"Satisfaction" is a song by American pop singer Laura Branigan, which was released as the fourth and final single from her 1984 album Self Control. The song's original music was written by Bernd Dietrich, Gerd Grabowski and Engelbert Simons, whilst the English lyrics were written by Mark Spiro and superstar songwriter Diane Warren. It was produced by Jack White and Robbie Buchanan, who both produced the entire Self Control album together.

Released from Branigan's biggest selling album Self Control, the song was released purposely for the dance club scene, and was not given a full release in America. It peaked at #24 on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles.

In 1985, Finnish singer Eini Orajärvi would cover the song under the title "Tyydytys", released as a Finnish single from her album Eini.

In America, the single was released on promotional 12" vinyl only, although it was also given a full 12" vinyl release too. The single was also released in Germany and France, where it was issued on 7" and 12" vinyl (7" vinyl only in France). All versions of the single were issued by Atlantic Records.

The main American 12" vinyl featured an extended version of the song as the main track, dubbed "Satisfaction (Vocal/Extended Version)". The b-side was the album version of "Ti Amo", taken from the Self Control album, and written by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Umberto Tozzi and Warren. The American 12" promo release featured the "Extended Version" again as the a-side but with the album version of "Satisfaction" as the b-side instead. In Germany and France, the 7" vinyl featured the album version of the song as the main track, along with the song "If You Loved Me" as the b-side. This song, written by Warren and The Doctor (Steven Angelica), was taken from Branigan's 1982 debut album Branigan. The German 12" vinyl featured the extended version re-titled "Special Dance Mix" as the main track, and "If You Loved Me" as the b-side. The extended version of the song was included as one of four bonus tracks on the 2013 Gold Legion remastered and expanded edition of the Self Control album, where it used the title "Special Dance Mix".

All versions of the single came in a generic Atlantic Records sleeve, except for the German and French 7" vinyl, and the German 12" vinyl. These three issues featured a full colour picture sleeve featuring a close-up photograph of Branigan. The back cover highlighted and promoted Branigan's three albums; Branigan, Branigan 2 and Self Control.

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