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( February 2008 ) `` Love Is a Battlefield '' Standard artwork ( U.S. vinyl release pictured ) Single by Pat Benatar from the album Live from Earth B - side Hell Is For Children ( Live Version ) Released September 12, 1983 Format 7 ``, 12 '' Recorded Genre New wave Length 5 : 24 4 : 10 ( single / radio edit ) 6 : 29 ( extended ) Label Chrysalis Records Songwriter ( s ) Holly Knight, Mike Chapman Producer ( s ) Neil Giraldo, Peter Coleman ( A-side only ) Pat Benatar singles chronology `` Looking for a Stranger '' ( 1983 ) `` Love Is a Battlefield '' ( 1983 ) `` Lipstick Lies '' ( 1984 ) `` Looking for a Stranger '' ( 1983 ) `` Love Is a Battlefield '' ( 1983 ) `` Lipstick Lies '' ( 1984 ) Audio sample file help `` 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. Contents 1 Background 2 Music video 3 Charts 3.1 Original version 3.2 Re-release UK ( 1985 ) 3.3 Year - end charts 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Background Holly Knight and Mike Chapman wrote this song for Pat Benatar initially as a ballad with a beautiful melody and moving chord changes. 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 and reached # 17. It was awarded a Gold certification in Canada as well. The song was featured in the television series Psych. In the television series Drop Dead Diva the song is performed by the actresses Brooke Elliott and Faith Prince. It was also featured in the film 13 Going on 30, where `` love is a battlefield '' is the mantra of the main character Jenna Rink, played by Jennifer Garner. The song in the Kay Gee Remix version, featuring Kay Gee and Queen Latifah, is on the end credits of the 1998 film, Small Soldiers. The single was unlike most of Benatar 's previous work, as it featured an electronic dance element, but guitars and drums were still present. In 1984, the song won Benatar her fourth consecutive Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Music video The music video features Benatar playing a rebellious teenage girl running away from her home with her abusive father ( played by actor Trey Wilson ) warning her, `` If you leave this house now, you can just forget about coming back ! '' Her mother looks on helplessly and her brother ( played by actor Philip Cruise ) watches sadly from an upper - story window. She later becomes a taxi dancer at a very seedy club to get by in the city, outwardly New York. She writes to her little brother, telling him about her exciting new life and her father seems to feel guilty about being angry at her. Later in the video, she witnesses a pimp ( played by actor Gary Chryst ) harassing another dancer. Benatar rounds up the girls and leads a rebellion against him. As the pimp is cornered by the girls against his will, he tries to seduce Benatar only to have her throw a drink in his face. Angered by this, he tries once again to assault her but Benatar and the girls overpower and defeat the pimp, then storm out of the club dancing into the sunrise before bidding goodbye to one another, thanking Benatar for their escape. The girls escape and strike out on their own and Benatar walks into the sunrise. The final scene shows Benatar sitting in the back of a bus headed for an unknown destination. The video was choreographed by Michael Peters, who appears briefly in the video. A special remix of the song is used, which was created specifically for the video. It differs slightly in structure and instrumentation, and aside from appearing in the video, has never been commercially released. The video was the first ever to feature the use of dialogue. The scenes featuring dialogue include the opening scene of Benatar stomping out of the house while being berated by her father and the scene featuring the pimp harassing the female dancer in which she shouts `` Leave me alone ! '' The video was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video and is contained on the DVD for the movie 13 Going on 30. Charts Original version Chart ( 1983 / 1984 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Canada ( CHUM ) 6 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) Ireland ( IRMA ) 9 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 6 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 11 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 17 US Billboard Hot 100 5 US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) US Cash Box Re-release UK ( 1985 ) Chart ( 1985 ) Peak Position UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 17 Year - end charts Chart ( 1984 ) Position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 11 US Billboard Hot 100 57 See also List of number - one singles in Australia during the 1980s BRT Top 30 number - one hits of 1984 List of Dutch Top 40 number - one singles of 1984 List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number - one songs of the 1980s References Jump up ^ `` Benatar -- Love Is a Battlefield ''. discogs. