It was, for the longest time, not available on any of Lauper's compilations and was excluded from her 1994 greatest hits collection Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some.

[7] Dave Sholin of Gavin Report gave the track a favorable review saying, "All I know is that the picture is called "Goonies" and it's a story by Steven Spielberg and that's enough to qualify Cyndi Lauper to offer her unusual talents to the soundtrack.

Notably, "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, and as such British copies are rare to find.

[4] Multiple celebrities are featured in the video including WWF professional wrestlers "Captain" Lou Albano, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Wendi Richter, The Fabulous Moolah, The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, Freddie Blassie and André the Giant (the last being only in Part 2), Steven Spielberg, Lauper's manager at the time David Wolff, the majority of The Goonies cast minus Kerri Green, Anne Ramsey, Joe Pantoliano, Robert Davi and John Matuszak and the then relatively unknown Bangles as a group of female pirates.

The version included more commentary from the voice over during the opening sequence of the video and extended scenes inside the gas station and with the wrestlers.

[4] Part 1 of the video almost did not make it onto the DVD due to Warner Bros.' inability to find the broadcast master tape.

Warner was ready to start pressing the DVD when someone at VH1 found an unused mastered broadcast copy of the tape that was sent to their network.

While they argue with Mom and Pop (Albano), an old woman (Moolah) shows up and closes down Wendi's vegetable stand, putting in a Benihana-like set-up in its place.

Eventually, Cyndi, Dave, Wendi, and the Goonies break free, and after finding some treasure on the ship, toss some of it to the pirates, who fight amongst themselves for it.

After subduing the green-faced witch, the Goonies escape from the ship along with Cyndi and her friends, giving her the remaining treasure that they found.

Cyndi, along with Dave and Wendi, returns through the cavern entrance in the gas station, armed with the extra treasure in hopes of appeasing the creditors.

Cyndi then whistles, and in a cloud of smoke, André the Giant appears, and chases the creditors off (with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper apparently breaking character, calling out to director Richard Donner, Spielberg, as well as Lauper and Wolff that "the video wasn't supposed to end like this" while being pursued by André).

Several artists, such as Bombones, Haruko Momoi, the Advantage, New Found Glory, Radical Face, Minibosses, and Tomoyuki Uchida have covered the song.

[11] In 2014, "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" was heavily featured in a Goonies-themed episode of the ABC comedy series The Goldbergs.