Pleasure and Pain (song)

"Pleasure and Pain"
Single by Divinyls
from the album What a Life!
B-side
  • "What a Life!"
  • "Heart Telegraph"
Released2 September 1985[1]
GenreRock, new wave
Length3:50
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)Mike Chapman, Holly Knight
Producer(s)Mike Chapman
Divinyls singles chronology
"In My Life"
(1984)
"Pleasure and Pain"
(1985)
"Sleeping Beauty"
(1986)

"Pleasure and Pain" is a song written by Mike Chapman and Holly Knight, produced by Chapman for Divinyls' second studio album What a Life! (1985). It was released as the album's third single in the formats of 7-inch single and 12" single. It became one of their most successful songs, charting at No. 11 in Australia, No. 8 in New Zealand and No. 76 in the United States.

  1. ^ "Kent Music Report No 582 – 2 September 1985 > Singles: New Releases". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 30 September 2020 – via Imgur.com.