Pat Benatar discography explained

Artist:Pat Benatar
Studio:11
Live:12
Compilation:27
Video:7
Tribute:4
Singles:40
Music Videos:36

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.

Albums

Studio albums

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Album detailsPeak chart positionCertifications
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
NED
[6]
NZ
[7]
SWE
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
In the Heat of the Night 12 25 3 20 8 98

Platinum[11]

4× Platinum[12]

Platinum[13]

Crimes of Passion
  • Release date: August 6, 1980
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, 8-track, cassette, CD
2 16 2 2 6 27
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum
  • MC: 5× Platinum
  • RMNZ: Gold
Precious Time
  • Release date: July 6, 1981
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, 8-track, cassette, CD
1 8 2 3 57 46 2 9 30
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum
  • MC: 2× Platinum
  • RMNZ: Gold[14]
Get Nervous
  • Release date: October 29, 1982
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, Cassette, CD
4 15 16 14 15 18 73
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • ARIA: Gold[15]
  • MC: Platinum
  • RMNZ: Gold[16]
Tropico
  • Release date: November 1, 1984
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, Cassette, CD
14 9 21 16 26 23 7 19 21 31
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • MC: Platinum
  • BPI: Silver[17]
  • RMNZ: Platinum[18]
Seven the Hard Way
  • Release date: October 30, 1985
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, Cassette, CD
26 19 36 42 2 33 69
  • RIAA: Gold
  • MC: Platinum
  • RMNZ: Gold[19]
Wide Awake in Dreamland
  • Release date: June 22, 1988
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, Cassette, CD
28 13 11 47 15 33 11
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Gold
  • MC: Platinum[20]
True Love
  • Release date: April 9, 1991
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, Cassette, CD
37 53 22 52 30 30 39 40
  • MC: Gold
Gravity's Rainbow
  • Release date: May 24, 1993
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, Cassette, CD
85 130 44
Innamorata 171
Go
  • Release date: August 12, 2003
  • Label: Bel Chiasso Records
  • Format: CD
187
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

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Album detailsPeak chart positionCertifications
US
[21]
AUS
CAN
[22]
FRA
[23]
GER
[24]
NED
[25]
NZ
SWE
[26]
SWI
[27]
UK
Live from Earth
  • Release date: September 22, 1983
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, Cassette, CD
13 2 25 22 7 4 12 45 60
  • RIAA: Platinum
  • MC: Platinum
  • RMNZ: Platinum[28]

