This material girl was living the van life down by the river during the super boring 90s when people forgot how to shake it.

Philanthropist and Olympic athlete Alex in Chains was so sure Lauper's quick-change chameleon act would put the Brat Pack over the top that she woke her from her park bench and offered her the world.

This butterfly-turned-caterpillar-turned-imitation-rock-legend-and-occasional-zombie has been walkin on sunshine ever since.