Best Shots (album)
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Best Shots is a greatest hits album released by Pat Benatar
in 1989. It peaked at #67 on the U.S. Billboard 200
, two years after the album peaked at #6 in the UK.
Tracks 1-12 were on the LP and cassette release
Tracks 13-15 were CD only bonus tracks
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner. She had considerable commercial success particularly in the United States...
in 1989. It peaked at #67 on the U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, two years after the album peaked at #6 in the UK.
Track listing (U.S. Version)
- "Love Is a BattlefieldLove Is a Battlefield"Love Is a Battlefield" is a song written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman, after Pat Benatar asked Chapman to write her a hit song. It was released as a single from Benatar's album Live from Earth. The single has been certified gold and is her highest charting single in the United States...
" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight) – 5:24 - "Promises in the Dark" (Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo) – 4:48
- "One Love" (Giraldo, Mryon Grombacher) – 5:12
- "All Fired Up" (Giraldo, Kerryn Tolhurst) – 4:27
- "We Live for Love" [Remix] (Giraldo) – 3:22
- "Hell Is for Children" (Benatar, Giraldo, Roger Capps) – 4:48
- "Shadows of the Night" (David Byron) – 4:20
- "Hit Me with Your Best ShotHit Me with Your Best Shot"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" is a song written by Canadian singer/songwriter Eddie Schwartz and recorded by American singer Pat Benatar in 1979. It was released as the second single from her second album Crimes of Passion, and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first top 10 hit...
" (Eddie Schwartz) – 2:51 - "We BelongWe Belong"We Belong" is a 1984 single from Pat Benatar's sixth studio album Tropico. It matched the success of "Love Is a Battlefield" on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the U.S., peaking at number five, and reaching number three on Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart and the top 40 on its Adult...
" (Eric Lowen, Dan NavarroDan NavarroDan Navarro is an American vocalist, guitarist and voice actor best known as half of the duo Lowen & Navarro-Discography:Lowen and Navarro*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Benatar#cite_note-0 We Belong]Lowen and Navarro...
) – 3:40 - "Invincible" (Theme from The Legend of Billie JeanThe Legend of Billie JeanThe Legend of Billie Jean is a 1985 American drama film, directed by Matthew Robbins.-Plot:Billie Jean Davy , a Corpus Christi, Texas high school girl, rides with her younger brother, Binx , on a Honda Elite to a local lake to enjoy a day of swimming and relaxation...
) (Simon Climie, Holly Knight) – 4:28 - "Fire and Ice" (Benatar, Tom Kelly, Scott Sheets) – 3:20
- "HeartbreakerHeartbreaker (Pat Benatar song)"Heartbreaker" is a song recorded by Pat Benatar on her 1979 album In the Heat of the Night. Written and composed by Geoff Gill and Clint Wade, it reached No. 23 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It is a staple of her live shows....
" (Geoff Gill, Clint Wade) – 3:26 - Medley: "Suffer the Little Children/Hell Is for Children" (Live 1988) – 6:45
- "Painted Desert" (Giraldo, Grombacker) – 5:24
- "Outlaw Blues" [1989 re-recording] (Giraldo, Grombacher) – 4:19
Tracks 1-12 were on the LP and cassette release
Tracks 13-15 were CD only bonus tracks
Original album releases
- Tracks 5, 12 — In the Heat of the Night (1979)
- Tracks 6, 8 — Crimes of PassionCrimes of Passion (album)Crimes of Passion is the second album by Pat Benatar, released in 1980.It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and produced the hits "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" , "You Better Run" , "Treat Me Right" Crimes of Passion is the second album by Pat Benatar, released in 1980.It peaked at No. 2 on the...
(1980) - Tracks 2, 11 — Precious TimePrecious Time (album)Precious Time is the third album from Pat Benatar, released in 1981. It peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 and produced hits like "Fire and Ice", which reached #17 on the U.S. Pop chart and #2 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart, and "Promises in the Dark", which reached #38 on the U.S. Pop chart and...
(1981) - Track 7 — Get Nervous (1982)
- Track 1 — Live from EarthLive from EarthLive from Earth is the first live album from Pat Benatar and was released in 1983. It also contains two studio tracks, "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Lipstick Lies", and these were produced by Neil Giraldo and Peter Coleman...
(1983) - Tracks 9, 14 — TropicoTropico (album)Tropico is American rock singer Pat Benatar's sixth album, released in 1984. It peaked at #14 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and produced the Top-10 hit "We Belong". Additional well-known songs from the album were "Painted Desert", "Outlaw Blues" and "Ooh Ooh Song" , a Spanish version of which appeared...
