Cyndi Lauper "Twelve Deadly Cyns...And Then Some"

Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some is a 1994 greatest hits album by American recording artist Cyndi Lauper. The album sold over 6 million copies worldwide. The album has sold 565,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

In the United States the album has 14 tracks. 11 are previously released hits; "I'm Gonna Be Strong" is a Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil track Lauper re-recorded, having previously performed it on her debut album Blue Angel. "(Hey Now) Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a re-recording of one of her biggest hits; it has been completely reworked to incorporate a reggae feel based on Redbone's 1974 hit "Come and Get Your Love" (for which Redbone member Lolly Vegas received a songwriting credit). A music video featuring drag queens was shot to accompany this single and it aired heavily on television. It was also featured in the film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. The track "Come on Home" was also new; two versions were recorded, one running 4:33 (the US version) and one running 4:36 (the international version). Internationally the album has 16 tracks (17 in Japan).

There was some issue with the division of royalties due to the wide array of co-writers on the various tracks that prevented Lauper from releasing the longer version in the United States. Conceptually the album was originally called "13 Deadly Cyns" and in fact a promotional cassette with this title (and an alternate track listing) was pressed and distributed in the United Kingdom in June 1992.

Track listing

1. "I'm Gonna Be Strong" (new recording) Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil All 3:52
2. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (from She's So Unusual, 1983) Robert Hazard All 3:54
3. "Money Changes Everything" (from She's So Unusual, 1983) Tom Gray All 5:04
4. "Time After Time" (from She's So Unusual, 1983) Cyndi Lauper, Rob Hyman All 4:04
5. "She Bop (7" Single Remix)" (from She's So Unusual, 1983) Cyndi Lauper, Gary Corbett, Rick Chertoff, Stephen Broughton Lunt All 3:46
6. "All Through the Night" (from She's So Unusual, 1983) Jules Shear All 4:29
7. "Change of Heart" (from True Colors, 1986) Cyndi Lauper, Essra Mohawk All 4:25
8. "True Colors" (from True Colors, 1986) Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly All 3:47
9. "What's Going On (7" Single Remix)" (from True Colors, 1986) Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson All 3:54
10. "I Drove All Night" (from A Night to Remember, 1989) Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly All 4:12
11. "The World Is Stone" (from Starmania/Tycoon (Soundtrack), 1992) Luc Plamondon, Michel Berger, Tim Rice International, Japan 4:25
12. "Who Let in the Rain" (from Hat Full of Stars, 1993) Cyndi Lauper, Allee Willis International, Japan 4:37
13. "That's What I Think (Single Edit)" (from Hat Full of Stars, 1993) Cyndi Lauper, Allee Willis, Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman All 4:23
14. "Sally's Pigeons" (from Hat Full of Stars, 1993) Cyndi Lauper, Mary Chapin Carpenter All 3:46
15. "(Hey Now) Girls Just Want to Have Fun" (new recording) Lolly Vegas, Robert Hazard All 3:54
16. "Come on Home" (new recording; US version released in 1995 (instead of 1994 as the rest of the world) contains unique alternate mix) Cyndi Lauper, Jan Pulsford All 4:33
17. "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" (from Vibes (soundtrack), 1988) Richard Orange Japan 4:03

Despite reaching the Top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, Lauper omitted "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" from Twelve Deadly Cyns... because, as stated in an interview with Matthew Rettenmund, she despised the song.