Rush didn’t really do collaborations, but Geddy Lee thought the lead single from their 1987 album Hold Your Fire needed something extra: guest female vocals. But who should they ask to sing on Time Stand Still?
"We thought about asking Cyndi Lauper at first,” Alex Lifeson told Kerrang! in 1987. If it seems weird now, it made more sense then: The Girls Just Want To Have Fun star was still in vogue, thanks to her 1986 hit, True Colors, while Rush were taking advantage of 1980s technology and embracing a more new wave sound.
