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{{Infobox song
| name          = She Bop
| cover         = Ps sb1.jpg
| alt           = 
| caption       = 7-inch vinyl single
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Cyndi Lauper]]
| album         = [[She's So Unusual]]
| B-side        = Witness
| released      = July 2, 1984
| recorded      = 1983
| studio        = [[Record Plant]]<br>(New York City)
| genre         = {{hlist|[[New wave music|New wave]]|[[dance-pop]]|[[pop rock]]}}
| length        = 3:47<br>4:36 (video version)
| label         = {{hlist|[[Portrait Records|Portrait]]|[[Epic Records|Epic]]}}
| writer        = *[[Cyndi Lauper]]
* [[City Boy (band)|Stephen Broughton Lunt]]
* [[Gary Corbett]]
* [[Rick Chertoff]]
| producer      = [[Rick Chertoff]]
| prev_title    = [[Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)|Time After Time]]
| prev_year     = 1984
| next_title    = [[All Through the Night (Cyndi Lauper song)|All Through the Night]]
| next_year     = 1984
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|KFq4E9XTueY|"She Bop"}}}}
}}

"'''She Bop'''" is a song by American singer-songwriter [[Cyndi Lauper]], written by Lauper, [[City Boy (band)|Stephen Broughton Lunt]], [[Gary Corbett]], and [[Rick Chertoff]], and produced by the lattermost. It was released on July 2, 1984, via [[Portrait Records]] as the third single from her debut studio album ''[[She's So Unusual]]'' (1983). Lyrically, the song talks about the subject of [[female masturbation]], which caused controversy upon its release at the time.

One of Lauper's most successful singles, "She Bop" peaked within the top ten of the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], reaching number three in September 1984. The track peaked within the top ten of Australia and New Zealand, reached the top twenty of the [[European Hot 100 Singles]] chart, and topped the [[Israel Broadcasting Authority|Israeli Singles Chart]]. Due to a lack of promotion, the track stalled at number 46 in the United Kingdom. The music video for the track, which utilized animated segments and multiple visual effects, would receive a nomination at the [[1985 MTV Video Music Awards]] for [[Best Female Video]]. Lauper would re-record a quieter version of the song for her 2005 studio album ''[[The Body Acoustic]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=Cyndi Lauper - The Body Acoustic |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2005/12/16/cyndi-lauper-the-body-a/6f85079b-db10-4c12-b4a0-76fd02b63eaa/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=16 February 2021 |date=16 December 2005}}</ref>

== Recording and composition ==
"She Bop" moves at a [[tempo]] of 137 beats per minute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BPM for "She Bop" by Cyndi Lauper |url=https://songbpm.com/@cyndi-lauper/she-bop-3f827e3a-b14b-49c9-8259-8ba03a08a249 |access-date=January 12, 2025 |website=Song BPM}}</ref> The song was recorded at [[Record Plant|Record Plant Studios]] in [[New York City]] and was produced by [[Rick Chertoff]].<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[She's So Unusual]] |type=album liner notes |others=[[Cyndi Lauper]] |publisher=[[Portrait Records]] |year=1983 |id=38930}}</ref> Lauper said she recorded the song naked in an interview with ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 7, 2022 |title=Cyndi Lauper {{!}} "She Bop" was released as a single 38 years ago this month! |url=https://www.instagram.com/cyndilauper/p/CfuVQDzpW6i/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |via=[[Instagram]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/archive/peoplearchive.php/Cyndi_Lauper/biography/ |title=Cyndi Lauper Biography |work=Monsters and Critics |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090829165412/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/archive/peoplearchive.php/Cyndi_Lauper/biography/|archive-date=August 29, 2009}}</ref>

=== Lyrical content ===
The track is an ode to [[masturbation]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=September 17, 2015 |title=PMRC's 'Filthy 15': Where Are They Now? |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/pmrcs-filthy-15-where-are-they-now-60601/cyndi-lauper-she-bop-2-179572/ |access-date=January 12, 2025 |website=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> It was included on the [[Parents Music Resource Center]]'s "Filthy Fifteen" list in 1984 due to it being considered "profane or sexually explicit";<ref name=":0" /> this led to the creation of the [[Parental Advisory]] sticker. Lauper has stated that finding a copy of gay men's magazine ''[[Blueboy (magazine)|Blueboy]]'' lying around in the recording studio provided the impetus for writing "She Bop".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/03/cyndi-lauper-she-bop-_n_5083703.html|title=Cyndi Lauper's 'She Bop' Was Inspired By Gay Porn Magazine Blueboy |website=[[HuffPost]] |date=February 2, 2016 |access-date=September 18, 2016}}</ref> The magazine is mentioned in the first verse.<ref name="BACAF">{{cite web |url=https://www.bacaf.org/history |title=Blueboy History |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Blueboy Archives & Cultural Arts Foundation |access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref>

