Pat Benatar discography
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This is the discography of American singer Pat Benatar. It consists of 11 studio albums, nine live albums, 27 compilation albums, 39 singles and 34 music videos.
Studio albums11
Live albums12
Compilation albums27
Tribute albums4
| Pat Benatar discography | |
|---|---|
| |
| Studio albums | 11 |
| Live albums | 12 |
| Compilation albums | 27 |
| Tribute albums | 4 |
| Singles | 40 |
| Video albums | 7 |
| Music videos | 36 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [2][3] |
CAN [4] |
FRA [5] |
GER [6] |
NED [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] |
UK [11] | ||||
| In the Heat of the Night | 12 | 25 | 3 | 20 | — | — | 8 | — | — | 98* | |||
| Crimes of Passion |
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2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 27 | — | — | ||
| Precious Time |
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1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 46 | 2 | 9 | — | 30 | ||
| Get Nervous |
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4 | 15 | 16 | 14 | — | — | 15 | 18 | — | 73 | ||
| Tropico |
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14 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 31 | ||
| Seven the Hard Way |
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26 | 19 | 36 | — | 42 | — | 2 | 33 | — | 69 | ||
| Wide Awake in Dreamland |
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28 | 13 | 11 | — | 47 | — | 15 | 33 | — | 11 | ||
| True Love |
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37 | 53 | 22 | — | — | 52 | 30 | 30 | 39 | 40 |
| |
| Gravity's Rainbow |
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85 | 130 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Innamorata |
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171 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Go |
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187 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
* Benatar's debut album, In the Heat of the Night, did not chart in the UK following its original release, but charted in 1985 after it was re-released by Chrysalis Records.
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Certifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [2][3] |
CAN [22] |
FRA [23] |
GER [24] |
NED [25] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [26] |
UK [11] | |||
| Live from Earth |
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13 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 60 | |
| 8-15-80[28] |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Concert Classics |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Greatest Hits Live |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| From The Front Row... Live! |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 35th Anniversary Tour (with Neil Giraldo) |
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—[A] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Compilations
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Additional information | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
UK [11] |
AUS [2][3] |
NZ [8] | ||||
| 1974 | Coxon's Army: Live from Sam Miller's Exchange Cafe | — | — | — | — | Pat Benatar sings the following songs:
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" - written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern, "Respect" - written by Otis Redding, "If He Walked Into My Life" - written by Jerry Herman, "Medley: Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show/Yes We Can Can" - written by Neil Diamond / Allen Toussaint. | |
| 1989 | Best Shots | 67 | 6 | 19 | 5 |
|
Greatest hits compilation issued internationally (one CD), 1987. Completely different release (one CD) by same title issued in the US, 1989. US release re-issued in 2003 (one CD/one DVD) with the DVD Choice Cuts: Pat Benatar - The Complete Video Collection. |
| 1994 | Greatest Hits | — | — | — | — | Canadian one-CD greatest hits release with 16 tracks. Polytel/EMI | |
| All Fired Up: The Very Best of Pat Benatar | — | — | — | 2 | Two-CD compilation featuring remastered greatest hits, mostly edit versions. Last album released by Chrysalis Records. Issued in the UK with a different cover. | ||
| 1996 | Pat Benatar: Heartbreaker - Sixteen Classic Performances | — | — | — | — | One CD featuring hits, album and two unreleased live tracks. | |
| Back to Back Hits: Blondie/Pat Benatar | — | — | — | — | One CD featuring five hits from both artists. Re-issued four more times with four different covers each time. | ||
| Pat Benatar The Very Best of Volume 2 | — | — | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release | ||
| 1998 | In the Heat of the Night/Tropico | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | |
| In the Heat of the Night/Crimes of Passion | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | ||
| 1999 | Pat Benatar All-Time Greatest Hits | — | — | — | — | Three-CD box set featuring hits, album and live tracks. | |
| Synchronistic Wanderings: Recorded Anthology 1979-1999 | — | — | — | — | Three-CD box set featuring hits, album tracks, soundtrack and previously unreleased rarities. | ||
| Precious Time/Get Nervous | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | ||
| Tropico/Seven the Hard Way | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | ||
| Innamorata/Eight-Fifteen-Eighty | — | — | — | — | Two-CD combination release | ||
| 2000 | Extended Versions: Pat Benatar - The Encore Collection | — | — | — | — | One CD featuring hits and album tracks from the King Biscuit Flower Hour. | |
| 2001 | Best of Pat Benatar Volume 1 and Volume 2 | — | — | — | — | Two CDs featuring hits and album tracks. Released both separately and together. | |
| Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo: Summer Vacation Tour Book DVD | — | — | — | — | One DVD featuring 15 live tracks including four new songs-originally released to fan club members with different packaging but same track listing. | ||
| Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo: Summer Vacation Soundtrack | — | — | — | — | One CD 15-track live concert album featuring four new songs-originally released to fan club members with different packaging and additional tracks on two CDs. | ||
| Premium Gold Collection | — | — | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release | ||
| The Collection | — | — | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release | ||
| 2004 | Best of Pat Benatar Volume 1 and Volume 2 | — | — | — | — | Two CDs featuring hits and album tracks; previously released as two separate CDs. Re-issued in the 2008 "Green Series". | |
| Live from Earth/Wide Awake in Dreamland | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | ||
| 2005 | Greatest Hits | 47 | — | — | 26 |
|
One CD 20-track comprehensive hit singles collection. Re-issued in 2007 (two CDs/one DVD) with the CD Live from Earth and the DVD Choice Cuts: Pat Benatar: The Complete Video Collection. Re-issued in the 2008 "Green Series". Re-issued 2010 in the Live Life Greener Merch Box (includes green bag). |
| 2008 | Ultimate Collection | — | — | — | — | Two-CD compilation with 40 tracks, featuring an acoustic version of "Everytime I Fall Back" from an appearance on the soap opera The Young and the Restless; digital collection | |
| 2009 | Pat Benatar Collector's Edition | — | — | — | — | Three-CD compilation in a tin packaging released by Madacy Records | |
| 10 Great Songs | 123 | — | — | — | One-CD compilation | ||
| Pat Benatar Essential | — | — | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release | ||
| 2010 | True Love/Gravity's Rainbow | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | |
| 2011 | Best Shots/Wide Awake in Dreamland | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | |
| Pat Benatar Performance | — | — | — | — | One-CD remastered release | ||
| 2013 | Icons | — | — | — | — | One-CD compilation | |
| 2014 | The Best of Pat Benatar: 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection | — | — | — | — | One-CD compilation | |
| 2014 | The One and Only CD: Pat Benatar the Very Best Of | — | — | — | — | One-CD compilation different track listing than the European very best of | |
| 2017 | Pat Benatar: 5 Classic Albums | — | — | — | — | Five-CD remastered release. Includes the albums In the Heat of the Night, Crimes of Passion, Get Nervous, Tropico and Wide Awake in Dreamland | |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [30] |
US Main [31] |
AUS [2][3] |
BEL (FLA) [32] |
CAN [33] |
NED [34] |
NZ [35] |
SWI [36] |
UK [11] | ||||||
| 1974 | "Day Gig" b/w "Last Saturday" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| 1979 | "I Need a Lover" | — | — | — | 24 | — | 31 | — | — | — | In the Heat of the Night | |||
| "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Heartbreaker" | 23 | — | 95 | — | 18 | — | 14 | — | —[B] | |||||
| 1980 | "We Live for Love" | 27 | — | 28 | — | 8 | — | 26 | — | —[C] | ||||
| "Rated X" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "I'm Gonna Follow You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Crimes of Passion | ||||
| "You Better Run" | 42 | — | 31 | — | 76 | — | 42 | — | — | |||||
| "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" | 9 | — | 33 | — | 10 | — | — | — | —[D] | |||||
| "Treat Me Right" | 18 | 31 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1981 | "Fire and Ice" | 17 | 2 | 30 | — | 4 | — | 22 | — | —[E] | Precious Time | |||
| "Promises in the Dark" | 38 | 16 | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1982 | "Shadows of the Night" | 13 | 3 | 29 | — | 12 | — | 32 | — | 83 | Get Nervous | |||
| 1983 | "Little Too Late" | 20 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Looking for a Stranger" | 39 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Love Is a Battlefield" | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 49 | Live from Earth | ||||
| "Lipstick Lies" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1984 | "We Belong" | 5[F] | 3 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
|
Tropico | ||
| "Painted Desert" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1985 | "Ooh Ooh Song" | 36 | 22 | 78 | — | 89 | — | 41 | — | — | ||||
| "Temporary Heroes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Love Is a Battlefield" (re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | |||||
| "Shadows of the Night" (re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | Get Nervous | ||||
| "Invincible" | 10 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 15 | — | 53 | Seven the Hard Way | ||||
| "Sex as a Weapon" | 28 | 5 | 33 | — | 30 | — | 26 | — | 67 | |||||
| 1986 | "Le Bel Age" | 54 | 19 | 86 | — | 92 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | "All Fired Up" | 19 | 2 | 2 | — | 19 | — | 20 | — | 19 | Wide Awake in Dreamland | |||
| "Don't Walk Away" | — | 44 | 61 | — | 63 | — | 48 | — | 42 | |||||
| "Let's Stay Together" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1989 | "One Love" | — | — | 166 | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | ||||
| 1991 | "True Love" | — | — | 107 | — | — | 21 | — | — | 95 | True Love | |||
| "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss" | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "So Long" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1993 | "Somebody's Baby" | — | — | 90 | — | 41 | — | 36 | — | 48 | Gravity's Rainbow | |||
| "Everybody Lay Down" | — | 3 | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Crazy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1997 | "Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Innamorata | |||
