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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Best Shots
| Type = greatest
| name = Best Shots
| Artist = [[Pat Benatar]]
| type = greatest
| artist = [[Pat Benatar]]
| Cover = Best_Shots_(album).jpg
| Released = November, 1989
| cover = Pat Benatar best shots.jpg
| Recorded = 1979 - 1988
| alt =
| released = October 26, 1987
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Classic rock|Classic Rock]], [[Hard Rock]]
| Length = 67:42
| genre =
| Label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]
| length = 43:55
| label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]
| Producer = [[Pat Benatar#Band|Neil Giraldo]], Peter Coleman, [[Keith Olsen]], [[Keith Forsey]], [[Mike Chapman]], [[William Wittman]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Neil Giraldo]]|Peter Coleman|[[Keith Olsen]]|[[Mike Chapman]]}}
| prev_title = [[Seven the Hard Way]]
|
| prev_year = 1985
| Last album = ''[[Wide Awake in Dreamland]]''<br />(1988)
| next_title = [[Wide Awake in Dreamland]]
| This album = '''''Best Shots'''''<br />(1989)
| next_year = 1988
| Next album = ''[[True Love (Pat Benatar album)|True Love]]''<br />(1991)
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = US edition cover
| type = greatest
| cover = Best_Shots_(album).jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/best-shots-mw0000194600 |title=Pat Benatar - Best Shots review |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |accessdate=July 28, 2014 }}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1678|pure_url=yes}} link]
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2score = C<ref name="Christgau">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=80|chapter=B|accessdate=August 16, 2020|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s]]|publisher=[[Pantheon Books]]|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[New Musical Express]]''
| rev3score = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Pat Benatar: ''Best Shots'' |last=Minkoff |first=Myrna |date=31 October 1987 |magazine=[[New Musical Express]]|page=30}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
}}
'''''Best Shots''''' is a [[Platinum]]-certified greatest hits album released by [[Pat Benatar]] in 1989. It peaked at #67 on the U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' album chart, two years after the album peaked at #6 in the UK.


'''''Best Shots''''' is a [[Platinum album|Platinum-certified]] greatest hits album released by the American [[rock music|rock]] singer [[Pat Benatar]] in 1987 in Europe and in an updated version in 1989 in North America. It peaked at No. 67 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart,<ref name="album" >{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pat-benatar/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200 |work=Billboard.com |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=March 21, 2018 }}</ref> two years after the album peaked at No. 6 in the UK.<ref name="GB" >{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20110/pat-benatar/|title=Artist Chart History – Pat Benatar |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |accessdate=July 19, 2014 }}</ref>
==Track listing (U.S. Version)==

# "[[Love Is a Battlefield]]" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight) – 5:24
==Track listings==
# "Promises in the Dark" (Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo) – 4:48
===European version===
# "One Love" (Giraldo, Mryon Grombacher) – 5:12
{{Track listing
# "All Fired Up" (Giraldo, Kerryn Tolhurst) – 4:27
| headline = Side one
# "We Live for Love" (Giraldo) – 3:55
| extra_column = Original album
# "[[Hell Is for Children]]" (Benatar, Giraldo, Roger Capps) – 4:48
| title1 = [[Hit Me with Your Best Shot]]
# "Shadows of the Night" (David Byron) – 4:20
| note1 = single version
# "[[Hit Me with Your Best Shot]]" (Eddie Schwartz) – 2:51
| writer1 = [[Eddie Schwartz]]
# "[[We Belong]]" (Eric Lowen, [[Dan Navarro]]) – 3:40
| extra1 = ''[[Crimes of Passion (Pat Benatar album)|Crimes of Passion]]'' (1980)
# "Invincible" (Theme from ''[[The Legend of Billie Jean]]'') (Simon Climie, Holly Knight) – 4:28
| length1 = 2:51
# "Fire and Ice" (Benatar, Tom Kelly, Scott Sheets) – 3:20
| title2 = [[Love Is a Battlefield]]
# "[[Heartbreaker (Pat Benatar song)|Heartbreaker]]" (Geoff Gill, Clint Wade) – 3:26
| note2 = single version
# ''Medley:'' "Suffer the Little Children/Hell Is for Children" (Live 1988) – 6:45
| writer2 = [[Mike Chapman]], [[Holly Knight]]
# "Painted Desert" (Giraldo, Grombacker) – 5:24
| extra2 = ''[[Live from Earth]]'' (1983)
# "Outlaw Blues" [1989 re-recording] (Giraldo, Grombacher) – 4:19
| length2 = 4:12
| title3 = [[We Belong]]
| note3 = single version
| writer3 = [[Lowen & Navarro|Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro]]
| extra3 = ''[[Tropico (Pat Benatar album)|Tropico]]'' (1984)
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = We Live for Love
| note4 = remixed version
| writer4 = [[Neil Giraldo]]
| extra4 = ''[[In the Heat of the Night (Pat Benatar album)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' (1979)
| length4 = 3:58
| title5 = Sex as a Weapon
| writer5 = [[Tom Kelly (musician)|Tom Kelly]], [[Billy Steinberg]]
| extra5 = ''[[Seven the Hard Way]]'' (1985)
| length5 = 4:19
| title6 = [[Invincible (Pat Benatar song)|Invincible]]
| note6 = Theme from ''[[The Legend of Billie Jean]]'') (single version
| writer6 = [[Simon Climie]], Knight
| extra6 = ''Seven the Hard Way''
| length6 = 4:04
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Original album
| title7 = [[Shadows of the Night]]
| note7 = single version
| writer7 = D. L. Byron
| extra7 = ''[[Get Nervous]]'' (1982)
| length7 = 3:42
| title8 = [[Heartbreaker (Pat Benatar song)|Heartbreaker]]
| writer8 = Geoff Gill, Clint Wade
| extra8 = ''In the Heat of the Night''
| length8 = 3:28
| title9 = [[Fire and Ice (Pat Benatar song)|Fire and Ice]]
| writer9 = Kelly, [[Scott St. Clair Sheets]], [[Pat Benatar]]
| extra9 = ''[[Precious Time (album)|Precious Time]]'' (1981)
| length9 = 3:20
| title10 = [[Treat Me Right (Pat Benatar song)|Treat Me Right]]
| writer10 = [[Doug Lubahn]]
| extra10 = ''Crimes of Passion''
| length10 = 3:28
| title11 = [[If You Think You Know How to Love Me]]
| note11 = single version
| writer11 = Chapman, [[Nicky Chinn]]
| extra11 = ''In the Heat of the Night''
| length11 = 3:47
| title12 = [[You Better Run]]
| writer12 = [[Eddie Brigati]], [[Felix Cavaliere]]
| extra12 = ''Crimes of Passion''
| length12 = 3:04
}}

