when did love is a battlefield come out
September 1983
title: Love Is a Battlefield text: Love Is a Battlefield "Love Is a Battlefield" is a song performed by Pat Benatar, and written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman. It was released in September 1983 as a single from Benatar's live album "Live from Earth", though the song itself was a studio recording. The song was ranked at number 30 in VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s. "Love is a Battlefield" went on to sell over a million records. Holly Knight and Mike Chapman wrote this song for Pat Benatar initially as a ballad with a beautiful melody and moving chord changes. title: Love Is a Battlefield text: After some exploration with drum machines and the band, Neil Giraldo decided to make this an uptempo song. The single was Benatar's second American million seller and is tied with "We Belong" as her highest charting single in the United States. It topped "Billboard"'s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for four weeks and peaked at #5 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in December 1983. It hit #1 on the Australian singles chart in February 1984 and remained there for five weeks, becoming the 11th biggest selling single of the year. The song was re-released in the United Kingdom in March 1985 title: Battlefield (song) text: "Love Is a Battlefield" (1983). Joanna Hunkin of "The New Zealand Herald" noted that the song's lyrics were similar to Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield", and criticized Sparks for plagiarism and not crediting Benatar as an inspiration. In the United States, "Battlefield" entered the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart at number 32 on the chart issue dated May 30, 2009. It peaked at number 10 on the chart issue dated August 8, 2009, and became Sparks' third top 10 hit on the Hot 100. As of July 2011, the song has sold 1,626,000 digital copies in the United States. In Canada, title: Battlefield (song) text: received comparisons to Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield" (1983), and its production was compared to Benatar's "We Belong" (1984). "Battlefield" was well received by most music critics who praised its production and lyrics. In the United States, "Battlefield" reached number 10 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, and number six on the Pop Songs chart. Outside of the US, it reached number five in Canada and reached the top ten in Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, and the top twenty in the United Kingdom. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Philip Andelman. It features Sparks on a title: Love Is a Battlefield text: MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video and is contained on the DVD for the movie "13 Going on 30". Love Is a Battlefield "Love Is a Battlefield" is a song performed by Pat Benatar, and written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman. It was released in September 1983 as a single from Benatar's live album "Live from Earth", though the song itself was a studio recording. The song was ranked at number 30 in VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s. "Love is a Battlefield" went on to sell over a million records. Holly Knight