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
Writer(s) Mike Chapman, Holly Knight
Producer(s) Mike Chapman
Divinyls singles chronology
"In My Life"
(1984)		 "Pleasure and Pain"
(1985)		 "Sleeping Beauty"
(1986)
For the song included by the band Theatres des Vampires in an album of the same name, see Pleasure and Pain (Theatres des Vampires album).

"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 lising

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

Charts

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Divinyls - Artist Chart History". Allmusic. Retrieved May 23, 2007.