Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot

“Hit Me with Your Best Shot” – Single by Pat Benatar from the album Crimes of Passion. Side B in UK: You Better Run.
Released September 15, 1980.

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Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot

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In 1980, it was released as the second single from her second album Crimes of Passion, which became her biggest-selling album. It hit No. 7 in Cash Box, and reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first Top 10 hit in the US. It was particularly popular on album-rock radio stations, peaking at number 1 on the US Tunecaster Rock Tracks chart. It was also a Top 10 hit in Canada, although the only other country in which it charted was Australia where it reached the Top 40.

The song is one of Benatar’s most recognizable tracks. Heard at many baseball and soccer games.

Canadian songwriter-producer Eddie Schwartz has said that Hit Me With Your Best Shot – a global hit for Pat Benatar in1980 – was inspired by punching a pillow.

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