Contenders (song)

"Contenders"
Single by Heaven 17
from the album Pleasure One
B-sideExcerpts From "Diary of a Contender"
Released6 October 1986
Length4:28
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Heaven 17
Heaven 17 singles chronology
"The Foolish Thing to Do"
(1986)
"Contenders"
(1986)
"Trouble"
(1987)

"Contenders" is a song by the British new wave and synth-pop band Heaven 17, released on 6 October 1986 as the first single from their fourth studio album, Pleasure One. It was written and produced by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware. The song reached No. 80 in the UK and spent four weeks on the chart. It also reached No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play Singles Chart.