(1984) - Track 10 — Seven the Hard Way (1985)
- Tracks 3, 4 — Wide Awake in DreamlandWide Awake in DreamlandWide Awake in Dreamland is Pat Benatar's eighth album, released in 1988. After a string of successful albums, this was her last rock-oriented album of the 1980s, before she would go on to try a blues-based sound. The album's lead single "All Fired Up" reached a high of #19 on the Billboard Hot 100...
(1988) - Track 15 — An earlier arrangement/recording appears on TropicoTropicoTropico is a series of construction and management simulation computer games developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers in April 2001...
(1984)
Track listing (European Version)
- "Hit Me with Your Best ShotHit Me with Your Best Shot"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" is a song written by Canadian singer/songwriter Eddie Schwartz and recorded by American singer Pat Benatar in 1979. It was released as the second single from her second album Crimes of Passion, and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first top 10 hit...
" – Single Version (E. Schwartz) – 2:51 - "Love Is a BattlefieldLove Is a Battlefield"Love Is a Battlefield" is a song written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman, after Pat Benatar asked Chapman to write her a hit song. It was released as a single from Benatar's album Live from Earth. The single has been certified gold and is her highest charting single in the United States...
" – Single Version (M. Chapman, H. Knight) – 4:12 - "We BelongWe Belong"We Belong" is a 1984 single from Pat Benatar's sixth studio album Tropico. It matched the success of "Love Is a Battlefield" on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the U.S., peaking at number five, and reaching number three on Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart and the top 40 on its Adult...
" – Single Version (Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro) – 3:42 - "We Live for Love" – Single Version (N. Giraldo) – 3:58
- "Sex as a Weapon" (T. Kelly, B. Steinberg) – 4:19
- "Invincible" (Theme from The Legend of Billie JeanThe Legend of Billie JeanThe Legend of Billie Jean is a 1985 American drama film, directed by Matthew Robbins.-Plot:Billie Jean Davy , a Corpus Christi, Texas high school girl, rides with her younger brother, Binx , on a Honda Elite to a local lake to enjoy a day of swimming and relaxation...
) – Single Version (S. Climie, H. Knight) – 4:04 - "Shadows of the Night" – Single Version (D. L. Byron) – 3:42
- "HeartbreakerHeartbreaker (Pat Benatar song)"Heartbreaker" is a song recorded by Pat Benatar on her 1979 album In the Heat of the Night. Written and composed by Geoff Gill and Clint Wade, it reached No. 23 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It is a staple of her live shows....
" (G. Gill, C. Wade) – 3:28 - "Fire and Ice" (Benatar, Kelly, Sheets) – 3:20
- "Treat Me Right" (D. Lubahn, P. Benatar) – 3:28
- "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" – Single Version (M. Chinn, M. Chapman) – 3:47
- "You Better Run" (F. Cavaliere, E. Brigate) – 3:04
Original album releases
- Tracks 4, 8, 11 — In the Heat of the Night (1979)
- Tracks 1, 10. 12 — Crimes of PassionCrimes of Passion (album)Crimes of Passion is the second album by Pat Benatar, released in 1980.It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and produced the hits "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" , "You Better Run" , "Treat Me Right" Crimes of Passion is the second album by Pat Benatar, released in 1980.It peaked at No. 2 on the...
(1980) - Track 9 — Precious TimePrecious Time (album)Precious Time is the third album from Pat Benatar, released in 1981. It peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 and produced hits like "Fire and Ice", which reached #17 on the U.S. Pop chart and #2 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart, and "Promises in the Dark", which reached #38 on the U.S. Pop chart and...
(1981) - Track 7 — Get Nervous (1982)
- Track 2 — Live from EarthLive from EarthLive from Earth is the first live album from Pat Benatar and was released in 1983. It also contains two studio tracks, "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Lipstick Lies", and these were produced by Neil Giraldo and Peter Coleman...
(1983) - Track 3 — TropicoTropico (album)Tropico is American rock singer Pat Benatar's sixth album, released in 1984. It peaked at #14 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and produced the Top-10 hit "We Belong". Additional well-known songs from the album were "Painted Desert", "Outlaw Blues" and "Ooh Ooh Song" , a Spanish version of which appeared...
(1984) - Tracks 5, 6 — Seven the Hard Way (1985)