The Goonies 'R' Good Enough

The Goonies 'R' Good Enough

Infobox Single
Name = Goonies 'R' Good Enough


Caption =
Artist = Cyndi Lauper
from Album =
A-side = Goonies 'R' Good Enough
B-side = What a Thrill
Released = 1985
Format = Vinyl
(7")Vinyl
(12")
Recorded = 1984
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:38
Label = Epic Records
Writer = Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt, A. Stead
Producer = Cyndi Lauper, Lennie Petze
Last single = "When You Were Mine"
This single = "Goonies 'R' Good Enough"

Next single = "We Are the World"

"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.

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.fact|date=July 2008

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

The song has been covered by a few artists, such as Bombones, Haruko Momoi, New Found Glory, and Tomoyuki Uchida. The song was also featured as an instrumental version in Pop'n Music 10.

Music video

There was also 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. 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. By the time Donner yells "it's a wrap" you can tell that Lauper is physically exhausted from being overworked for this video.fact|date=July 2008

Part 1 of the video debuted on MTV before "The Goonies" opened in theaters and Part 2 premiered on MTV after the movie opened. On the DVD of "The Goonies", both parts have been spliced together to form one video with no chapter change in the middle of the two. Part 1 of the music video had an extended version released in Japan. The version included more commentary from the voice over during the opening sequence of the video and extended scenes inside the gas station and with the wrestlers.

Both parts of the video are included as a bonus feature on the DVD release of "The Goonies". The first part of the video almost didn't make it on the DVD. According to sourcesViews needing attribution|date=July 2007, Warner was unable to locate a decent print of Part 1 and was only going to use Part 2 for the DVD release, but luckily someone at VH1 found an unused tape of the video and they digitized it for the DVD just in time.

Charts

Official versions and track listings

#Dance Re-Mix
#Dub Version
#Single Version
#Video Part 1 Version
#Video Part 2 Version
#Hot Tracks Remix by Bradley D. Hinkle (Found on 4-8 of the Hot Tracks Series.)


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