==Reception==
''[[Cash Box]]'' said that "with characteristic zaniness, Lauper takes a [[be-bop]] [[back beat]] and sparks it with an inspired vocal that pops and chirps with rhythmic intensity."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=Reviews |magazine=Cash Box |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-07-28.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-07-28.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |date=July 28, 1984 |accessdate=2022-07-25 |page=7}}</ref>

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described "She Bop" as "Yet another radically different style from the not-so-daffy new star" and "hard rock bordering on metal, with a nonsense chorus to lighten the tone".<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Single Reviews|date=July 28, 1984|page=64|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-07-28.pdf}}</ref> The remix by [[Arthur Baker (producer)|Arthur Baker]] on the [[12-inch single]] was described by ''Billboard'' as a "radical" rework which was "full of new, rhythmic crosscurrents".<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Dance Trax|author=Brian Chin|date=July 28, 1984|page=58|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-07-28.pdf}}</reF>

==Chart performance==
"She Bop" was released on July 2, 1984. It debuted on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] at No. 52 in the issue dated July 21, 1984,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1984-07-21 |title=The Billboard Hot 100 – Week of July 21, 1984 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=January 2, 2013 |access-date=September 8, 2020}}</ref> and spent a total of 18 weeks on the chart, reaching a peak position of No. 3 in the issue dated September 8, 1984.<ref name=BB_HOT100/> It was the third single from Lauper's debut album to make the top 10 of the Hot 100.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956515/keha-takes-off-with-fourth-top-10-from-debut-album |title=Ke$ha 'Takes Off' with Fourth Top 10 from Debut Album|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=May 2, 2011 |magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 2, 2011}}</ref> With "She Bop", Lauper became the first female artist to reach the top 3 of the [[Billboard Hot 100]] with her first three chart entries, and her album ''[[She's So Unusual]]'' became the fourth debut album, and first by a female artist, to achieve three Top-10 hits (following ''[[Introducing... The Beatles]]'', ''[[Lionel Richie (album)|Lionel Richie]]'' and ''[[Kissing to Be Clever]]'' by [[Culture Club]]).<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Billboard |title=Lauper 'She Bops' Into Pop History |page=6 |author=Paul Grein |date=September 15, 1984 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-09-15.pdf}}</ref>

The single also reached number 10 on the [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance/Club Play Songs]] chart the week of September 15, 1984,<ref name=BB_DANCE/> and placed at 34 on the ''Billboard'' year-end chart of 1984.<ref name=BB_YE/> On April 17, 1989, the song was certified [[RIAA certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for the shipment of half a million copies across the United States.<ref name=RIAA_CERT/>

"She Bop" peaked at numbers 16 and 24 on the Hot 100 Sales and Airplay charts respectively, although this was on the inaugural published chart, which was long after the song had peaked on the Hot 100.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Billboard |title=Hot 100 Sales & Airplay |page=67 |date=October 13, 1984 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-10-20.pdf}}</ref>

==Music video==
The accompanying [[music video]] for "She Bop" was directed by Edd Griles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=16169|title=Site Maintenance|access-date=March 2, 2012|archive-date=April 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423213346/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=16169|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mark Marek designed the characters in the animated sections of this music video, which were produced and directed by Jerry Lieberman, of NYC's Jerry Lieberman Productions,<ref>{{cite web|title=Toonzone Goes "MAD" Interviewing Kevin Shinick and Mark Marek|url=https://www.toonzone.net/toonzone-goes-mad-interviewing-kevin-shinick-and-mark-marek/|website=Toonzone.|access-date=April 4, 2018|date=September 6, 2010}}</ref> and the cover of the US 12" version.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Cyndi-Lauper-She-Bop/release/531814|title = Cyndi Lauper – She Bop (1984, Carrollton pressing, Vinyl)|website = [[Discogs]]| year=1984 }}</ref> [[Wendi Richter]], [[Lou Albano]], and [[Gary Howard Klar]] appear in the video, with Richter lip-synching the first line of the song.