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ https://www.scribd.com/doc/221265441/VH1-s-100-Greatest-Songs-of-the-80-s Jump up ^ `` Pat Benatar -- Love Is a Battlefield ''. www.rockpopinfo.com. Retrieved May 25, 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` Love Is A Battlefield by Pat Benatar ''. www.songfacts.com. Retrieved May 22, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo on Rewriting `` Love is a Battlefield '' ``. vision4music.com. Retrieved May 22, 2016. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition ( Billboard Publications ), page 57. Jump up ^ `` Forum -- ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts -- CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989 ''. australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Love Is a Battlefield ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Gold / Platinum Most Recent Certifications ''. Music Canada. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Songs and music featured in Psych -- E2 : Murder ?... Anyone ?... Anyone ?... Bueller ? ''. www.tunefind.com. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Drop Dead Diva -- What If ? Season 1, Episode 11 ''. IMDb. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` 13 Going on 30 ( 2004 ) -- Soundtracks ''. IMDb. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Small Soldiers ( 1998 ) -- Soundtracks ''. IMDb. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Grammy Awards : Best Rock Vocal Performance -- Female ''. www.rockonthenet.com. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Pat Benatar : Love Is a Battlefield ( 1983 ) ''. IMDb. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Michael Peters ( I ) ( 1948 -- 1994 ) ''. IMDb. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=2816 Jump up ^ `` Love Is A Battlefield ( 1983 ) ''. imvdb.com. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ Kent, David ( 1993 ). Australian Chart Book 1970 -- 1992. St Ives, NSW : Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0 - 646 - 11917 - 6. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Pat Benatar -- Love Is a Battlefield '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` CHART NUMBER 1409 -- Saturday, January 14, 1984 ''. CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 4423. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Offiziellecharts.de -- Pat Benatar -- Love Is a Battlefield ''. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Love Is a Battlefield ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- week 11, 1984 '' ( in Dutch ). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Pat Benatar -- Love Is a Battlefield '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Pat Benatar -- Love Is a Battlefield ''. Top 40 Singles. Retrieved May 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- Pat Benatar -- Love Is a Battlefield ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved May 25, 2016. 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Jump up ^ Billboard Year - End Hot 100 singles of 1984 External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Pat Benatar Discography Studio albums In the Heat of the Night Crimes of Passion Precious Time Get Nervous Tropico Seven the Hard Way Wide Awake in Dreamland True Love Gravity 's Rainbow Innamorata Go Live albums Live from Earth 8 - 15 - 80 35th Anniversary Tour Compilations Best Shots Synchronistic Wanderings : Recorded Anthology 1979 - 1999 Greatest Hits Ultimate Collection 10 Great Songs Singles `` I Need a Lover '' `` Heartbreaker '' `` You Better Run '' `` Hit Me with Your Best Shot '' `` Treat Me Right '' `` Fire and Ice '' `` Shadows of the Night '' `` Love Is a Battlefield '' `` We Belong '' `` Invincible '' `` All Fired Up '' `` Hell Is for Children '' Book : Pat Benatar Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_Is_a_Battlefield&oldid=822247897 '' Categories : 1983 songs 1983 singles 1985 singles Pat Benatar songs Number - one singles in Australia Dutch Top 40 number - one singles Single Top 100 number - one singles Billboard Mainstream Rock number - one singles Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Music videos directed by Bob Giraldi Songs written by Mike Chapman Songs written by Holly Knight Chrysalis Records singles Rock ballads Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from February 2008 All articles needing additional references Use mdy dates from August 2015 Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Belgium ( Flanders ) Singlechart usages for Canadatopsingles Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Germany2 Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Switzerland Singlechart usages for UK Singlechart usages for Billboardmainstreamrock Singlechart making named ref Talk Contents About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca Deutsch Español Edit links This page was last edited on 25 January 2018, at 07 : 24. 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Question: when did love is a battlefield come out
Answer: September 1983