<P> `` Time After Time '' is the second single by American singer - songwriter Cyndi Lauper from her debut studio album , She 's So Unusual ( 1983 ) , with Rob Hyman ( co-writer and founding member of the rock band The Hooters ) contributing backing vocals . The track was produced by Rick Chertoff and released as a single on January 27 , 1984 . The song became Lauper 's first number 1 hit in the U.S. The song was written in the album 's final stages , after `` Girls Just Wanna Have Fun '' , `` She Bop '' and `` All Through the Night '' had been written . The writing began with the title , which Lauper had seen in TV Guide magazine , referring to the science fiction film Time After Time ( 1979 ) . </P>
<P> `` Time After Time '' is the second single by American singer - songwriter Cyndi Lauper from her debut studio album , She 's So Unusual ( 1983 ) , with Rob Hyman ( co-writer and founding member of the rock band The Hooters ) contributing backing vocals . The track was produced by Rick Chertoff and released as a single on January 27 , 1984 . The song became Lauper 's first number 1 hit in the U.S. The song was written in the album 's final stages , after `` Girls Just Wanna Have Fun '' , `` She Bop '' and `` All Through the Night '' had been written . The writing began with the title , which Lauper had seen in TV Guide magazine , referring to the science fiction film Time After Time ( 1979 ) . </P>
who is the original singer of time after time
who is the original singer of time after time
Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper