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Pat Benatar stopped performing 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' live for meaningful reason

This song exudes confidence, toughness, and fiery resilience!
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How Pat Benatar Turned a Rejected 1980 Track into a Grammy-Winning Hit

On some occasions, it takes the right popular artist to make a track award-winning and successful on the global charts. In 1982, rock icon Pat Benatar turned a rejected track that was created for a ...
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The Female Rock Anthem That Helped Define an Entire Era of Music

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pat Benetar performs at a benefit concert in New York City. Joe Russo / MEGA More than 45 years ago, Pat Benatar released “Hit Me ...
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How Pat Benatar's 'Love is a Battlefield' transformed from ballad to MTV anthem

The uptempo smash hit became one of the defining songs of the decade and helped cement its artist as an ’80s rock icon.
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The Writer’s Block: Eddie Schwartz on Writing Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” Burning Out, Then Releasing His First Album in 30 Years

It was the first day of spring on Yonge Street in Toronto, 1981, when Eddie Schwartz heard a familiar sound coming from the radio at a local hair salon. Flooding onto the street was a song Schwartz ...
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Pat Benatar has stopped singing 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' in protest of gun violence

CNN — Pat Benatar won't perform her 1980 classic "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" anymore. Amid ongoing gun violence in America, the singer says she's come to view the song differently. "I'm not going to ...
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Pat Benatar And Neil Giraldo Deliver the Classic Rock Hits At MSG Show

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 04: (L-R) Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar perform onstage during WhyHunger's 50th anniversary celebration at the Chapin Awards Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on June 04, 2025 in ...