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, featuring American rapper

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. The song was released as the official lead, and second overall single, from Shaggy's eleventh studio album, ''

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Girls Just Want to Have Fun "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a song written, recorded and performed by American musician Robert Hazard, who released it as a Single (music), single in 1979. It is best known for the version of American singer Cyndi Lauper, who covered the s ...

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. The single was released in Germany and throughout Europe on 24 August 2012. The accompanying music video was directed by Ras Kassa, and was released via YouTube on 14 July 2012. The single found chart success in both Germany and

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Track listing

# "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (Single Mix) – 3:26 # "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (Extended Mix) # "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (Voodoo & Serano Mix Edit) # "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (Voodoo & Serano Remix) # "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (

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Remix) # "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (Remady Extended Mix)

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Release history

References

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