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"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" is a song recorded by American rock singer Pat Benatar and written by Eddie Schwartz. 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 ...
Crimes of Passion contains the singles "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", which became Benatar's first top-10 entry in the US, [4] and is considered to be her best-known song, [1] and "Treat Me Right", a top-20 entry in the US. [4] Neither song was very successful in other countries, aside from "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" reaching the top 40 in ...
Patricia Mae Giraldo (née Andrzejewski; formerly and still professionally Benatar; born January 10, 1953) is an American singer and songwriter.In the United States, she has two multi-platinum albums, five platinum albums, and 15 US Billboard top 40 singles, [1] while in Canada she had eight straight platinum albums, and she has sold over 36 million albums worldwide. [2]
Also included on this album was the original recording of his composition, "Special Girl," which was a minor hit for him and became a bigger hit for the band, America. Although his earliest hit as a songwriter for other artists was Pat Benatar 's 1980 single " Hit Me with Your Best Shot ", Schwartz didn't focus significantly on producing and ...
"Heartbreaker" is a song by American singer Pat Benatar from her debut studio album In the Heat of the Night (1979). Written and composed by Geoff Gill and Cliff Wade, the song had first been recorded by English singer Jenny Darren on her 1978 album Queen of Fools, and Benatar adjusted the original lyrics, as such references as "A to Zed" and "moonraker" would have likely confused American ...
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The album featured the Giraldo penned hit "We Live for Love". The release of Crimes of Passion, in August 1980, featured the single "Hit Me with Your Best Shot," which reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 [8] and sold over a million copies in the United States, achieving a platinum certification by the RIAA. [9]
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