Compilations

YearAlbumPeak chart positionCertificationsAdditional information
US
UK
AUS
[29]
NZ
1974Coxon's Army: Live from Sam Miller's Exchange CafePat 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.
1984Pat Benatar Hit VideosOne-VHS tape featuring four music videos; also includes footage from the behind-the-scenes documentary, The Making of Love Is a Battlefield, later included on the DVD Choice Cuts: Pat Benatar - The Complete Video Collection. The complete video collection is an Easter egg.
1985Pat Benatar in ConcertOne-VHS tape featuring live tracks from 1982, for an HBO special broadcast in 1983. Released on DVD in 1999 under the title Live from New Haven. The DVD is missing the final track "Little Paradise".
1987Pat Benatar: The Visual Music CollectionCollection featuring 12 music videos through 1987, including the unreleased "Painted Desert". Released on VHS and LaserDisc.
1989Best Shots676195
  • BPI: Platinum
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.
1994All Fired Up: The Very Best of Pat Benatar2Two-CD compilation featuring remastered greatest hits, mostly edit versions. Last album released by Chrysalis Records. Issued in the UK with a different cover.
1996Pat Benatar: Heartbreaker - Sixteen Classic PerformancesOne-CD featuring hits, album and two unreleased live tracks.
Back to Back Hits: Blondie/Pat BenatarOne-CD featuring five hits from both artists. Re-issued four more times with four different covers each time.
1998Pat Benatar: Eight-Fifteen-EightyOne-CD featuring live tracks from 1980.
1999Pat Benatar All-Time Greatest HitsThree-CD box set featuring hits, album and live tracks.
Synchronistic Wanderings: Recorded Anthology 1979-1999Three-CD box set featuring hits, album tracks, soundtrack and previously unreleased rarities.
2000Extended Versions: Pat Benatar - The Encore CollectionOne-CD featuring hits and album tracks from the King Biscuit Flower Hour.
2001Best of Pat Benatar Volume 1 and Volume 2Two CDs featuring hits and album tracks. Released both separately and together.
Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo: Summer Vacation Tour Book DVDOne-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 SoundtrackOne-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.
2002Classic Masters: Pat BenatarOne-CD featuring remastered hits and album tracks.
2003One-DVD featuring 25 music videos plus four bonus tracks and an Easter egg. DVD sales of 10,000 +.[30]
From the Front Row...Live: Pat BenatarOne DVD-audio disc playable on most DVD players featuring a collection of remastered live tracks.
2004Best of Pat Benatar Volume 1 and Volume 2Two CDs featuring hits and album tracks; previously released as two separate CDs. Re-issued in the 2008 "Green Series".
Pat Benatar Greatest Hits LiveOne-CD recorded live in Austin, Texas 1981, from the King Biscuit Flower Hour.
2005Greatest Hits4726
  • BPI: Silver
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).
2008Ultimate CollectionTwo-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
2009Pat Benatar Collector's EditionThree-CD compilation in a tin packaging released by Madacy Records
10 Great Songs123One-CD compilation
2013IconsOne-CD compilation
2014The Best of Pat Benatar: 20th Century Masters/The Millennium CollectionOne-CD compilation
2014The One and Only CD: Pat Benatar the very best ofOne-CD compilation different track listing than the European very best of
201535th Anniversary Tour (Live)One- and two-CD live compilation
2017Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo: We Live For LoveOne-DVD live acoustic compilation

Worldwide compilations

YearAlbumUS
NZ
Additional information
1987Best Shots675[31] One-CD greatest hits release
1994Greatest HitsCanadian one-CD greatest hits release with 16 tracks. Polytel/EMI
Pat Benatar: The Very Best Of2[32] One-CD greatest hits release. France 2× Gold
1996Pat Benatar The Very Best of Volume 2One-CD greatest hits release
1998In the Heat of the Night/TropicoTwo-CD remastered release
In the Heat of the Night/Crimes of PassionTwo-CD remastered release
1999Precious Time/Get NervousTwo-CD remastered release
Tropico/Seven the Hard WayTwo-CD remastered release
Innamorata/Eight-Fifteen-EightyTwo-CD combination release
2001Premium Gold CollectionOne-CD greatest hits release
The CollectionOne-CD greatest hits release
2002The DivineOne-CD greatest hits release
The Very Best Album EverOne-CD greatest hits release
In the Heat of the NightOne-CD greatest hits live release
Concert ClassicsOne-CD greatest hits live release
2004Live from Earth/Wide Awake in DreamlandTwo-CD remastered release
2008Pat Benatar Live on AirDVD release in the PAL format of the 1983 US Festival, plus "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" and "Hell Is for Children" live from the TV series Fridays
Pat Benatar Live in AmericaOne-CD greatest hits live release, same track listing as Concert Classics
2009Pat Benatar EssentialOne-CD greatest hits release
2010True Love/Gravity's RainbowTwo-CD remastered release
2011Best Shots/Wide Awake in DreamlandTwo-CD remastered release
Pat Benatar PerformanceOne-CD remastered release
2017Pat Benatar: 5 Classic AlbumsFive-CD remastered release. Includes the albums In the Heat of the Night, Crimes of Passion, Get Nervous, Tropico and Wide Awake in Dreamland

