Holly Knight

Songs Performed or Written by Holly KnightTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Holly Knight (born 1956) is an American songwriter, musician, and singer. She was a member of the 1980s pop rock groups Spider and Device, and wrote or co-wrote several hit singles for other artists, such as "Rag Doll", "Hide Your Heart", "Obsession", "Love Is a Battlefield", "The Best", "Invincible", "Better Be Good to Me", "The Warrior", "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" and "Change". In 2013, she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has won thirteen ASCAP Awards,... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Obsession - #2: The Best - #3: Love Touch - #4: Love Is a Battlefield - #5: Never
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  Spider
1.
04/1980

New Romance (It's a Mystery)
Spider

from Spider   
21 pts
39
US










[Dreamland 100]
written by Amanda Blue & Holly Knight greentick
2.
08/1980

Everything Is Alright
Spider

from Spider   
7 pts
86
US










[Dreamland 103]
written by Holly Knight greentick
3.
05/1981

It Didn't Take Long
Spider

from Between the Lines   
20 pts
43
US










[Dreamland 111]
written by Holly Knight greentick
  Sheila
4.
12/1981

Little Darlin'
Sheila

from Little Darlin'   
17 pts
49
US










[Carrere 02564]
written by Holly Knight greentick & Amanda Blue
  John Waite
5.
06/1982

Change
John Waite

from Ignition   Ignition
9 pts








16
rock


[Chrysalis 4-42606]
written by Holly Knight greentick
  Agnetha Fältskog
Wrap Your Arms Around Me
6.
08/1983

Wrap Your Arms Around Me
Agnetha Fältskog

from Wrap Your Arms Around Me   Wrap Your Arms Around Me
16 pts










44
UK
written by Mike Chapman & Holly Knight greentick
  Pat Benatar
Love Is a Battlefield
7.
09/1983

#4  Love Is a Battlefield
Pat Benatar

from Live from Earth   Live from Earth
166 pts
5
US


41
dance


1
rock
49
UK
[Chrysalis 42732]
written by Mike Chapman & Holly Knight greentick
  Scandal [rock band]
8.
06/1984

The Warrior
Scandal [rock band]

from The Warrior   The Warrior
132 pts
7
US






1
rock
86
UK
featuring Patty Smyth
[Columbia 04424]
written by Nick Gilder & Holly Knight greentick
  Tina Turner
Better Be Good to Me
9.
09/1984

Better Be Good to Me
Tina Turner

from Private Dancer   Private Dancer
161 pts
5
US


16
dance
6
R&B
32
rock
45
UK
[Capitol 5387]
written by Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman & Holly Knight greentick
  Scandal [rock band]
10.
10/1984

Hands Tied
Scandal [rock band]

from The Warrior   The Warrior
24 pts
41
US






21
rock


featuring Patty Smyth
[Columbia 04650]
written by Mike Chapman & Holly Knight greentick
  Animotion
11.
10/1984

#1  Obsession
Animotion

from Animotion   
226 pts
6
US


35
dance




5
UK
[Mercury 880266]
written by Holly Knight greentick & Michael Des Barres
  John Waite
12.
03/1985

Change
John Waite

from Vision Quest: Original Soundtrack of the Warner Bros Motion Picture   Vision Quest: Original Soundtrack of the Warner Bros Motion Picture
14 pts
54
US










R
[Chrysalis 4-42606]
written by Holly Knight greentick
  Pat Benatar
Love Is a Battlefield
13.
03/1985

Love Is a Battlefield
Pat Benatar

from Live from Earth   Live from Earth
52 pts










17
UK
R
written by Mike Chapman & Holly Knight greentick
Invincible
14.
06/1985

Invincible
Pat Benatar

from Seven the Hard Way   Seven the Hard Way
111 pts
10
US






4
rock
53
UK
[Chrysalis 42877]
written by Simon Climie & Holly Knight greentick
  Heart
Never
15.
09/1985

#5  Never
Heart

from Heart   Heart
162 pts
4
US






2
rock


[Capitol 5512]
written by Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson [rock musician], Greg Bloch & Holly Knight greentick
  Tina Turner
One of the Living
16.
10/1985

One of the Living
Tina Turner

from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack   Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
93 pts
15
US


6
dance
41
R&B


55
UK
[Capitol 5518]
written by Holly Knight greentick
  Divinyls
Pleasure and Pain
17.
11/1985

Pleasure and Pain
Divinyls

from What a Life!   What a Life!
19 pts
76
US






12
rock


[Chrysalis 4-42916]
written by Mike Chapman & Holly Knight greentick
  Animotion
I Engineer
18.
03/1986

I Engineer
Animotion

from Strange Behavior   
14 pts
76
US


27
dance






charted as I Engineer / Obsession in US dance charts
[Casablanca 884433]
written by Bernie Taupin, Holly Knight greentick & Mike Chapman
  Rod Stewart
Love Touch
19.
05/1986

#3  Love Touch
Rod Stewart

from Every Beat of My Heart   Every Beat of My Heart
175 pts
6
US
5
AC




26
rock
27
UK
[Warner 28668]
written by Mike Chapman, Gene Black & Holly Knight greentick
  Device
Hanging on a Heart Attack
20.
06/1986

