broughton Lunt	All	3:46
6.	"All Through the Night" (from She's So Unusual, 1983)	Jules Shear	All	4:29
7.	"Change of Heart" (from True Colors, 1986)	Cyndi Lauper, Essra Mohawk	All	4:25
8.	"True Colors" (from True Colors, 1986)	Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly	All	3:47
9.	"What's Going On (7" Single Remix)" (from True Colors, 1986)	Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson	All	3:54
10.	"I Drove All Night" (from A Night to Remember, 1989)	Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly	All	4:12
11.	"The World Is Stone" (from Starmania/Tycoon (Soundtrack),1992)	Luc Plamondon, Michel Berger, Tim Rice	Intl, Japan	4:25
12.	"Who Let in the Rain" (from Hat Full of Stars, 1993)	Cyndi Lauper, Allee Willis	Intl, Japan	4:37
13.	"That's What I Think (Single Edit)" (from Hat Full of Stars, 1993)	Cyndi Lauper, Allee Willis, Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman	All	4:23
14.	"Sally's Pigeons" (from Hat Full of Stars, 1993)	Cyndi Lauper, Mary Chapin Carpenter	All	3:46
15.	"(Hey Now) Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (new recording)	Lolly Vegas, Robert Hazard	All	3:54
16.	"Come on Home" (new recording; US version released in 1995 (instead of 1994 as the rest of the world) contains unique alternate mix)	Cyndi Lauper, Jan Pulsford	All	4:33
17.	"Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" (from Vibes (soundtrack), 1988)	Richard Orange	Japan	4:03

• Despite reaching the Top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, Cyndi omitted "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" from Twelve Deadly Cyns... because (as stated in an interview with Matthew Rettenmund) she despised the song.

Singles

#	Title	Date
1.	"(Hey Now) Girls Just Want to Have Fun"	1994
2.	"I'm Gonna Be Strong"	1995
3.	"Come on Home"	1995

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Brazil (ABPD)	Gold	100,000*
France (SNEP)	Platinum	300,000*
Japan (RIAJ)	Million	1,000,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)	Gold	25,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)	2× Platinum	600,000^
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Credits

• Cyndi Lauper, Stacy Drummond – art direction
• Michelle Willems – design
• Kim Stringfellow – photography
• Marlow Palleja – cover lettering
• Laura Wills – styling
• Jody Morlock – makeup
• Helena Occhipinti – hair