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Ever since I was little, this has been one of my favorite songs by Cyndi. Also since I was little, I've never quite been able to understand the words to this song. I know there are different takes on the meaning-is she singing from a man's point of view (keeping Prince's original lyrics), or singing from a woman's pov. Is her boyfriend cheating with another man, or is her girlfriend cheating on her with a man...my take on it is, you can really hear it as you want to, because it's just not clear cut. And that's good. Personally I like to hear it from a woman's pov that her boyfriend is cheating on her with a man.

This has probably been discussed here already, but what do you think of Cyndi's way of singing it? How do you hear it? Do you think it would have been better had she changed the lyrics to guy cheating on her with a girl? Do you think she deliberately sang it this way to be different? I read on the imdb that maybe Prince didn't allow the lyrics to be changed. Never thought of that possibility.

Like I said, I like to hear it as Cyndi's boyfriend cheating on her with another guy...especially the imagery that goes along with wearing her clothes!