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
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[33]
width=35US Main
[34]
width=35AUS
width=35BEL (FLA)
[35]
width=35CAN
[36]
width=35NED
[37]
width=35NZ
[38]
width=35SWI
[39]
width=35UK
1974"Day Gig" b/w "Last Saturday"
1979"I Need a Lover"2431align=left rowspan=5In the Heat of the Night
"If You Think You Know How to Love Me"
"Heartbreaker"23951814
1980"We Live for Love"2728826
"Rated X"
"I'm Gonna Follow You"align=left rowspan=4Crimes of Passion
"You Better Run"42317642
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot"93310
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
"Treat Me Right"183112
1981"Fire and Ice"17230422align=left rowspan=2Precious Time
"Promises in the Dark"381631
1982"Shadows of the Night"13329123283align=left rowspan=4Get Nervous
1983"Little Too Late"2038
"Looking for a Stranger"394
"Anxiety (Get Nervous)"
"Love Is a Battlefield"51112161149
  • RIAA: Gold
  • BPI: Silver
  • MC: Gold
align=left rowspan=2Live from Earth
"Lipstick Lies"
1984"We Belong"[A]537168137522
  • MC: Gold
align=left rowspan=5Tropico
"Painted Desert"
1985"Ooh Ooh Song"3622788941
"Temporary Heroes"
"Love Is a Battlefield" (Re-release)17
"Shadows of the Night" (Re-release)50Get Nervous
"Invincible"1042396181553Seven the Hard Way
"Sex as a Weapon"28533302667
1986"Le Bel Age"54198692
1988"All Fired Up"1922192019align=left rowspan=4Wide Awake in Dreamland
"Don't Walk Away"4461634842
"Let's Stay Together"
1989"One Love"16659
1991"True Love"1072195align=left rowspan=3True Love
"Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss"17
"So Long"
1993"Somebody's Baby"90413648align=left rowspan=3Gravity's Rainbow
"Everybody Lay Down"350
"Crazy"
1997"Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet)"align=left rowspan=3Innamorata
"At This Time"
"Papa's Roses"
2003"Have It All"align=left rowspan=3Go
"Go"
"Sorry"
2015"Promises in the Dark" (Live)35th Anniversary Tour (Live)
"One December Night"align=left rowspan=2Non-album singles
2017"Shine"
"Dancing Through the Wreckage"[B]Served Like a Girl Soundtrack
2020"Together"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Notes^ "We Belong" also peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.^ "Dancing Through the Wreckage" peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It is her first song to chart there since "We Belong" in 1984.

Other charted songs, B-sides, soundtracks

YearSongPeak positionsAlbum
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[40]
width=60US Main
1981"Take It Anyway You Want It"32align=left Precious Time
"Just Like Me"15align=left Precious Time
1982"The Victim"23Get Nervous
1984"Here's My Heart"Metropolis Soundtrack
"Diamond Field"20Tropico
1987"Sometimes the Good Guys Finish First"The Secret of My Success 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"22Go
2000"Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades"Disney's An Extremely Goofy Movie Dance Party!
2013"Passion"Jello Fruit commercial
2017"Dancing Through The Wreckage"22Served Like a Girl Soundtrack

Music videos

YearVideoInformation
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"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

