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{{Infobox song

| name = The Warrior

| cover = Scandal - The Warrior single.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Scandal

| album = Warrior

| released = August 1984

| recorded = 1984

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|Pop-rock|new wave}}

| length = 4:00

| label = Columbia

| writer =

* Nick Gilder

* Holly Knight

| producer = Mike Chapman

| prev_title = Win Some, Lose Some

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Hands Tied

| next_year = 1984

}}

'"The Warrior"' is a song by American rock band Scandal featuring Patty Smyth, from the album 'Warrior', written by Holly Knight and Nick Gilder. The song went to number one in Canada and number seven in the United States, as well as number one on the US Rock Top Tracks chart, and won a BMI Airplay Award in 1984. It was also a hit in Australia, where it peaked at number six, and in New Zealand and South Africa, peaking in both countries at number eleven. The music video of the song was directed by David Hahn.

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Popular culture



*In 2017, it was used as the theme music for Netflix's 1980s-set dramedy 'GLOW'.

*The song is featured on the Flash FM station playlist in the game 'Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories'.

*The song is featured as a playable track in 'Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s'.

*The song is featured in a cutaway with 'Stewie Griffin' dancing to it in reference to Silhouette style 'iPod advertising' in the 'Family Guy' episode 'Petarded' .

*The song is featured on 'Peter Quill's' Awesome Hits Mix Tape in the 2021 video game 'Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy' and is sung rather badly by Peter and 'Gamora' in a dialogue option.

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Category:1984 singles

Category:1984 songs

Category:Columbia Records singles

Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles

Category:Scandal (American band) songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman

Category:Songs written by Holly Knight

Category:Songs written by Nick Gilder

Category:Rock ballads


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