===U.S. version===
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Original album
| title1 = Love Is a Battlefield
| extra1 = ''Live from Earth''
| length1 = 5:24
| title2 = Promises in the Dark
| writer2 = Giraldo, Benatar
| extra2 = ''Precious Time''
| length2 = 4:48
| title3 = One Love
| writer3 = Giraldo, Myron Grombacher
| extra3 = ''[[Wide Awake in Dreamland]]'' (1988)
| length3 = 5:12
| title4 = [[All Fired Up (Pat Benatar song)|All Fired Up]]
| writer4 = [[Kerryn Tolhurst]], Grombacher, Benatar
| extra4 = ''Wide Awake in Dreamland''
| length4 = 4:27
| title5 = We Live for Love
| extra5 = ''In the Heat of the Night''
| length5 = 3:55
| title6 = [[Hell Is for Children]]
| writer6 = Giraldo, Benatar, Roger Capps
| extra6 = ''Crimes of Passion''
| length6 = 4:48
| title7 = Shadows of the Night
| extra7 = ''Get Nervous''
| length7 = 4:20
| title8 = Hit Me with Your Best Shot
| extra8 = ''Crimes of Passion''
| length8 = 2:51
| title9 = We Belong
| extra9 = ''Tropico''
| length9 = 3:40
| title10 = Invincible
| extra10 = ''Seven the Hard Way''
| length10 = 4:28
| title11 = Fire and Ice
| extra11 = ''Precious Time''
| length11 = 3:20
| title12 = Heartbreaker
| extra12 = ''In the Heat of the Night''
| length12 = 3:26
| title13 = Medley: Suffer the Little Children / Hell Is for Children
| note13 = live 1988, CD edition bonus track
| writer13 = Giraldo, Benatar
| extra13 = previously unreleased
| length13 = 6:45
| title14 = Painted Desert
| note14 = CD edition bonus track
| writer14 = Giraldo, Grombacher
| extra14 = ''Tropico''
| length14 = 5:24
| title15 = Outlaw Blues
| note15 = 1989 re-recording, CD edition bonus track
| writer15 = Giraldo, Grombacher
| extra15 = ''Tropico''
| length15 = 4:19
| total_length = 67:07
}}


==Charts==
Tracks 1-12 were on the LP and cassette release
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===Weekly charts===
Tracks 13-15 were CD only bonus tracks
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Best Shots''
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1987–1989)
! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"| [[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/87/M&M-1987-11-14-OCR-Page-0010.pdf |title=European Hot 100 Albums |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=4 |issue=45 |date=November 14, 1987 |page=18 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 52
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|5|artist=Pat Benatar|album=Best Shots|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|6|date=19871101|rowheader=true|access-date=August 21, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|67|artist=Pat Benatar|rowheader=true|access-date=August 21, 2021}}
|}
{{col-2}}