| "At This Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Papa's Roses" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2003 | "Have It All" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Go | |||
| "Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Sorry" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2015 | "Promises in the Dark" (Live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35th Anniversary Tour (Live) | |||
| "One December Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||
| 2017 | "Shine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Dancing Through the Wreckage" | —[G] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Served Like a Girl Soundtrack | ||||
| 2020 | "Together" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Notes
- 35th Anniversary Tour did not enter the Billboard 200, but reached number 21 on the Independent albums chart, number 38 on the Top Rock Albums chart and number 38 on the Top Rock & Alternative albums chart.[29]
- "Heartbreaker" did not enter the official UK singles chart, but reached number 94 on the Record Business chart.[37]
- "We Live for Love" did not enter the official UK singles chart, but reached number 115 on the Record Business chart.[38]
- "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" did not enter the official UK singles chart, but reached number 112 on the Record Business chart.[39]
- "Fire and Ice" did not enter the official UK singles chart, but reached number 59 on the Record Business chart.[40]
- "We Belong" also peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
- "Dancing Through the Wreckage" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
Other charted songs, B-sides, soundtracks
| Year | Song | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US AC [41] |
US Main [31] | |||
| 1981 | "Take It Anyway You Want It" | — | 32 | Precious Time |
| "Just Like Me" | — | 15 | Precious Time | |
| 1982 | "The Victim" | — | 23 | Get Nervous |
| 1984 | "Here's My Heart" | — | — | Metropolis Soundtrack |
| "Diamond Field" | — | 20 | Tropico | |
| 1987 | "Sometimes the Good Guys Finish First" | — | — | The Secret of My Success: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| 1988 | "Jimmy Says" | — | — | Free to Be a Family |
| 1993 | "Temptation" | — | — | B-side of "Somebody's Baby" |
| 1997 | "Cry for Love" | — | — | Promo single; B-side of "Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet)" |
| 1998 | "Love Is a Battlefield" (with Queen Latifah) | — | — | Small Soldiers Soundtrack |
| 2001 | "Christmas in America" | 22 | — | Go |
| 2000 | "Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" | — | — | Disney's An Extremely Goofy Movie Dance Party! |
| 2013 | "Passion" | — | — | Jello Fruit commercial |
Video releases
| Title | Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hit Videos |
|
Includes music videos for "Anxiety (Get Nervous)", "Lipstick Lies", "Shadows of the Night" and "Love is a Battlefield", as well as a "making-of" feature for "Love is a Battlefield".[42] |
| In Concert |
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Recorded live at New Haven Coliseum in 1982. Includes music video for "Love is a Battlefield" (1985 release only).[43] Re-issued by Rhino Entertainment on VHS and DVD in 1998 and 1999 under the title of Live In New Haven.[44][45] |
| The Visual Music Collection |
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Includes 12 music videos.[46] Released as Best Shots in Europe in 1987.[47] |
| Choice Cuts - The Complete Video Collection |
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Includes 25 music videos, 4 live performances, artist commentary and 1 hidden 'making-of' feature for "Love is a Battlefield".[48] DVD sales of 10,000+ in the United States.[49] |
| Live On Air |
|
2 live performances from the U.S. comedy show Fridays in 1980 and 15 live performances from the US Festival in 1982. |
| We Live For Love (with Neil Giraldo) |
|
10 acoustic live performances recorded at Red Studios, Hollywood.[50] |
Music videos
| Year | Video | Information |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | "Coxon's Army" | Unreleased PBS special |
| 1980 | "You Better Run" | Second video shown on MTV |
| "I'm Gonna Follow You" | ||
| 1981 | "Fire and Ice" | Directed by Keith McMillan |
| "Promises in the Dark" | Directed by Keith McMillan | |
| "Precious Time" | ||
| 1982 | "Shadows of the Night" | |
| "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" | ||
| "Little Too Late" | ||
| 1983 | "Love Is a Battlefield" | Nominated for MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video |
| "Lipstick Lies" | ||
| "Rappin' Rodney" | Guest star; Rodney Dangerfield video | |
| 1984 | "Painted Desert" | Unreleased until 1986 |
| "We Belong" | ||
| "Ooh Ooh Song" | ||
| 1985 | "Invincible" | Theme from The Legend of Billie Jean |
| "Sex as a Weapon (Pat Benatar song)" | Nominated for MTV Video Music Award for Most Experimental Video | |
| "Le Bel Age" | Two versions, one with Richard Belzer | |
| "Sun City" | Guest star; Artists United Against Apartheid video | |
| 1988 | "All Fired Up" | |
| "Don't Walk Away" | ||
| "Let's Stay Together" | ||
| 1989 | "One Love" | Released for Best Shots |
| 1991 | "True Love" | |
| "So Long" | ||
| "Yakety Yak, Take it Back" | Guest star; charity single | |
| 1993 | "Somebody's Baby" | |
| "Everytime I Fall Back" | Unreleased | |
| 1997 | "Strawberry Wine" | |
| 2001 | "Christmas in America" | |
| 2003 | "Have It All" | Unreleased compilation video |
| 2015 | "Promises in the Dark" | Live video from 35th Anniversary Tour (Live) |
| "Love Is a Battlefield" | Live video from 35th Anniversary Tour (Live) | |
| 2017 | "Shine" | In support of the Shine Together Movement |
| "Dancing Through the Wreckage" | From Served Like a Girl Soundtrack | |
| 2020 | "Together" | COVID-themed video |