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.
The single was Benatar's second American million seller and is tied with "We Belong" as her highest charting single in the United States.
The song topped Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for four weeks and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1983.
The song was re-released in the United Kingdom in March 1985 and reached #17.