Chicago Music Exchange | 4 years ago

When it comes to some guitars, it can feel less like we have them and more like they have us. You know the type. The special ones. The ones that speak to who we are. The ones that inspire us, drive us, and keep us coming back. For Nathaniel, this '68 Red Paisley Fender Telecaster is one of those guitars, and this is one of those songs. If you're lost, you can look, and you will find me—time after time. If you fall, I will catch you. I'll be waiting—time after time.

Although "Time After Time" would eventually become one of Lauper's signature songs, it was one of the last songs on her debut album to be recorded. While Lauper was still writing material for She's So Unusual in the spring of 1983, her producer, Rick Chertoff introduced her to American musician Rob Hyman, a founding member of the Hooters. Lauper had by then already recorded the majority of the album, including the songs "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "She Bop," but Chertoff insisted that she and Hyman needed to record just "one more song". Therefore, she and Hyman sat at a piano and started working on "Time After Time".

Initially, Epic Records wanted "Time After Time" as the album's lead single. However, Lauper felt that releasing a ballad as her debut solo single would have pigeonholed her stylistically as a balladeer, limiting her future work and thus potentially killing her career. Her manager Dave Wolff felt that "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" could become a successful pop anthem and was a better choice; ultimately the label agreed and released it as the lead single instead. "Time After Time" became the album's second single, released on January 27, 1984.

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Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time (Official HD Video) - https://youtu.be/VdQY7BusJNU

Check out more arrangements from Nathaniel:
Nathaniel Murphy Strolls Through The Smiths: https://youtu.be/uHJ_iXBrDes
Nathaniel Murphy Plays Incredible Arrangement of "Riders on the Storm": https://youtu.be/PUl6U7vOo2U
Nathaniel Plays "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak: https://youtu.be/wElNZ00FF88

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MXR M234 Analog Chorus - https://bit.ly/368Rgjn

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