Tag: Holly Knight
Remembering Pat Benatar Love Is A Battlefield
by vidkkingg on Feb.28, 2010, under L - Love
In 1983, Pat Benatar was known for singing about certain subject matter, with songs relating to battle. One of the her biggest hits was “Love Is a Battlefield” (written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman). It came out in December 1983. By that time pats sound had changed from hard rock to pop and the video for “Love Is a Battlefield” was mostly for MTV, and featured Benatar in a Michael Jackson-type of dance number. the single peaked at #5 in the U.S, and topped the chart in Australia for seven weeks. . The song won Benatar her fourth Grammy for “Best Female Rock Vocal in 1983. A live album contained “Love Is a Battlefield” and “Lipstick Lies.” The album hit
#13 and became her fifth consecutive platinum winner.
