<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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