The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (Dance Edit) - Cyndi Lauper

Groovy!

"The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" was a single released by singer Cyndi Lauper for The Goonies, a 1985 film which was released at the same time as this single. It reached #10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

A rarity:
Before its inclusion on The Essential Cyndi Lauper in 2003, the song was considered a rarity among fans, having never appeared on any of Lauper's albums or the 1995 compilation Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some.

Lauper admitted in an interview with Matthew Rettenmund for his 1996 book Totally Awesome 80s: A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and Trends of that Decadent Decade that she hated the song, which was why she had chosen not to include it on her first compilation.

All versions of the UK edition are considered rare, especially the 12".

Music video:
There was a two-part video shot for this song featuring World Wrestling Federation pro-wrestlers André the Giant, Captain Lou Albano, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Wendy Richter, The Fabulous Moolah, The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, Freddie Blassie; Steven Spielberg; The Goonies cast (except for Kerri Green, Anne Ramsey, Joe Pantoliano, Robert Davi and John Matuszak); and the relatively unknown Bangles as a group of female pirates. Roseanne Barr appears as the "sea hag". Lauper's mother appears as "Cyndi's mother", reprising her role from "Girls Just Want to Have Fun".

According to Cyndi Lauper, the music video was less than an enjoyable experience. Richard Donner, apparently, was a pushy director and wanted things done a certain way and forced Lauper to keep going, even when she was exhausted. In a behind-the-scenes documentary of the video, you can see Donner being pushy and doing lots of takes on scenes.

Part 1 of the video debuted on MTV before The Goonies opened in theaters and Part 2 premiered on MTV after the movie opened.

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[mpsslovak]

The quality of this is incredible, thank you so much for sharing! It kind of makes me sad that Cyndi disliked the song and video so much, because this really is a spectacular piece of work. I can see where she would get exhausted though, and she should have received a break what with all she did for the benefit of this video.

[Elconquistador69too]

@mpsslovak Thank you!

[driverton19]

the wrestlers in the 80s or 90s

[Elconquistador69too]

'80s, but many performed well into the '90s.

[wonderv8]

sean austin looked so cute then.

[Arkstrikle]

13-14 when this came out good memories

[98Lubo]

0 people dislike the goonies................ obviously 

[nagwagi2000]

Love this! Thanks for posting vid and info! :)

[vardiss22]

@Elconquistador69too ....very true especially Iron Shiek and Piper....actually in Piper's case into the early 2000's

[GregOBehave]

It's weird, they didn't release the music video in 'stereo' for the dvd release. I'm sure it was made in stereo even if in 1984 it was only aired in mono. If not, they could have remixed it into stereo.

[GregOBehave]

It's weird, they didn't remix the release the music video in stereo for the dvd release. I'm sure it was made in stereo even if in 1984 it wasn't aired in stereo. If not, they could have remixed it into stereo.

[xTribeFanx]

Weird, Cydni's outfit in the first half of this, plus the hair, today would be called goth&weird, back then it was fashion :L :( im nt a goth at all, bt i like her outfit, its cool :)

[xTribeFanx]

Lmao 7:00-7:02 i do this everytime i walk down the stairs :L i cant help it, im beginning to think its bad luck if i dont :L!

[thelyricalstinger]

ahhh....memories of the mid 80s :)

[TheLadyrose85]

grandissima Cyndi....e bravissimo Andre the giant,prima di essere un wrestler era una vero uomo,molto buono...ha aiutato molti bambini malati di gigantismo come lui...altro che i lottatori di oggi...