Pat Benatar - "Love Is A Battlefield"

A harrowing report from the front lines.

From the opening monologue to the final fade, this definitive '80s rocker means business. The tale of a young woman mustering all her strength at a time in her life when she hasn't had to summon it such a scale before, and when she's not all that sure just how much she has. The lack of resolution at the end serves as a reminder of the continuation of struggles of all sorts--relationships, families, economics--that women have always faced, and the importance of holding one's own ground in all of them.

From "Hear Me Roar! 25 Great Girl Power Anthems!" in WOMEN WHO ROCK, March/April 2003