Claim: Cyndi Lauper released the song "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" in 1987.
Evidence: Her debut solo album She 's So Unusual -LRB- 1983 -RRB- was the first debut female album to chart four top-five hits on the Billboard Hot 100 -- `` Girls Just Want to Have Fun '' , `` Time After Time '' , `` She Bop '' , and `` All Through the Night '' -- and earned Lauper the Best New Artist award at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985.
However , it is better known as a single by American singer Cyndi Lauper , whose version was released in 1983.