"Fight for Love" is a song by American pop singer (former ''

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Elliott Yamin Efraym Elliott Yamin ( he, אפרים אליוט ימין; born July 20, 1978) is an American singer known for his hit single " Wait for You" and for placing third on the fifth season of ''American Idol''. His self-titled album, released Marc ...

. It is the title track and first single from his second album, ''

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''. The song was released for streaming to

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/ref> and for adds at Top 40 (CHR) and Rhythmic radio on March 10, 2009. It also became available for download at digital music outlets on March 10 in two versions - with or without piano introduction.

Song information

Yamin describes the song:

"'Fight for Love' epitomizes what the record is really about --it’s about love and fighting for it, with it, in it and out of it. I love the lyrics. It’s a feel-good song that's very relatable. Everyone has been through a broken heart before and later found someone better -- someone worthy of fighting for."

Video

The video for "Fight for Love" premiered on AOL Music on May 1, 2009. AOL Music’s PopEater blog describes it as “what might be the world's coolest scavenger hunt”. The video intercuts scenes of Yamin singing as he descends an ornate staircase with scenes of a young woman receiving a series of cards that lead her to an encounter with a magician (Farrell Dillon) and a breakdancer (one of the members of SuperCr3w) and concludes at the

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. The theater marquee displays “Fight for Love”. Alone in the theater auditorium, the woman reads the last of the cards and turns to find Yamin and his band onstage performing for her. She smiles in joyful recognition and the contents of the cards are revealed to the viewer in flashbacks: each card contains romantic lyrics from the song. The video was directed by Nick Spanos, who also directed the video for Yamin's hit " Wait for You".

Reception

The song received a positive review from Alex Vitoulis of ''

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Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fight For Love (Song) 2009 singles Elliott Yamin songs Songs written by Johntá Austin 2009 songs