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Lauper knew she could write songs, but the record company had a lot of material they wanted her to record.

She altered a lot of the songs that were thrown her way, often changing the lyrics to suit her.

An example is her Platinum-certified " Girls Just Want to Have Fun "; Lauper says the original lyrics of the song dealt more with a girl pleasing a man, and therefore she changed the lyrics, wanting the song to be more of an anthem as she felt the original song seemed misogynistic.