That’s a Cover?: “All Through the Night” (Cyndi Lauper / Jules Shear)

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Oct 142025
 

That’s A Cover? explores cover songs that you may have thought were originals.

An unusual thing happened after Cyndi Lauper released her debut album, She’s So Unusual (an accurate title if ever there was one). Lauper became the first female artist ever to have four singles from one album reach the Billboard Top 5 in the U.S. (Michael Jackson accomplished the feat the year before with Thriller.) We are going to look at the last of those, “All Through the Night,” the sleeper hit, and the only one of the four singles that Lauper didn’t write or co-write herself.
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Band of Horses Guitarist Tyler Ramsey Dusts Off Cyndi Lauper Hit

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Sep 282011
 

Tyler Ramsey, best known as the lead guitarist for alt-rockers Band of Horses, released his third album of mellow solo acoustic tracks this week, entitled The Valley Wind. In anticipation of the release date, Tyler performed a chapel session for I Am Fuel You Are Friends, playing tracks from the record, including a cover of the modern pop standard “All Through The Night.” Written by Pittsburgh singer-songwriter Jules Shear, the song has already been covered by the likes of The Cars and, most famously, Cyndi Lauper on her 1984 debut. Lauper’s recording became a Top 10 single in May 1984, making it one of her most famous songs and even prompting an acoustic re-recording in 2005 that featured a bewildering rap verse from Shaggy. Continue reading »