![]() ![]() The a cappella intro of her take on 1982’s “Shadows of the Night” and its blistering guitar solo immediately transports the listener back to the neon-bathed slow dances of the decade, as does “We Belong,” her swoon-worthy 1983 single and second to reach No. “Don’t Let It Show,” the pensive, last-call lullaby off In the Heat of the Night, was penned by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, but Benatar is the one who manages to imbue each phrase with loneliness and longing. The Power Ballads (“Don’t Let It Show,” “Shadows of the Night,” “We Belong Together”)Īs full-throttle as Pat Benatar’s biggest songs can be, her power ballads are just as epic. 5 on the Hot 100, her highest place on the chart to date. “Love Is A Battlefield” remains one of Benatar’s best songs: it rose to No. By the time Benatar released 1983’s Live From Earth and its lead single “Love Is A Battlefield,” she was deep into her reign as the queen of 80s pop-rock. Like “Heartbreaker,” “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” and “Treat Me Right” both surged with blistering arrangements that were an ideal musical match for Benatar’s scorned-yet-smoldering belt.Ī Grammy for best female rock performance followed in the wake of Crimes of Passion, a title she’d hold, consecutively, for the next four years. ![]() Exactly a year later, Benatar released Crimes of Passion in August 1980, which saw her perfect the art of the anti-ballad. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the album would eventually go on to be certified platinum by the RIAA. “Heartbreaker” was the song that launched Pat Benatar out of the club scene and into the national spotlight: In the Heat of the Night’s second single brought on Benatar’s chart debut when it rose to No. The Kiss-Off Songs (“Heartbreaker,” “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” “Treat Me Right,” “Love Is A Battlefield”) I'll Still Be Me Woke up in the middle of the night and saw. I'll Be There I'll Be There (if You Ever Want Me) There ain't no. I'll Be Home for Christmas I'll be home for Christmas You can count on me Please have. Listen to the best Pat Benatar songs on Apple Music and Spotify. I'll Be All Smiles Tonight I'll be all smiles tonight, love I'll be all smiles tonight. Several hits would follow “Heartbreaker,” but to this day, Benatar’s intensity has never wavered: she’s still the kid from New York with an ear for a killer melody and a voice ready to breathe fire into it. But one song in particular, Pat Benatar’s cover of Jenny Deran’s “Heartbreaker,” reverberated throughout the 80s: few artists could fuse the deafening might of arena rock with impeccable pop songwriting sensibilities, and fewer could give such power to these songs with such pristine vocals. The album arrived in the final stretch of the 70s. ![]()
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