"Without a Fight" is a song recorded by American

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artist

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, featuring American pop artist

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. It was released on May 13, 2016 by

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. Paisley co-wrote the song with

Kelley Lovelace John Kelley Lovelace is an American songwriter known mainly for his work with country music artist Brad Paisley. He has written several of Paisley's singles, including the number 1 hits "He Didn't Have to Be" (Paisley's first number 1), "The World ...

and

Lee Thomas Miller Lee Thomas Miller (born in Nicholasville, Kentucky) is an American country music songwriter and occasional record producer. His credits include 7 number one country hits: "The Impossible" (Joe Nichols), "The World", "I'm Still a Guy" and "Perfect ...

, and co-produced it with Luke Wooten. Originally believed to be a release from Paisley's then-upcoming album '' Love and War'', the song did not make the final track list. The song also won a

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in 2016.

Chart performance

"Without a Fight" peaked at number 16 on the ''

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chart for the week of August 20, 2016. It peaked at number 23 on the US

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chart for the week of July 16, 2016. As of July 2016, the song has sold 61,000 copies in the US.

Music video

A lyric video for the song was released on

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via Paisley's official

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channel on May 13, 2016 which features behind-the-scenes footage of the song's recording process. The official music video for the song was released on June 17, 2016.

Live performances

Lovato joined Paisley to perform the song at the

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on May 20, 2016. Lovato and Paisley made their television performance debut of the song at ''

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'' on May 24.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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