The Goonies 'R' Good Enough

"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.

1 A rarity
2 Music video
3 Charts
4 Official versions and track listings

[edit] A rarity

The song is also considered a rarity among Lauper fans since it has never appeared on any of her albums. It was not included in her 1995 compilation Twelve Deadly Cyns... and Then Some, but it was included in 2003's The Essential Cyndi Lauper as well as appearing on the 2003 3-Disc Australian compilation The Great Cyndi Lauper from Rajon Music Group. 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 Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Thensome. The songs highest charting was in the UK where it reached the top three. All versions of the UK edition are considered rare, especially the 12".

The song was later covered by a few artists, such as Bombones, Haruko Momoi, New Found Glory, and Tomoyuki Uchida.

[edit] Music video

Spielberg in The Goonies 'R' Good Enough Music Video by Cyndi Lauper.

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 again 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 Cyndi 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 Cyndi is physically exhausted from being overworked for this video.

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 sources^[who?], 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.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	10
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40	6
Australia ARIA Singles Chart	8
German Singles Chart	49
Italian Singles Chart	24
Japan Oricon International Singles Charts	1
New Zealand Singles Charts	22