Listening to the clips they do have different delivery and as a result different moods they convey. We can agree that the timbre is different in which case Cyndi Lauper has a mixture of different instruments and her voice is uplifting and pushes forth excitement. In the second version, the piano is the only timbre we hear and Laswell's voice is opposite of Cyndi's in which it is slow and sad. Now after establishing this, lets answer the question posed: What element of music is essential to the meaning of the song?
I don't think we can break up the elements of music as to say which one is the most important and which one is the least important. They all go hand in hand. Trying to distinguish the least important element and the most important element is like trying to distinguish the most important color in a painting or sculpture. You cannot look at a painting and say, "hey this is a good painting but I think the most important color is the blue of the sky rather than the green of the grass" or "the colors are more important than the lines." In the two versions of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" there isn't just difference in one element to say that changing one element was important in the drastic change of the songs. There was a difference in tempo, timbre, key, rhythm, etc. When you think of one element you may have to change others so it will sound consonant and not dissonant. I would guess that it is an all for one deal when thinking about elements in music.
After establishing this we see that music needs all its elements however thinking about movies and our favorite shows: Would we be able to enjoy a movie (or show) without there being any music to convey emotion?
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