Pleasure and Pain (song)

"Pleasure and Pain"
Single by Divinyls
from the album What a Life!
B-side "What a Life!"
"Heart Telegraph"
Released 1985
Format 7", 12"
Genre Rock, new wave
Length 3:50
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s) Mike Chapman, Holly Knight
Producer(s) Mike Chapman
Divinyls singles chronology
"In My Life"
(1984)		 "Pleasure and Pain"
(1985)		 "Sleeping Beauty"
(1986)

"In My Life"
(1984)		 "Pleasure and Pain"
(1985)		 "Sleeping Beauty"
(1986)

"Pleasure and Pain" is a rock song written by Michael Chapman and Holly Knight, produced by Chapman for Divinyls' second studio album What a Life! (1985). It was released as the album's fourth single in the formats of 7" single and 12" single. It became one of their most successful songs, charting at No. 11 in Australia and No. 76 in the United States.

Formats and track listing

Australian 7" single
  1. "Pleasure and Pain"
  2. "What a Life!"
Australian 12" single
  1. "Pleasure and Pain" (extended mix)
  2. "Pleasure and Pain" (instrumental extended mix)
  3. "What a Life!"
U.S. 7" single
  1. "Pleasure and Pain"
  2. "Heart Telegraph"
U.S. 12" single
  1. "Pleasure and Pain" — 5:58
  2. "Pleasure and Pain" (instrumental) — 6:25

In other media

  • In 2016, the song appeared in the season 4 premiere of the prison television series, Wentworth.

Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart[1] 11
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[2] 12
Chart (1986) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 76

References

  1. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 91. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. 1 2 "Divinyls - Artist Chart History". Allmusic. Retrieved May 23, 2007.
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