Editing I Drove All Night (section)

===Critical reception===
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' reviewer described the music of this work as "yearning crystalline pop/rock" and found Lauper's vocal mature.<ref name="bboardreview">{{cite magazine|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-05-06.pdf|title=Review: Cyndi Lauper – I Drove All Night|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 6, 1989|access-date=January 25, 2022|volume=101|number=18|page=85|location=New York|publisher=Billboard Publications Inc.|via=World Radio History|issn=0006-2510|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216003021/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-05-06.pdf|archive-date=December 16, 2021}}</ref> Jerry Smith, reviewer of British music newspaper ''[[Music Week]]'', called Lauper "American with good ear", praised her "assured and dramatic display", expressing an assurance that this "passionate [[Sentimental ballad|ballad]]" is "destined to return her to the charts once more".<ref name="MWreview">{{cite magazine|last=Smith|first=Jerry|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1989/MW-1989-05-06.pdf|title=Review: Cyndi Lauper – I Drove All Night|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=May 6, 1989|access-date=February 16, 2022|page=27|location=London|publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=World Radio History|issn=0265-1548|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126211442/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1989/MW-1989-05-06.pdf|archive-date=January 26, 2022}}</ref> Tim Nicholson of ''[[Record Mirror]]'' described the song as being "a punchy stab at power-driven west coast rock".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nicholson |first=Tim |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-04-29.pdf |title=45 reviewed by Tim Nicholson |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |date=29 April 1989 |page=29 |location=London |publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=World Radio History |issn=0144-5804 |access-date=24 October 2021}}</ref>
The single sold 100.000 copies in France.