"Battles" is the debut single by '' American Idol'' season fifteen runner-up

La'Porsha Renae La'Porsha Renae Mays (born July 28, 1993), known professionally as La'Porsha Renae, is an American singer-songwriter from McComb, Mississippi. In 2015, she auditioned for the fifteenth season of ''American Idol'', which at that time was the fin ...

and would have been her coronation song had she won the contest.

Background

"Battles" was written by

Who Is Fancy Jake Hagood (born March 29, 1991), better known as Who Is Fancy, is an American singer. He co-signed with Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta on Big Machine Label Group and Dr. Luke on Prescription Songs. His single "Goodbye" was released in ear ...

, who wrote it as a tribute to the passing of G.R.L. singer and X Factor finalist Simone Battle. Battle and Who Is Fancy were roommates when she died.

Critical response

"Battles" was described as anthem-like and upbeat, if a bit poppier than we're used to hearing from the passionate, soulful vocalist.

Commercial performance

"Battles" debuted on the

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Top 100 chart on April 6, 2016 a day ahead of the Grand Final performance show. After Renae's debut performance of the song the next day, it climbed up the charts reaching the Top 15. However, the single charted noticeably lower than the other finalists. The single also peaked at number 11 on the

Top 100 pop songs chart. It reached No. 22 on the R&B Digital Songs chart, selling 7,000 copies based on just two days of sales.

Chart performance

References

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