The Best of Pat Benatar: #2 "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" (1981)

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What a surprise! Pat’s signature song “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” is another anthem of defiance and resilience. This tough girl can take anything thrown at her and dares you to take a shot. Songwriter Eddie Schwartz was a Canadian solo artist with a few minor hits up there who turned major record producer. From the album “Crimes of Passion,” “Hit Me with Your Best Shot” was her first single to crack the top 10 and went gold at #9. The song is used in sports arenas and on various movie and television soundtracks. Catherine Zeta-Jones does a cover for the 2012 movie “Rock of Ages.”