Notes and References

  1. Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200 . . July 24, 2020.
  2. Web site: Pat Benatar ARIA Chart history (1988 to 2024). ARIA. Imgur.com. July 28, 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  3. Web site: Search: RPM (Enter "Pat Benatar" in Keyword field and select Top Albums/CDs in the Chart field) . . . July 24, 2020.
  4. Web site: Discographie Pat Benatar . lescharts.com . July 24, 2020.
  5. Web site: Discographie von Pat Benatar . offiziellecharts.de . July 24, 2020.
  6. Web site: Discografie Pat Benatar . dutchcharts.nl . July 24, 2020.
  7. Web site: Discography Pat Benatar . charts.nz . July 24, 2020.
  8. Web site: Discography Pat Benatar . swedishcharts.com . July 24, 2020.
  9. Web site: Discographie Pat Benatar . hitparade.ch . July 24, 2020.
  10. Web site: Official Charts > Pat Benatar. The Official UK Charts Company. September 11, 2016.
  11. Web site: Pat Benatar RIAA Certifications . RIAA.com. Recording Industry Association of America . 2021-08-25.
  12. Web site: Gold Platinum Search for Pat Benatar . . July 16, 2014 .
  13. Web site: Archived copy . 8 December 2021 . 3 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181203211528/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums%3Fchart%3D2935 . dead .
  14. Web site: The Official New Zealand Music Chart. THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART. 13 April 2021.
  15. Web site: Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued). Imgur.com. December 26, 2022.
  16. Web site: Archived copy . 8 December 2021 . 17 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200217075846/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums%3Fchart%3D3031 . dead .
  17. United Kingdom. Pat Benatar. 6 July 2023.
  18. Web site: NZ Top 40 Albums Chart | the Official New Zealand Music Chart . nztop40.co.nz . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160301201255/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3134 . 1 March 2016 . dead.
  19. Web site: NZ Top 40 Albums Chart | the Official New Zealand Music Chart . nztop40.co.nz . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210512200921/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3187 . 12 May 2021 . dead.
  20. Web site: Gold Platinum Search for Pat Benatar CD. . July 16, 2014 .
  21. Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200 . . July 24, 2020.
  22. Web site: Search: RPM (Enter "Pat Benatar" in Keyword field and select Top Albums/CDs in the Chart field) . . . July 24, 2020.
  23. Web site: Discographie Pat Benatar . lescharts.com . July 24, 2020.
  24. Web site: Discographie von Pat Benatar . offiziellecharts.de . July 24, 2020.
  25. Web site: Discografie Pat Benatar . dutchcharts.nl . July 24, 2020.
  26. Web site: Discography Pat Benatar . swedishcharts.com . July 24, 2020.
  27. Web site: Discographie Pat Benatar . hitparade.ch . July 24, 2020.
  28. Web site: NZ Top 40 Albums Chart | the Official New Zealand Music Chart . nztop40.co.nz . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200618010727/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=3086 . 18 June 2020 . dead.
  29. Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 100 (Australian Music Report) singles and albums peaks to June 26, 1988: Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992 . 32–33 . 0-646-11917-6 . 1993 . Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W..
    • Top 50 (ARIA Chart) singles peaks from June 26, 1988: Web site: australian-charts.com > Pat Benatar > Singles . Hung Medien . September 14, 2015 .
    • Top 50 (ARIA Chart) albums peaks from June 26, 1988: Web site: australian-charts.com > Pat Benatar > Albums . Hung Medien . September 14, 2015 .
    • "Don't Walk Away" (ARIA Chart) peak: Web site: Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received January 17, 2014 . September 14, 2015 . imgur.com . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020822/http://i.imgur.com/j7baC6b.png . November 29, 2014 .
    • Top 100 (ARIA Chart) singles and albums peaks from June 26, 1988 (including those between 51–100 from January 1990): Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
  30. Billboard Ask Billboard. .
  31. Web site: Pat Benatar - Best Shots (Album). Charts.nz . July 23, 2019.
  32. Web site: Pat Benatar - The Very Best Of (Album). Charts.nz . July 23, 2019.
  33. Pat Benatar Chart History . . August 26, 2021.
  34. Pat Benatar Chart History: Mainstream Rock . . August 26, 2021.
  35. Web site: Discographie Pat Benatar - Charts. ultratop.be. 25 August 2021.
  36. Search results for "Pat Benatar". RPM. 2010-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015035145/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=gmrhouli7kvfvaeu848ka389j0&q1=Pat+Benatar&q2=&interval=20. 2012-10-15. dead.
  37. Web site: Dutch charts portal - Pat Benatar. dutchcharts.nl.
  38. Web site: New Zealand charts portal - Pat Benatar. charts.nz.
  39. Web site: Hit Parade - Pat Benatar. hitparade.ch.
  40. Pat Benatar Chart History: Adult Contemporary . . August 26, 2021.