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| + | '''Love Is a Battlefield'''" is a song by [[Pat Benatar]], and appears in [[Band Hero]]. |
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| − | | Name = Love Is a Battlefield |
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| − | | Cover = Pat Benatar Love is a Battlefield.jpg |
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| − | | Artist = [[Pat Benatar]] |
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| − | | from Album = [[Live from Earth]] |
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| − | | Released = October 24, 1983 |
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| − | | Format = [[Vinyl record|7"]], [[Gramophone record|12"]] |
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| − | | Recorded = 1983 |
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| − | | Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[New Wave music|New Wave]] |
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| − | | Label = [[Chrysalis Records]] |
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| − | | Writer = [[Holly Knight]], [[Mike Chapman]] |
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| − | | Producer = Neil Geraldo, Peter Coleman |
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| − | | Certification = |
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| − | | Last single = "Anxiety (Get Nervous)"<br/>(1982) |
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| − | | This single = "'''Love Is a Battlefield'''"<br/>(1983) |
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| − | | Next single = "Lipstick Lies"<br/>(1984) |
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| − | "'''Love Is a Battlefield'''" is a song written by [[Holly Knight]] and [[Mike Chapman]], after [[Pat Benatar]] asked Chapman to write her a hit song.<ref>{{cite web |
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| − | |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=11627 |
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| − | |title="Love Is a Battlefield" Songfacts |
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| − | |publisher= [[Songfacts]] |
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| − | |accessdate=2008-08-21 |
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| − | }}</ref> It was released as a [[single (music)|single]] from Benatar's [[album]] ''[[Live from Earth]]'', which was popular in 1983 and 1984. The single has been certified gold and is her highest charting single in the [[United States]], as it topped [[Billboard Magazine|''Billboard'']]'s [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]] chart for four weeks and made number five on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>[[Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]] (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 57.</ref> It topped the Australian singles chart for five weeks in 1984. The song was finally released in the United Kingdom in March 1985 and reached #17. |
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| − | The [[music video]], which depicted Benatar as a teenage runaway trying to survive the mean streets of [[New York City]], was nominated for an [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video]] and was viewable on the [[DVD]] for the movie ''[[13 Going on 30]]''. The single was unlike most of Benatar's previous work, as it featured an electronic dance element, but guitars and drums were still present. The song won Benatar a [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance]]. |
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| − | !Chart (1983) |
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| − | |Australian Singles Chart |
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| − | |[[Dutch Top 40]] |
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| − | |align="center"|1<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=6467 |title=De Nederlandse Top 40, week 11, 1984 |accessdate=2008-02-25}}</ref> |
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| − | |align="center"|17 |
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| − | |align="center"|5 |
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| − | ==Cover versions== |
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| − | * [[Chris Norman]] was the first artist to cover this song in 1984. He released it as a single in Europe at around the same time where Benatar's version was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. |
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| − | * A [[hi-NRG]] dance cover of the song by Rochelle was released in the 2000s through [[Almighty Records]]. An audio sample can be heard on the official Almighty Records website.<ref>http://www.almightyrecords.com/product/ALMY084/</ref> |
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| − | * [[Alternative rock]] [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[Zwan]] recorded a cover for the 2002 movie ''[[Spun]]''. |
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| − | * A [[eurotrance]] cover of the song by German group White Doves was released as a single in 2003. |
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| − | * In 2007, he song was covered by alternative rock band [[MorissonPoe]] on their debut album ''Evolution'', which was produced by [[Nile Rodgers]] and [[D.S. Poe]]. The video for this song was directed by [[R3Y Gutierrez]] for [[DarkHak]]. |
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| − | * [[Canadian]] [[singer-songwriter]] [[Jann Arden]] covered the song for her 2007 album, ''[[Uncover Me]]''. |
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| − | * [[Australian]] [[post-hardcore]] band [[The Amity Affliction]] recorded a cover of the song for their debut album ''[[Severed Ties]]'' in 2008. |
