Ballad of Cleo and Joe

"Ballad of Cleo and Joe"
Single by Cyndi Lauper
from the album Sisters of Avalon
ReleasedSeptember 16, 1997[1]
Recorded1996
Length3:59
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
  • Cyndi Lauper
  • Jan Pulsford
Producer(s)
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
"Sisters of Avalon"
(1997) 		"Ballad of Cleo and Joe"
(1997) 		"Early Christmas Morning"
(1998)
Music video
"Ballad of Cleo & Joe" on YouTube

"Ballad of Cleo and Joe" is a song by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released as the third single from her fifth studio album, Sisters of Avalon (1996). The song was written by Lauper and Jan Pulsford, and produced by Pulsford, Mark Saunders and Lauper.[2] It was released on September 16, 1997, by Epic Records.[3] Lyrically, the song describes the double life of a drag queen, the titular 'Joe' (by day) and 'Cleo' (by night). It received positive reviews from music critics.[4] The song did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100, but debuted at number 24 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

  1. ^ "Ballad of Cleo & Joe: Cyndi Lauper: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Cyndi Lauper – Ballad Of Cleo & Joe (1997, CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  4. ^ Bob Cannon. "Music Review: 'Ballad of Cleo & Joe'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 December 2021.