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“Love Is A Battlefield” by Pat Benatar

Released 1983

“Love Is A Battlefield” by Pat Benatar appears on 47 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 1983 and 2026. It was first released in 1983. Its best result is #23 on the KISW Top 25 Rock Songs from 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,859 indie & aaa song of all time and #311 of the '80s.

47countdowns
21stations
#23best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1983–2026years charted

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"Love Is a Battlefield" arrived in 1983, a studio track riding along with Pat Benatar's live album Live from Earth. Holly Knight and Mike Chapman wrote it for her as a mid-tempo number, but producer Neil Giraldo, after tinkering with drum machines and the band, sped it up, and that call is the whole ballgame: a taut dance-rock pulse in D minor with Benatar standing her ground on top of it, too quick to pass for a ballad.

It became her second million-seller in America, sat atop Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart for four weeks and reached number five on the Hot 100, tying "We Belong" as her highest-charting US single. VH1 later put it at number 30 on its list of the greatest songs of the '80s.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 23 KISW Seattle-Tacoma, WA KISW Top 25 Rock Songs from 1983 25

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 448 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2012 471 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2013 409 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 497 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 662 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 418 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 469 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2017 491 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 492 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2018 254 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 669 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 368 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 279 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2020 987 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 256 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2021 517 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2021 911 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 226 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 123 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 112 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2022 187 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 87 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 491 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 98 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 239 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 258 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 170 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 452 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2023 429 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 239 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 241 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 728 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 342 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 259 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 470 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 642 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 314 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 267 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 236 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2025 362 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 904 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 467 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 356 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 352 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498
2026 233 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 275 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Love is a Battlefield; Love Is a Battlefield; Love Is a Battlefeld.

Charting alongside it in 1983

Best songs of 1983 →
  1. 1New Year's DayU2
  2. 2Let's DanceDavid Bowie
  3. 3The LovecatsThe Cure
  4. 4Every Breath You TakeThe Police
  5. 5Rebel YellBilly Idol
  6. 6In a Big CountryBig Country

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