The album was recorded during Benatar's sold out 'Get Nervous' world tour in late 1982 and early 1983.

It also contains two studio tracks, "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Lipstick Lies", which were produced by Neil Giraldo and Peter Coleman.

13 on the Billboard 200 albums chart[5] and shipped more than a million copies.

[6] "Love Is a Battlefield" was an international hit single and garnered Benatar her fourth consecutive Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1984.

[8] The footage was re-released on VHS with the title Benatar the same year and in 1998 on DVD as Live in New Haven, without the last two tracks.