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Revision as of 08:52, 28 February 2008
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"She Bop" was the third commercially released solo single by American singer Cyndi Lauper.
Song information
The song was controversial, owing to lyrics that subtly addressed masturbation. Part of the lyrics, "They say I better stop - or I'll go blind"' [1] is an allusion to a common myth about masturbation. It was also included on the Parents Music Resource Center's "Filthy Fifteen" list, due to its sexual lyrics. Other songs on the list included hits by Madonna, Prince, AC/DC, among others. This led to the creation of the parental advisory sticker. In an interview on the Howard Stern Show, she stated that she recorded the vocals of the song naked.
Lauper said she wanted little kids to think it was about dancing, and to understand the real meaning as they got older. She never directly stated in the song what the meaning of the song was, so it could receive airplay. The plan worked.
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.
Music video
An accompanying music video aired heavily on MTV and featured Lauper as a quirky sexual liberator leading the brainwashed masses to their own liberation. (This was done in metaphor showing teenagers as disgusting fast-food consuming zombies.) There were many hidden meanings, including a magazine that Lauper is staring at titled "Beefcake" and other sexual meanings such as the "self-service" sign and three gas pumps with the signs Normal, Better and Nirvana in the cartoon part of the video, the vibrating motorcycle, the "masterbingo" part of the video with "Uncle Siggy" Sigmund Freud as host, and Lauper wearing blackout glasses with a white cane in several scenes of the video.
Chart performance
It is, to date, Lauper's third-highest charting and third-most commercially successful single worldwide, after Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Time After Time, in that descending order. It charted in the top 50 in 16 countries (12 in the top 10), including:
- #1 in Colombia
- #3 in Israel, Japan and the United States
- #5 in Austria and Canada
- #6 in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa
- #8 in Chile
- #9 in Sweden
- #10 in Switzerland
- #19 in Germany (#10 in German airplay)
- #34 in France and the Netherlands
- #46 in the United Kingdom
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 3 |
| U.S. Hot Dance/Club Play | 10 |
| U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 | 1 |
| Australia ARIA Singles Chart | 6 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 5 |
| Chilean Singles Chart | 8 |
| Colombian Singles Chart | 1 |
| French Singles Chart | 34 |
| German Singles Chart | 19 |
| Holland Singles Chart | 34 |
| Israeli Singles Chart | 3 |
| Japanese Singles Chart | 3 |
| New Zealand Singles Charts | 6 |
| South African Singles Chart | 6 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 9 |
| Switzerland Singles Chart | 10 |
| South African Singles Chart | 6 |
| UK Singles Chart | 46 |
Official versions
- Acoustic Version
- Instrumental Version 5:20
- Live Version 5:10
- Remix 5:40
- Special Dance Mix 6:16
- Special Version 3:38
Credits
- Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt, Gary Corbett and Rick Chertoff. Production: Rick Chertoff.
- Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper, John Turi. Production: Rick Chertoff
External links
- Official Cyndi Lauper website
- Video on VH1 Classic website