Cyndi Lauper’s ‘She Bop’ inspired by gay porn magazine

Cyndi Lauper has revealed that her 1984 single She Bop was inspired by a gay porn magazine.

The song – which was criticised for referencing masturbation – was written by Lauper after she read Blueboy, a gay adult magazine that ceased publication in 2007.

To mark the 30th anniversary of her debut album She’s So Unusual, Lauper discussed the origins of the song, saying that she turned to porn magazines after being asked to write a song about masturbation.

“There was Playgirl, but that was kinda boring,” Lauper recalled. “And there was, like, Blueboy, which at that time – in my ignorance – I thought it was a women’s magazine. It was not.”

“I tried to take real life and put it into the song,” she added.

She Bop peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and charted at number 46 in the UK.

Watch the music video for the track below:

[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFq4E9XTueY[/youtube]

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