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| − | * [[Cher]] performed the song live during her 1992 [[Love Hurts Tour]]. She has also performed it live again for her [[Cher at the Colosseum]] concert series at [[Caesars Palace]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]. |
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| − | * [[Mary J. Blige]] and [[Shakira]] performed the song in the [[VH1]]'s [[VH1 Divas|''Divas 2002'']]. |
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| − | * The song has appeared in many versions of the ''[[Pop Idol]]'' series, including ''[[American Idol]]'' when it was sung by [[Carrie Underwood]]. [[Brooke White]], the fifth placed finalist on [[American Idol (season 7)|season seven]] of ''[[American Idol]]'', performed this song on the Top 16 with a much more mellow sound with only an acoustic guitar playing the background. |
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| − | * The song was performed by [[Hilary Duff]] on her Dignity Tour 07/08 in support of her third studio album ''[[Dignity (album)|Dignity]]''. A studio version was expected to be recorded for her next album but did not appear on it in the end. |
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| − | ==Sampling== |
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| − | * [[Queen Latifah]] did a rap version with Benatar's original vocals and music for the film and soundtrack of the 1998 movie ''[[Small Soldiers]]''. |
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| − | ==Appearances/References in other media== |
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| − | * In author Laurie Notaro's first book of fiction "There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell," the main character Maye Roberts sings the song for her talent segment in the Sewer Pipe Queen Pageant. Her dog, Mickey, sings back-up. |
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| − | * In 1993, the music video was featured on the animated comedy ''[[Beavis and Butt-head]]''. Beavis and Butt-head don't like the video and make a very memorable comment after the video starts telling a story, "This story sucks!" Then they change the channel. |
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| − | * A 1998 episode of the animated comedy ''[[South Park]]'' from Season 2, entitled "[[Ike's Wee Wee]]", where Mr. Mackey sings the song drunk, and adds his signature catchphrase "mmkay" after every pause in the main chorus. It was also featured in the Season 7 episode "[[Red Man's Greed]]" from 2003, which depicts the residents of South Park standing up to an invasion by walking down the streets and on the roof tops, singing an [[a cappella]] version of the song and mimicking the original music video. |
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| − | * The song was played briefly in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' during the Season 14 episode [[Strong Arms of the Ma]] in 2003, where it played on the jukebox in Moe's Tavern during Marge's rampage. |
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| − | * The music video appeared in an episode of the short-lived 2002 [[sitcom]] ''[[That '80s Show]]'' |
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| − | * The song features in the 2004 movie ''[[13 Going on 30]]'' at the sleepover when the girls are putting themselves down and Jenna Rink quotes Pat Benatar, "Hey, we are young. Heartache to heartache we stand. Love is a battlefield" with her teenage friends replying "Wow", unaware of the 80s song. The song then plays and the girls at the sleepover dress up and dance to it. |
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| − | * In the 2005 movie ''[[Domino (film)|Domino]]'', [[Mickey Rourke]], playing Ed Moseby, states that he played with Benatar earlier in his career, but only when he needed money. When Domino says that she loves Pat Benatar, Ed replies: "Yeah, who doesn't? Love is a battlefield, baby." |
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| − | * Among other Pat Benatar references in the show, ''[[30 Rock]]'' features character Tracy Jordan singing the song on stage at a strip club in the pilot episode. |
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| − | * The song was featured on the soundtrack of the popular [[Playstation 2]]/[[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]'' in 2006. |
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| − | * A Season 7 episode from 2007 of the popular Canadian teen drama ''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]'' is named after this song. |
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| − | * The song has been used twice on ''[[The Singing Bee]]'' game show, on July 17 and August 6 of 2007. In the latter episode, a contestant sung the entire chorus of the song to advance, gaining a standing ovation from the crowd. |
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| − | * In July 2008, Katherine St-Laurent covered the song on [[Canadian Idol]]. |
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| − | | before = "[[Original Sin (INXS song)|Original Sin]]" by [[INXS]] |
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| − | | title = [[Kent Music Report|Australian Kent Music Report]] [[List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s|number-one single]] |
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| − | | years = [[February 13]], [[1984]] - [[March 12]], [[1984]] |
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| − | | after = "[[Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]" by [[Cyndi Lauper]] |
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Latest revision as of 00:03, 14 December 2010
Love Is a Battlefield" is a song by Pat Benatar, and appears in Band Hero.