Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Name: Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Duration: 2 min 51 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track Artist	Release Title	Release Artist	Release Group Type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
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1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album	US1980-08-05	Chrysalis	CHE 1275
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album	US1980-08-23	Chrysalis	CHE 1275
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album	CA1980	Chrysalis	CHE 1275
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album	JP1980	Chrysalis	WWS-81342
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album	US1980	Chrysalis	FV 41275
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album	US1984	BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), Chrysalis	D101775, F2 21275
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion (made in Japan)	Pat Benatar	Album	US1984	Chrysalis	DIDX 70, VK 41275
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album	US1984	Chrysalis	F2-21275
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album	CA1984	Chrysalis	DIDX 70
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion (Japan 1st pressing. Black triangle.)	Pat Benatar	Album	JP1985-08-22	Chrysalis	CP32-5067
1.8	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Best Shots	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US1989-11-25	Chrysalis	F2 21715
1.8	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Best Shots	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US1989	Chrysalis	F1 21715
1.8	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Best Shots	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	CA1989	Chrysalis	VKX-41715 DIDX 4489
1.2	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	Contact! The All-Star Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA1994-03-09	Attic (Canadian label)	ACD 1395
1.6	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	All Fired Up: The Very Best of Pat Benatar	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US1994-11-01	Chrysalis	7243 8 31094 2 5
1.6	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	All Fired Up: The Very Best of Pat Benatar	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	AU1994	Chrysalis	7243 8 31094 2 5
1.6	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	All Fired Up: The Very Best of Pat Benatar (club edition)	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US1994	Chrysalis	D 206277
1.6	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	All Fired Up: The Very Best of Pat Benatar	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	XE1994 GB1994	Chrysalis	7243 8 31094 2 5, CDCHR 6094
1.6	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	The Very Best Of	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	FR1994	EMI Music France (1994–2013)
1.6	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	The Very Best Of	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	GB1994	EMI Music France (1994–2013)	cdchr 6070
1.1	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:53	Pat Benatar	36 All-Time Greatest Hits	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US1995	CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)	S23-18820
1.1	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:53	Pat Benatar	Guitar Rock: The '80s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1995	Time–Life Music, CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)	R968-20, S21-18808
1.14	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Pure Soft Metal	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1995	Startel Entertainment	STARCD1035
1.10	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:55	Pat Benatar	Sounds of the Eighties: 1980	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1995	PolyGram Special Markets, Time–Life Music	R988-07
1.3	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:54	Pat Benatar	I Love Rock & Roll: Hits of the 80s, Volume 4	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1996-10-24
1.1	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:54	Pat Benatar	'80's Retro	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1996	Warner Special Products	OPCD-3536
1.7	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Back to Back Hits	Blondie / Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US1996	CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)	S21-18969
1.1	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:54	Pat Benatar	Punk	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1996	Starland Music	OPCD-3536
1.10	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Sex, Drugs + Rock'n Roll	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1996	Disky	HR 868612
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Greatest Sports Rock and Jams, Vol. 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1997-09-09	Cold Front	6255-2
1.1	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Hits of the 80's: 1980-1981	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1997
1.9	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	The Party CD	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998-04-28		46016
2.10	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	The Rolling Stone Women in Rock Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998-09-15	Razor & Tie	89005-2
2.6	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	3:00	Pat Benatar	Innamorata/8-15-80	Pat Benatar	Album	DE1998-10-02	CMC International Records (classic rock & heavy metal imprint)	SPV 087-29172
1.7	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Premium Gold Collection	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	XW1998-11-05	Chrysalis, EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s)
1.14	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:53	Pat Benatar	Classic Rock: 1980–1985	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1998	Time–Life Music	TL 559/14
3.10	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:54	Pat Benatar	Guitar Rock: Greatest Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998	Time–Life Music	M182-21, M182-22, M182-23, M182-24
1.10	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:54	Pat Benatar	Guitar Rock: Guitar Thunder	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998	Time–Life Music	M182-23
1.14	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	In the Heat of the Night / Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	GB1998	Beat Goes On Records (BGO Records)	BGOCD418
1.10	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Made in the U.S.A.	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1998	Disky	DC 888722
1.7	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Premium Gold Collection	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	DE1998	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	7243 4 95860 2 4
1.2	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Best: Sex as a Weapon	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	DE1999-08-01	Zounds	CD 2700020093 B
1.7	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:54	Pat Benatar	Radio Days - 80's Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1999	EMI Music Special Markets	72434-98288-2-7
1.7	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Synchronistic Wanderings	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US1999	Chrysalis	72434-99803-2-7
2.1	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Classic Rock 80’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2000	Universal Music Special Markets, EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets, Warner Special Products	3145600252, 72435-27663-21, OPCD 1899
2.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:53	Pat Benatar	The World’s Best Ever Beer Songs, Volume 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2000	EMI Music Australia (not for release label use!)	7243 5 29612 2 4
2.16	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Double Shot of Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2001-01-22	Liberation Music (Australian, big L logo or "Liberation" on one line)	5207612
1.10	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	100% Classic Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2001	Compass Productions (budget compilations)	72435-31331-2-2
1.5	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	A Year in Your Life: 1980, Volume One	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2001		50263
1.10	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Old Navy: Hits of the '80s: New Wave Faves	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2001	Rock River	72435-34010-2-3
3.15	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Rock Box	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2001	Disky	CB 647532
1.7	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	The Best of Volume 1	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US2001	EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets	72435-30301-2-4
1.10	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	The Pure Gold Collection: 100% Classic Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2001	Compass Productions (budget compilations)
1.2	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Classic Masters	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US2002	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Chrysalis	72435-41797-2-3