The video expands upon the references to masturbation in the song's lyrics, although not overtly.<ref name="Perone">{{cite book |last1=Perone |first1=James E. |title=Listen to New Wave Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre |date=September 7, 2018 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-5969-4 |page=96 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uw5pDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA96 |access-date=16 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Among the images presented are an upright bottle shooting mayonnaise into the air, a sign at a gas station that displays 'GIT OFF HERE', gas pumps (labelled 'good x', 'better xx', 'nirvana xxx', 'single', and 'multiple'), a large sign that reads "Self Service", a dance sequence where Lauper portrays a blind person with a cane, and that same person winning a game of "Masterbingo"– both a reference to the myth that masturbation causes blindness.<ref name="Perone" /> Most of the more blatant references appear during the animated instrumental sequence, although subtle images are seen throughout the live action scenes.

At the [[1985 MTV Video Music Awards]], the video was nominated for "Best Female Video", but lost to [[Tina Turner]]'s "[[What's Love Got to Do with It (song)|What's Love Got to Do with It]]".<ref>{{cite news |title=Celebrity Beat |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9LADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53 |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=JET Magazine |date=30 September 1985 |page=53|publisher = Johnson Publishing Company}}</ref>

British music magazine ''[[Melody Maker]]'' complimented the video, noting that it worked well because "Lauper has a certain [[Betty Boop|Boop]]-cheeked charm" and also because of the "superb bits of animation" used in it.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Melody Maker|date=15 September 1985|title=High Definition|page=32|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Melody-Maker/80s/84/Melody-Maker-1984-09-15.pdf|accessdate=11 December 2024}}</ref>

==Formats and track listings==
* '''US/UK 7" single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=She Bop|others=[[Cyndi Lauper]]|year=1984|type=US 7-inch Single liner notes|publisher=[[Portrait Records]]|id=37-04516}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=She Bop|others=[[Cyndi Lauper]]|year=1984|type=UK 7-inch Single liner notes|publisher=[[Portrait Records]]|id=A 4620}}</ref>
# "She Bop" – 3:47
# "Witness" – 3:40
* '''US 12" single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=She Bop|others=[[Cyndi Lauper]]|year=1984|type=US 12-inch Single liner notes|publisher=[[Portrait Records]]|id=4R9 05011}}</ref>
# "She Bop" (Special Dance Mix) – 6:16
# "She Bop" (Instrumental) – 6:30
* '''UK 12" single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=She Bop|others=[[Cyndi Lauper]]|year=1984|type=UK 12-inch Single liner notes|publisher=[[Portrait Records]]|id=TA 4620}}</ref>
# "She Bop" (Special Dance Mix) – 6:16
# "She Bop" (Instrumental) – 5:20 (stated)
# "Witness" – 3:40

==Official versions==
# Album version – 3:42
# Single version – 3:47 <small>(7" single)</small>
# Special dance mix – 6:27 <small>(12" single)</small>
# Instrumental – 5:21 <small>(12" single)</small>
# Video mix – 4:35 <small>(Philippines 7" single)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Cyndi-Lauper-She-Bop/release/7306961|title=Cyndi Lauper – She Bop (Vinyl)|website=[[Discogs]]|date=July 12, 2020 }}</ref>
# Live at Le Zenith <small>(Recorded 1987)</small> – 5:12 <small>(From ''[[Heading West (song)|Heading West]]'' UK single – CD & 12" versions)</small>
# Live at Irvine Meadows <small>(Recorded 1983)</small> – 5:20 <small>(From ''[[She's So Unusual]]'' 2000 CD reissue)</small>
# The Body Acoustic Version – 4:16 <small>(From ''[[The Body Acoustic]]'')</small>
# Live <small>(True Colors Live 2008)</small> – 3:46 <small>(From ''True Colors Live 2008'' EP)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Cyndi-Lauper-True-Colors-Live-2008/release/7286262|title = Cyndi Lauper – True Colors Live 2008 (2008, File)|website = [[Discogs]]| year=2008 }}</ref>
# Live at the Warehouse, Memphis – 4:04 <small>(From ''[[To Memphis, with Love]]'')</small>
# Live <small>(Front and Center Presents)</small> – 3:59 <small>(From ''Front and Center Presents Cyndi Lauper'') (2014)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Cyndi-Lauper-Front-And-Center/release/7351985|title=Cyndi Lauper – Front and Center (2015, CD)|website=[[Discogs]]|date=March 25, 2015 }}</ref>

