American Songwriter

How Pat Benatar Found Her Last Top 40 Hit From an Unlikely Source

Pat Benatar first made the US Top 40 in 1979 with the song “Heartbreaker”. That would give her nice momentum heading into the 80s. She would build upon that momentum and become one of the most ...
Forbes

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 ...
The Tuscaloosa News

Pat Benatar sings many of her hits, but not that one about the best shot

Pat Benatar, Berlin, and John Waite are scheduled to perform at the Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater on September 14. Benatar has removed her hit song "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" from live performances in ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

The Pat Benatar Song That Took on New Meaning After 9/11

Pat Benatar's "Invincible" -- a Top 10 hit that was the theme song for The Legend of Billie Jean as well as the lead single from Benatar's Seven the Hard Way album -- turns 40 this year. But the ...
Columbus Dispatch

Rock power couple Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo heading to Mershon on May 23

Singer Pat Benatar and guitarist husband Neil Giraldo will play at Mershon Auditorium on May 23. The rock duo has produced many hits together since the late 1970s. Benatar and Giraldo were inducted ...
American Songwriter

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 ...