Which Cyndi Lauper video won Best Female Video at the 1984 VMAs?
Answer
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
“Which Cyndi Lauper video won Best Female Video at the 1984 VMAs?” — “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” won the award.
The 1984 ceremony was the inaugural MTV Video Music Awards, held on September 14 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Lauper’s colorful, exuberant video defeated nominees including her own “Time After Time,” Pat Benatar’s “Love Is a Battlefield,” Bette Midler’s “Beast of Burden,” and Donna Summer’s “She Works Hard for the Money.”
Directed by Edd Griles, the video helped turn Lauper’s song into a defining pop-culture moment. It featured Lauper’s playful styling, a large cast of dancers, and her real-life mother, Catrine, alongside professional wrestler Captain Lou Albano. The song itself was a 1979 composition by Robert Hazard, substantially reworked for Lauper’s 1983 debut album, She’s So Unusual.
A common mix-up is confusing this category with Video of the Year, which went to The Cars for “You Might Think.” Lauper nevertheless had a major night: she led all artists with nine nominations and also won Best New Artist in a Video.