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!style="width: 200pt;"|Chart (1984–1985)
!style="width: 40pt;"|Peak<br />position
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!scope="row"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=kent>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=Illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|page=173|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] between 1983 and June 19, 1988.</ref>
|6
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{{single chart|Austria|5|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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{{single chart|Flanders|31|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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!scope="row"|Belgium ([[Top 30 (Belgium)|VRT Top 30]] Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1984/09/29|title=Radio 2 Top 30|publisher=[[Top 30]]|access-date=September 20, 2016|language=nl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328094126/http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1984/09/29|archive-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref>
|27
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{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|3|chartid=8602|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016|refname=CA_Top_Weekly}}
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!scope="row"|Canada ([[CHUM Chart|''CHUM'']])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=1447 |title=CHART NUMBER 1447 – Saturday, September 22, 1984 |publisher=[[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]] |access-date=June 3, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107201523/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=1447 |archive-date=November 7, 2006}}</ref>
|5
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!scope="row"|Chile (Clasificación Nacional del Disco)<ref name="Cyndi Lauper – She Bop">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyndilauper.com/single_det.php?shname=sb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031229083318/http://www.cyndilauper.com/single_det.php?shname=sb|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 29, 2003|title=Cyndi Lauper – She Bop|date=December 29, 2003|access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref>
|8
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!scope="row"|[[European Hot 100 Singles|European Top 100 Singles]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Eurotipsheet|title=European Top 100 Singles|page=10|date=September 24, 1984|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1984/M&M-1984-09-24.pdf}}</ref>
|17
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!scope="row"|European Airplay Top 50 (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=European Airplay Top 50|magazine=[[Music & Media|Eurotipsheet]]|page=19|date=September 10, 1984|issue=24}}</ref>
|12
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{{single chart|France|34|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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!scope="row"|Finland ([[Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=143 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=143 |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Cyndi Lauper|page=143|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=June 29, 2022|language=fi}}</ref>
|22
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!scope="row"| Guatemala ([[United Press International|UPI]])<ref name="google_hvBDAAAAIBAJ_PA12">{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hvBDAAAAIBAJ&dq=la+opinion+CANCIONES+latinoamerica&pg=PA12&article_id=1343,6853987|title=Las canciones más populares en Latinoamérica|newspaper=[[La Opinión (Los Angeles)]]|language=es|access-date=October 11, 2024|date=October 8, 1984}}</ref>
|8
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!scope="row"| Israel ([[Israel Broadcasting Authority|IBA]])<ref name="israel">{{cite web |title=Israel Singles Chart 1987-1995|website=UKMix.org|url=https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/46793-israel-singles-charts-1987-1995?q=Cyndi%20Lauper|date=October 10, 2016|access-date=January 12, 2025}}</ref>
|1
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{{single chart|Dutch40|34|year=1984|week=42|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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{{single chart|Dutch100|41|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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{{single chart|New Zealand|6|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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!scope="row"|Puerto Rico ([[United Press International|UPI]])<ref name="google_hvBDAAAAIBAJ_PA12"/>
|7
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!scope="row"|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web|title=South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1965 – 1989 Acts L|website=The South African Rock Encyclopedia|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(L).html|access-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref>
|6
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{{single chart|Switzerland|10|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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{{single chart|UK|46|date=19840915|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|3|artist=Cyndi Lauper|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016|refname=BB_HOT100}}
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!scope="row"|US [[Dance Club Songs|Dance/Disco Top 80]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name=BB_DANCE>{{cite magazine|date=September 15, 1984|title=Billboard September 15, 1984|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-09-15.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-09-15.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=45|location=New York, NY, USA|access-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref>
|10
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{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|27|artist=Cyndi Lauper|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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!scope="row"|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref name=CASHBOX>{{cite magazine|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19840929.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending SEPTEMBER 29, 1984 |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box magazine]] |access-date=June 3, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001104209/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19840929.html |archive-date=October 1, 2012}}</ref>
|3
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!scope="row"|US Top 40 (''[[Gavin Report]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Gavin Report – Top 40|magazine=[[Gavin Report]]|page=3|date=September 14, 1984|issue=1524}}</ref>
|3
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!scope="row"|US [[album-oriented rock|AOR]] Hot Tracks (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=R&R AOR/Hot Tracks|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=63|date=August 31, 1984|issue=549}}</ref>
|26
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!scope="row"|US Contemporary Hit Radio (''[[Radio & Records]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=National Airplay: The Back Page|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=88|date=September 7, 1984|issue=550}}</ref>
|2
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{{single chart|West Germany|19|artist=Cyndi Lauper|song=She Bop|songid=1145|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}
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!scope="row"|Zimbabwe ([[List of record charts|ZIMA]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Kimberley |first=Christopher |title=Zimbabwe Singles Chart Book: 1965–1996}}</ref>
|15
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===Year-end charts===
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!style="width: 200pt;"|Chart (1984)
!style="width: 40pt;"|Position
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!scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/MyookoA.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984|publisher=[[Kent Music Report]]|via=Imgur.com|accessdate=January 8, 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|61
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!scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=1984|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 1984|website=[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]|access-date=September 20, 2016|language=de}}</ref>
|align="center"|27
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{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|25|chartid=9638|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 20, 2016|refname=CA_YE}}
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!scope="row"|Israel (IBA)<ref name="israel"/>
|align="center"|11
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!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name=BB_YE>{{cite magazine|date=December 22, 1984|title= Volume 96 No. 51, DECEMBER 22. 1984|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-12-22.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-12-22.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=TA-19|location=New York, NY, USA|access-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref>
|align="center"|34
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!scope="row"|US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1984YESP.html |title=The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1984 |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box magazine]] |access-date=June 3, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930234839/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1984YESP.html |archive-date=September 30, 2012}}</ref>
|align="center"|23
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!scope="row"|US Top 40 (''Gavin Report'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 40 Top 100|magazine=Gavin Report|page=9|date=December 14, 1984|issue=1537}}</ref>
|align="center"|26
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!scope="row"|US Contemporary Hit Radio (''Radio & Records'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 84 of '84: Contemporary Hit Radio|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=64|date=December 14, 1984|issue=564}}</ref>
|align="center"|28
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==Certifications==
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==Awards and nominations==
'''Won'''
* 1985 – [[Broadcast Music, Incorporated|BMI Awards for Pop Award]]

