He’s So Unusual

~ Recording by Cyndi Lauper

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
  • GB1983-10-14
Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CDPRT 25792
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks)25·3P-486
1.9He’s So Unusual?:??Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CDPRT 25792
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks)RK 38930
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks)FR 38930
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
Epic/Sony (logo of the Japanese company Epic/Sony Inc., Aug 1978–Mar 1988)35 8P-45
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
  • XE1989-03-02
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 463362 2
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe's So Unusual / True ColorsCyndi LauperAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1990-06-22
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)466834 2
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks)CVRK 38930
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
  • JP1991-12-01
Epic Records (J-pop label, established 1978; use ONLY for releases by Japanese domestic artists after 2001!)ESCA-5477
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So Unusual / True ColorsCyndi LauperAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 466834 9
1.9He’s So Unusual?:??Cyndi LauperShe's so Unusual / A Night to RememberCyndi LauperAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)478483 2
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)ESCA 7619
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
  • US2000-02-29
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)ES 38930
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
  • US2000-11-21
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)EK 62169
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)499943 2
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
  • JP2001-02-21
Sony (CBS ‘walking eye’ logo over the “SONY” wordmark in a box, used in Latin-American genre releases, also used in releases in ID/KR or other countries)ESCA-7858
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe's So Unusual (Original Album Classics)Cyndi LauperAlbum
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe's So Unusual / True ColorsCyndi LauperAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2007-10-30
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697145302
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So Unusual (Cyndi Lauper Paper Jacket Series)Cyndi LauperAlbum
  • JP2008-06-18
Sony Music Japan International Inc. (do not use as a label, see the annotation)EICP 991
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperOriginal Album ClassicsCyndi LauperAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)88697302732
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
  • US2012-01-26
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMOFI 1-027
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So Unusual (A 30th Anniversary Celebration)Cyndi LauperAlbum
  • GB2014-03-28
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So Unusual (A 30th Anniversary Celebration)Cyndi LauperAlbum
  • US2014-03-31
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks)8888370635251
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So Unusual (A 30th Anniversary Celebration)Cyndi LauperAlbum
  • US2014-04-01
Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)888430166226
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So Unusual (24bit/176.4kHz)Cyndi LauperAlbum
  • JP2014-04-01
Sony Music Japan International Inc. (do not use as a label, see the annotation)SIXX01835B00Z
1.9He's So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe's So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary CelebrationCyndi LauperAlbum
  • JP2014-04-09
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EICP-30040, EICP-30041, EICP-30042
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
  • XW2015-12-07
Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks)
1.9He’s So Unusual0:45Cyndi LauperShe’s So Unusual (red coloured vinyl)Cyndi LauperAlbum
  • XE2020-10-09
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Portrait (imprint under CBS Records, later Sony Masterworks)19439801801
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.9He’s So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperShe’s So UnusualCyndi LauperAlbum
VRK-38930
Bootleg
1.90He's So Unusual0:46Cyndi LauperBig Songs for Little Attention Spans, Volume 2: 100 More Tunes for the Swiftly-DistractedVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)[none]

Relationships

additional engineer:John Jansen (US recording engineer and producer)
Rod O’Brien
assistant engineer:John Agnello (engineer & producer)
engineer:William Wittman
associate producer:William Wittman
producer:Rick Chertoff
lead vocals:Cyndi Lauper
recorded at:The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
compiled in:He’s So Unusual / Yeah Yeah
recording of:He’s So Unusual (cover)

Related works

He’s So Unusual

writer:Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist)
Al Sherman (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
Abner Silver
publisher:Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.