1.13	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:53	Pat Benatar	Guitar Rock: Hot Guitar Licks	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2002	Time–Life Music	M188-12
2.3	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:53	Pat Benatar	Pop! Goes the ’80s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2002
1.9	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	The Very Best Pat Benatar Album Ever	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	NL2002	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	7243 5 39928 2 8
1.11	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	Absolutely the Best of Classic Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2003-06-10	Fuel 2000 Records	302 061 308 2
2.11	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Absolute Rock Classics 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE2003-10-29	Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records)	ACCD 3011
2.7	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Welcome Back 1978 - 1981	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2004	Shock (Australian independent)	BM0014
1.3	Hit Me With Your Best Shot (2002 remaster)	2:52	Pat Benatar	Greatest Hits	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	XW2005-06-07	Chrysalis, EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s)
1.3	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Greatest Hits	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US2005-06-07	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)	72435-78858-2-9
1.5	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Absolute Very Best of the World's Best Ever Beer Songs, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2006-10-31	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	0946 3 69497 2 7
1.2	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:53	Pat Benatar	80's Gold: The Rockers	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2006	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album	XE2006	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)	09463-48441-2-3, 348 4412
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album	US2006	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)	09463-48441-2-3
1.11	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	Maniac 80s Workout	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2006	Compass Productions (budget compilations)	B0007850-02
3.6	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Top 100 Hits 80s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2006 BR-	Coqueiro Verde
1.6	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Rock Chicks	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2007-09-09	Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008)	88697179382
2.5	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	Rocktober	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2007	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	5 07849 2, 50999 5 07849 2 9
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	’80s Super Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2008-04-01	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.8	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	Ultimate Collection	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	XW2008-06-24	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.8	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	Ultimate Collection	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US2008-06-24	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)	509992 17330 24
1.7	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	The Essential	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	XE2009-03-29 DE2009	EMI International	50999 6 94477 2 3
1.12	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Absolute Rock Anthems II	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE2009-07-15	EVA Records (Sweden)	EVACD 4099
1.2	Hit Me With Your Best Shot (remastered)	2:52	Pat Benatar	Heartbreaker	Pat Benatar	Single	XW2009-08-28	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.2	Hit Me with Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	10 Great Songs	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US2009-11-16	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)	094362
2.2	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	101 Beer Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2009	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	50999 685412 2 4, 6854122
1.2	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	Pat Benatar: 10 Great Songs	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	GB2009	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
8.1	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	The Complete Classic Rock Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2010
8.1	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	The Complete Classic Rock Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2010
1.12	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	100 Hits: Driving Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2011-11-21	100 Hits	DMG 100 090
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	?:??	Pat Benatar	Radical 80's Roadtrip	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2011	Compass Productions (budget compilations), EMI Music Special Markets
1.7	Hit Me with Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	101 Ultimate Beer Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2012-08-17	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	50999 404475 2 0
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album	XW2013-07-10	Chrysalis, EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s)
1.2	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Pat Benatar Icon	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US2013	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)	5099992840928
1.2	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	10 Great Songs: Pat Benatar	Pat Benatar	Album + Compilation	US2014	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)	B0020395-02
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album	DZ2014 AO2014 (show 161 more) ZW2014	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Crimes of Passion	Pat Benatar	Album	JP2014	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)	UICY-76514
1.9	Hit Me with Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	NOW! 25 Top Hits of the 1980’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA2014	Universal Music Canada	0254702179
1.17	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	How It Works: The Dad: The Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2016-06-03
1.17	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:49	Pat Benatar	How It Works: The Dad: The Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2016-06-03	Ladybird (Ladybird Books Ltd), Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases)	88985332052
Promotion
1.11	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:49	Pat Benatar	Rock 81	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA1981	K‐tel (International budget record label)	TC-280
13.12	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:50	Pat Benatar	The Radio Essential Series	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA2000	Promo Only
Bootleg
32.5	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	80’s Giga Hits Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2008
(unknown)
1.3	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Proud to Be Loud, Vol. 2: Everlasting Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	ZA1992	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	CDEMCJ(WM)5476
1.4	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:54	Pat Benatar	80’s Rock ’n Roll Greats 1980–1987	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998-01-01	Metacom
1.3	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:52	Pat Benatar	Guitar Hero III - Set 1 - Starting Out Small	Various Artists	Album + Compilation + Soundtrack	-2007-12-20
1.3	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	2:51	Pat Benatar	Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock	Various Artists	Album + Compilation + Soundtrack	-2007
1.9	Hit Me With Your Best Shot (2002 Digital Remaster)	2:51	Pat Benatar	Classic Rock Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2008-02-05	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)

Relationships

engineer:	Chris Minto (engineer) Keith Olsen (US producer and engineer)
producer:	Keith Olsen (US producer and engineer)
bass:	Roger Capps
drums (drum set):	Myron Grombacher
guitar:	Scott St. Clair Sheets
guitar and keyboard:	Neil Giraldo
background vocals:	Roger Capps Neil Giraldo
background vocals and lead vocals:	Pat Benatar

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Chrysalis Records (Don’t use as an imprint. Please use “Chrysalis” instead.) (in 1980)

has remixes:	Hit Me With Your Best Shot (7" mix)
mash-ups:	Scar Me With Your Test Shot (Test Icicles vs. Pat Benatar vs. Scars on Broadway) by TigerVegan

recording of:	Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

lyricist and composer:	Eddie Schwartz

referred to in medleys:	Riff Off
later parody versions:	Hit 'em with Your Slingshot Stick It Down Your Throat Bitch

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