'''Nominations'''
* [[1985 MTV Video Music Awards|1985]] – [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video]]

== Release history ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Release dates and formats for "She Bop"
!Region
!Date
!Format(s)
!Label(s)
!{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|United States
|July 2, 1984
| rowspan="2" |{{Hlist}}{{hlist|7-inch|12-inch single}}
|[[Portrait Records|Portrait]]
|<ref name="RIAA_CERT"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" |United Kingdom
|August 13, 1984
| rowspan="2" |{{Hlist}}{{hlist|Portrait|[[Epic Records|Epic]]}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 11, 1984 |title=New Singles |work=[[Music Week]] |page=20 |issn=0265-1548}}</ref>
|-
|August 27, 1984
|5-inch picture disc single
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 25, 1984 |title=New Singles |work=[[Music Week]] |page=20 |issn=0265-1548}}</ref>
|}

==Cover versions==
* Howie Beno and Cruella DeVille recorded a version of the song for the 1999 movie ''[[Jawbreaker (film)|Jawbreaker]]''.
* Hong Kong singer [[Aaron Kwok]] recorded a Cantonese and a Mandarin version of the song, both called "絕對美麗".
* Greek band [[Matisse (Greek band)|Matisse]] covered the song for their 2007 album, ''[[Toys Up]]''.
* Chilean hard rock band Betty Black Boots covers this song in their presentations in the Chilean rock scene.
* In July 2008, [[J-pop]] singer [[Nana Kitade]] covered "She Bop" for the album ''We Love Cyndi – Tribute to Cyndi Lauper''; another version of the cover was featured on her 2009 album ''[[Bondage (album)|Bondage]]''.
* South Korean pop singer [[Wax (singer)|Wax]] covered the song. Her version of it is called "Oppa", which means "Brother".
* American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Gwar]] performed a version of the song in October 2015 for ''[[The A.V. Club]]''{{'s}} A.V. Undercover series, in a medley with [[The Ramones]]' "[[Blitzkrieg Bop]]".<ref>{{cite web |first=Josh |last=Modell |title=GWAR covers Cyndi Lauper |url=http://www.avclub.com/video/gwar-covers-cyndi-lauper-227503 |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=October 27, 2015 |access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref>
* Ex-[[Reuben (band)|Reuben]] frontman [[Jamie Lenman]] covered the song for his 2019 album ''Shuffle''.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFq4E9XTueY Cyndi Lauper – She Bop – YouTube – Uploaded by CyndiLauperVEVO]

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