Editing Cyndi Lauper (section)

== Legacy ==
[[file:USMC-091203-M-6796M-016.jpg|thumb|180px|left|[[Nicki Minaj]] and [[Katy Perry]] performing "[[Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]" at ''[[VH1 Divas]]''. Both artists have said that they are influenced by Lauper's sound and look.]]

Lauper was described by [[AllMusic]]'s Lindsay Planer as "an iconoclastic vocalist who revolutionized the role of [[Women in rock|women in rock and roll]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-angel-mw0000770882|title=Blue Angel – Blue Angel – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards – AllMusic|work=AllMusic|access-date=September 19, 2014}}</ref> Over her 40-year career, she influenced multiple recording artists including [[Katy Perry]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2295376/what-will-katy-perrys-new-album-sound-like-check-out-5-video-clues/|title=What Will Katy Perry's New Album Sound Like? Check Out 5 Video Clues |first=Chris|last=Ryan|publisher=[[MTV News]]|date=March 30, 2010|access-date=March 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410034805/http://www.mtv.com/news/2295376/what-will-katy-perrys-new-album-sound-like-check-out-5-video-clues/|archive-date=April 10, 2016}}</ref> [[Lady Gaga]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.music-news.com/news/UK/97180/Cyndi-Lauper-Madonna-wasn-t-my-competition|title=Cyndi Lauper: 'Madonna wasn't my competition'|work=Music News|access-date=October 24, 2016|date=May 2, 2016}}</ref> [[Vanessa Paradis]],<ref name="musicbloodline.info">{{cite web |url=http://musicbloodline.info/artist/MN0000122754/spotify |title=Cyndi Lauper &#124; Music Bloodline |website=Musicbloodline.info |access-date=April 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427012841/http://musicbloodline.info/artist/MN0000122754/spotify |archive-date=April 27, 2013 }}</ref> [[Tegan and Sara]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Maloy |first=Sarah |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/candid-covers/1481449/watch-tegan-sara-sing-cyndi-lauper-candid-covers |title=Watch Tegan & Sara Sing Cyndi Lauper: Candid Covers |magazine=Billboard |date=December 12, 2012 |access-date=April 4, 2015}}</ref> [[Kim Petras]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Get to Know: Kim Petras|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/hxo4wv/get-to-know-kim-petras|agency=[[MTV (British and Irish TV channel)|MTV]]|date=August 22, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2022|archive-date=February 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227141656/http://www.mtv.co.uk/mtv-push/news/get-to-know-kim-petras|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nicki Minaj]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-17 |title=Nicki Minaj's Style Inspired By Cyndi Lauper |url=https://www.contactmusic.com/news/nicki-minajs-style-inspired-by-cyndi-lauper_1295675 |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=[[Contactmusic.com]]}}</ref> [[Poppy (singer)|Poppy]]<ref name="tigerbeat">{{cite web|first=Allison|last=Chesky|url=http://tigerbeat.com/video/that-poppy-talks-exclusively-to-tiger-beat/|title=Fashion, Music and Prom According to Pop Sensation That Poppy|work=[[Tiger Beat]]|date=March 7, 2016|access-date=March 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817154259/http://tigerbeat.com/video/that-poppy-talks-exclusively-to-tiger-beat/|archive-date=August 17, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Yelle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/cyndi-lauper/related-artists/?filter=followers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329095818/http://www.mtv.com/artists/cyndi-lauper/related-artists/?filter=followers |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 29, 2014 |title=Cyndi Lauper Followers |publisher=MTV |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref> Lauper received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2015/06/22/tarantino-lauper-others-chosen-for-hollywood-walk-of-fame|title=Tarantino, Lauper, others chosen for Hollywood Walk of Fame – US News|work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]}}</ref>

