Released: November 10, 1987

Songwriter: Diane Warren Desmond Child

Producer: Desmond Child

[Verse 1]
So you wanna throw our love away?
So you think we oughta say goodbye?
And you tell me we've run out of time
Can't make a heart stop on a dime

[Pre-Chorus]
You could always walk away
Like you never saw my face if you wanted to
You could tell yourself a lie
Say this love ain't worth a try
But you know it isn't true
You heart is tellin' you

[Chorus]
We gotta take a stand
Give our love a fightin' chance
We can talk it over, baby, woman to man
Give our love a fightin' chance, a fightin' chance

[Verse 2]
So you think you'll wish it all away
Click your heels and leave it all behind
But don't you know that in the real world
You gotta fight to keep love alive?

[Pre-Chorus]
There's a battle to be won
And if both our hearts are strong
We can make it through
So don't turn your back and run
'Cause your heart's under the gun
It's a case of do or die
Break down the walls of pride

[Chorus]
We gotta take a stand
Give our love a fightin' chance
We can talk it over, baby, woman to man
Give our love a fightin' chance, a fightin' chance
A fightin' chance for our love

[Bridge]
There's a battle to be won
And if both our hearts are strong
We can make it through
You could tell yourself a lie
Say this love ain't worth a try
But you know it isn't true

[Chorus]
You gotta take a stand
Give our love a fightin' chance
We can talk it over, baby, woman to man
Give our love a fightin' chance
We gotta take a stand
Give our love a fightin' chance
We can talk it over, baby, woman to man
Give our love a fightin' chance
Give our love a fightin' chance
Give our love a fightin' chance

Cher

Cher is an American singer, songwriter, actress, model, fashion designer, television host, comedian, dancer, businesswoman, philanthropist, author, film producer, director, and record producer.

Cher gained popularity in 1965 as one-half of the folk rock husband–wife duo Sonny & Cher after their first hit, “I Got You Babe”. She began her solo career simultaneously, releasing in 1966 her first million-seller song, “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”. After the duo had lost its young audience owing to their monogamous, anti-drug lifestyle during the period of the sexual revolution and the rise of the drug culture, she returned to stardom in the 1970s as a television personality with her shows The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, watched by over 30 million viewers weekly during its three-year run, and Cher. She became a fashion trendsetter by wearing elaborate outfits on her television shows. While working on television, she established herself as a solo artist with the number-one singles “Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves”, “Half-Breed”, and “Dark Lady”. After her divorce from Sonny Bono in 1975, Cher’s much-publicized personal life led to a decline in her career, although she launched a minor comeback in 1979 with the disco-oriented album Take Me Home and earned $300,000 a week for her 1980–1982 residency show in Las Vegas.

In the early 1980s, Cher made her Broadway debut, and then starred in the film Silkwood. Her performance earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1983. In the ensuing years, she starred in films such as Mask, The Witches of Eastwick, and Moonstruck. She made her directorial debut in the 1996 film If These Walls Could Talk. At the same time, she established herself as a rock singer by releasing platinum albums such as Heart of Stone (1989) and top-ten singles such as “I Found Someone” and “If I Could Turn Back Time”. She reached a new commercial peak in 1998 with the song “Believe”, which features the pioneering use of Auto-Tune, also known as the “Cher effect”. Her 2002–2005 Living The Farewell Tour ended up as the highest-grossing music tour by a female artist then. In 2008, she signed a $60 million per-year deal to headline the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for three years. After seven years of absence, she returned to film in the 2010 musical Burlesque. Cher’s first studio album in 12 years, Closer to the Truth, became her highest-charting solo album in the U.S. to date.