Hanging on a Heart Attack
Device

from 22B3   22B3
31 pts
35
US


26
dance






[Chrysalis 42996]
written by Mike Chapman & Holly Knight greentick
21.
09/1986

Who Says
Device

from 22B3   22B3
8 pts
79
US










[Chrysalis 43063]
written by Mike Chapman & Holly Knight greentick
  Aerosmith
Rag Doll
22.
09/1987

Rag Doll
Aerosmith

from Permanent Vacation   Permanent Vacation
62 pts
17
US






12
rock


[Geffen 27915]
written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance & Holly Knight greentick
  Heart
There's the Girl
23.
11/1987

There's the Girl
Heart

from Bad Animals   Bad Animals
99 pts
12
US






16
rock
34
UK
[Capitol 44089]
written by Nancy Wilson [rock musician] & Holly Knight greentick
  Bonnie Tyler
24.
01/1988

The Best
Bonnie Tyler

from Hide Your Heart   
5 pts










95
UK
written by Mike Chapman & Holly Knight greentick
  Heart
25.
03/1988

Never / These Dreams
Heart

from Heart   Heart
96 pts










8
UK
R UK release
written by Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson [rock musician], Greg Bloch, Holly Knight greentick, Martin Page & Bernie Taupin
  Holly Knight
26.
09/1988

Heart Don't Fail Me Now
Holly Knight greentick

from Holly Knight   
14 pts
59
US










[Columbia 07932]
written by Holly Knight greentick
  Chaka Khan
27.
03/1989

Baby Me
Chaka Khan

from C.K.   C.K.
10 pts






12
R&B




[Warner 27541]
written by Holly Knight greentick & Billy Steinberg
  Christopher Max
28.
06/1989

I Burn for You
Christopher Max

from More Than Physical   
1 pts






71
R&B




[EMI 50210]
written by David Foster, Christopher Max & Holly Knight greentick
  Tina Turner
29.
09/1989

#2  The Best
Tina Turner

from Foreign Affair   Foreign Affair
182 pts
15
US
43
AC






5
UK
featuring Edgar Winter on sax
[Capitol 44442]
written by Mike Chapman & Holly Knight greentick
  Lou Gramm
Just Between You and Me
30.
10/1989

Just Between You and Me
Lou Gramm

from Long Hard Look   Long Hard Look
151 pts
6
US
4
AC




4
rock


produced by Peter Wolf
[Atlantic 88781]
written by Lou Gramm & Holly Knight greentick
  KISS
Hide Your Heart
31.
11/1989

Hide Your Heart
KISS

from Hot in the Shade   Hot in the Shade
28 pts
66
US






22
rock
59
UK
[Mercury 876146]
written by Paul Stanley, Desmond Child & Holly Knight greentick
  Real Life
32.
11/1989

Let's Fall in Love / Bleeding Babies
Real Life

from Let's Fall in Love   
6 pts




21
dance






written by David Sterry, Richard Zatorski, Holly Knight greentick, Michael Des Barres & Mike Chapman
  Aerosmith
Rag Doll
33.
04/1990

Rag Doll
Aerosmith

18 pts










42
UK
R
written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance & Holly Knight greentick
  Heart
Tall, Dark Handsome Stranger
34.
04/1990

Tall, Dark Handsome Stranger
Heart

from Brigade   Brigade
6 pts








24
rock


written by Holly Knight greentick & Albert Hammond
  Riff
35.
02/1991

My Heart Is Failing Me
Riff

from Riff   Riff
62 pts
25
US
29
AC


6
R&B




[SBK 07342]
written by Holly Knight greentick & Albert Hammond
  Tina Turner
Love Thing
36.
02/1992

Love Thing
Tina Turner

from Simply the Best   Simply the Best
33 pts










29
UK
written by Albert Hammond & Holly Knight greentick
In Your Wildest Dreams
37.
12/1996

In Your Wildest Dreams
Tina Turner

from Wildest Dreams   Wildest Dreams
34 pts
101
US




34
R&B


32
UK
featuring Barry White
[Virgin 38578]
written by Mike Chapman & Holly Knight greentick
  Less Than Jake
38.
05/2006

Overrated (Everything Is) / A Still Life Franchise
Less Than Jake

from In with the Out Crowd   In with the Out Crowd
12 pts










61
UK
written by Chris Demakes, Roger Manganelli, Vinnie Fiorello, Buddy Schaub, Peter "JR" Wasilewski & Holly Knight greentick
  Tina Turner
39.
09/2010

The Best
Tina Turner

79 pts










9
UK
featuring Edgar Winter on sax
R
written by Mike Chapman & Holly Knight greentick
  Cee Lo Green & Vicci Martinez
Love Is a Battlefield
40.
07/2011

Love Is a Battlefield
Cee Lo Green & Vicci Martinez

3 pts
102
US










from The Voice (US), season 1
written by Holly Knight greentick & Mike Chapman


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