[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[Spotify]] said that ''She's So Unusual'' and Lauper's distinctive idiosyncratic appearance "helped popularize the image of [[Punk rock|punk]] and new wave for America, making it an acceptable part of the pop landscape".<ref name="musicbloodline.info"/> ''Rolling Stone'' magazine stated that her debut was "arguably the first time explicitly punk-influenced elements were front-and-center on the pop landscape, both musically and via Lauper's Patrick Lucas-styled ensembles, dressing up the droll [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] decade in feminist [[chutzpah]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/music/2014/03/28/cyndi-lauper-releases-lost-track-iconic-shes-so-unusual-30th |title=Cyndi Lauper Releases Lost Track from Iconic She's So Unusual for 30th Anniversary Album |website=[[Out (magazine)|Out]] |date=March 28, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref> The album ranked at No. 487 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] in 2003. The album ranked at No. 41 on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s list of Women Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2012.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/women-who-rock-the-50-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120622 |title=Women Who Rock: The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 22, 2012 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=March 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320073433/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/women-who-rock-the-50-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120622 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Rolling Stone's'' review stated, "A wild and wonderful skyrocket of a voice&nbsp;... Lauper's extraordinary pipes connect with the right material, the results sound like the beginning of a whole new golden age." Thirty years after its release, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called it an "everlastingly saucy supersmash".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ross |first=Dalton |url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2014/04/01/cyndi-lauper-shes-so-unusual-30th-anniversary/ |title=Cyndi Lauper's 'She's So Unusual': An everlasting, once in a lifetime album &#124; The Music Mix  |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=April 1, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref>

Sheila Moeschen argued that "[[Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]" "embodied a different kind of feminine aesthetic that ran counter to the raw sensuality and edginess of her contemporaries like [[Madonna]] or veteran rockers [[Joan Jett]] and [[Pat Benatar]]", that introduced "a nation of women to a new kind of female role model, one that celebrated difference and encouraged playfulness in self-expression".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheila-moeschen/girls-still-just-wanna-have-fun_b_3061316.html | work=The Huffington Post | first=Sheila | last=Moeschen | title=Girls Still Just Wanna Have Fun: At 30, Cyndi Lauper's Feminist Anthem Endures | date=April 11, 2013}}</ref> [[John Rockwell]] wrote that the song was "a giddily upbeat attestation to female pleasure that simultaneously made a feminist statement, fulfilled male fantasies and—especially in its often-played video version—evoked the warmth of family and friends".<ref name="theatlantic.com">{{cite web |author-link=Emma Green (journalist) |last=Green |first=Emma |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/04/the-feisty-feminism-of-girls-just-want-to-have-fun-30-years-later/359834/ |title=The Feisty Feminism of 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun,' 30 Years Later |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=April 1, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref> Its music video won the first-ever Best Female Video prize at the [[1984 MTV Video Music Awards]]. It featured a multicultural cast of women with teased, sideways hair and neon eye shadow, singing alongside Lauper.<ref name="The Sexy Feminist"/>

"Time After Time" has been covered by over a hundred artists and was ranked at No. 22 on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2003/vh125songs.htm |title=VH1: 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years: 1–50 |publisher=Rock on the Net |access-date=November 15, 2012}}</ref> and at No. 19 on [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/vh180s.htm |title=VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's: 1–50 |publisher=Rock on the Net |access-date=November 15, 2012}}</ref>

"[[She Bop]]", the third single from ''She's So Unusual'', is the first and only top ten song to directly mention a [[Gay pornography|gay porn]] magazine. An ode to [[masturbation]], it was included in the [[Parents Music Resource Center|PMRC]]'s "Filthy Fifteen" list that led to the [[Parental Advisory]] sticker appearing on recordings thought to be unsuitable for young listeners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebacklot.com/the-essential-cyndi-lauper-ranking-her-top-20-songs/06/2014/2/|title=The Essential Cyndi Lauper: Ranking Her Top 20 Songs|website=[[TheBacklot.com]]|access-date=September 19, 2014}}</ref> In a retrospective, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it the 36th best song of 1984, praising its unusual playfulness regarding sexuality.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-singles-of-1984-pops-greatest-year-20140917/cyndi-lauper-she-bop-20140917|title=Cyndi Lauper, 'She Bop'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 17, 2014|access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-date=December 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208101833/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-singles-of-1984-pops-greatest-year-20140917/cyndi-lauper-she-bop-20140917|url-status=dead}}</ref>

"True Colors" is a gay anthem, after which [[True Colors United]], which advocates for runaway and homeless LGBT youth, is named.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.towleroad.com/2014/02/gay-iconography-cyndi-lauper-is-a-not-so-unusual-choice-1.html |title=Gay Iconography: Cyndi Lauper Is A Not-So-Unusual Choice&#124; Gay News |website=[[Andy Towle|Towleroad.com]]]|date=February 28, 2014 |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref>