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Released on Portrait, also Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Time After Time and Dog & Butterfly (Heart)
Part of True Colors, also True Colors, Change of Heart and Maybe He’ll Know
Written by Tom Gray, also Money Changes Everything and A Part Hate
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Cyndi Lauper wrote 57 songs on fono
Cyndi Lauper’s most frequent co-writer is Jan Pulsford (16 songs together)
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Cyndi Lauper and Tom Gray
- Part of
- True Colors
- Released on
- Portrait
- Written by
- Cyndi Lauper and Tom Gray
- Part of
- True Colors
- Released on
- Portrait
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Tom Gray
Same label: Portrait
Same release: True Colors
Same writer: Tom Gray
Same label: Portrait
Same release: True Colors
Same label: Portrait
Same release: True Colors
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz The Faraway Nearby was written by Cyndi Lauper
The Faraway Nearby was written by Cyndi Lauper
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Faraway Nearby was written by Tom Gray
The Faraway Nearby was written by Tom Gray
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Faraway Nearby is part of the release True Colors
The Faraway Nearby is part of the release True Colors
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Portrait is the label of the song The Faraway Nearby
Portrait is the label of the song The Faraway Nearby
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz The Faraway Nearby was released on 1986-09-05
The Faraway Nearby was released on 1986-09-05
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026