===Original album releases===
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
* Tracks 5, 12 &mdash; ''[[In the Heat of the Night (Pat Benatar album)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' (1979)
|+ Year-end chart performance for ''Best Shots''
* Tracks 6, 8 &mdash; ''[[Crimes of Passion (Pat Benatar album)|Crimes of Passion]]'' (1980)
|-
* Tracks 2, 11 &mdash; ''[[Precious Time (album)|Precious Time]]'' (1981)
! scope="col"| Chart (1987)
* Track 7 &mdash; ''[[Get Nervous]]'' (1982)
! scope="col"| Position
* Track 1 &mdash; ''[[Live from Earth]]'' (1983)
|-
* Tracks 9, 14 &mdash; ''[[Tropico (album)|Tropico]]'' (1984)
! scope="row"| UK Albums ([[Gallup (company)|Gallup]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/88/Record-Mirror-1988-01-23-OCR.pdf |title=Gallup Year End Charts 1987 – Albums |newspaper=[[Record Mirror]] |date=January 23, 1988 |page=37<!-- 36 in PDF file --> |issn=0144-5804 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
* Track 10 &mdash; ''[[Seven the Hard Way]]'' (1985)
| 61
* Tracks 3, 4 &mdash; ''[[Wide Awake in Dreamland]]'' (1988)
|}
* Track 15 &mdash; An earlier arrangement/recording appears on ''[[Tropico (album)|Tropico]]'' (1984)
{{col-end}}


==Certifications==
==Track listing (European Version)==
{{certification Table Top}}
# "[[Hit Me with Your Best Shot]]" – Single Version (E. Schwartz) – 2:51
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Pat Benatar|title=Best Shots|award=Platinum|id=1988-02-12|source=newchart|relyear=1987|accessdate=November 24, 2019}}
# "[[Love Is a Battlefield]]" – Single Version (M. Chapman, H. Knight) – 4:12
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Pat Benatar|title=Best Shots|award=Platinum|certyear=1987|relyear=1987|accessdate=November 24, 2019|id=865-3423-2}}
# "[[We Belong]]" – Single Version (Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro) – 3:42
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Pat Benatar|title=Best Shots|award=Platinum|certyear=2001|relyear=1987|accessdate=November 24, 2019}}
# "We Live for Love" – Remixed Version (N. Giraldo) – 3:58
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
# "Sex as a Weapon" (T. Kelly, B. Steinberg) – 4:19
# "Invincible" (Theme from ''[[The Legend of Billie Jean]]'') – Single Version (S. Climie, H. Knight) – 4:04
# "Shadows of the Night" – Single Version (D. L. Byron) – 3:42
# "[[Heartbreaker (Pat Benatar song)|Heartbreaker]]" (G. Gill, C. Wade) – 3:28
# "Fire and Ice" (Benatar, Kelly, Sheets) – 3:20
# "Treat Me Right" (D. Lubahn, P. Benatar) – 3:28
# "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" – Single Version (M. Chinn, M. Chapman) – 3:47
# "You Better Run" (F. Cavaliere, E. Brigate) – 3:04


==References==
===Original album releases===
{{Reflist}}
* Tracks 4, 8, 11 &mdash; ''[[In the Heat of the Night (Pat Benatar album)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' (1979)
* Tracks 1, 10, 12 &mdash; ''[[Crimes of Passion (Pat Benatar album)|Crimes of Passion]]'' (1980)
* Track 9 &mdash; ''[[Precious Time (album)|Precious Time]]'' (1981)
* Track 7 &mdash; ''[[Get Nervous]]'' (1982)
* Track 2 &mdash; ''[[Live from Earth]]'' (1983)
* Track 3 &mdash; ''[[Tropico (album)|Tropico]]'' (1984)
* Tracks 5, 6 &mdash; ''[[Seven the Hard Way]]'' (1985)


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Latest revision as of 18:47, 23 November 2024

Best Shots
Greatest hits album by
Pat Benatar
ReleasedOctober 26, 1987
Length43:55
LabelChrysalis
Producer
Pat Benatar chronology
Seven the Hard Way
(1985) 		Best Shots
(1987) 		Wide Awake in Dreamland
(1988)
US edition cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]
New Musical Express7/10[3]

Best Shots is a Platinum-certified greatest hits album released by the American rock singer Pat Benatar in 1987 in Europe and in an updated version in 1989 in North America. It peaked at No. 67 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart,[4] two years after the album peaked at No. 6 in the UK.[5]

Track listings

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European version

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (single version)Eddie SchwartzCrimes of Passion (1980)2:51
2."Love Is a Battlefield" (single version)Mike Chapman, Holly KnightLive from Earth (1983)4:12
3."We Belong" (single version)Eric Lowen, Dan NavarroTropico (1984)3:42
4."We Live for Love" (remixed version)Neil GiraldoIn the Heat of the Night (1979)3:58
5."Sex as a Weapon"Tom Kelly, Billy SteinbergSeven the Hard Way (1985)4:19
6."Invincible" (Theme from The Legend of Billie Jean) (single version)Simon Climie, KnightSeven the Hard Way4:04
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
7."Shadows of the Night" (single version)D. L. ByronGet Nervous (1982)3:42
8."Heartbreaker"Geoff Gill, Clint WadeIn the Heat of the Night3:28
9."Fire and Ice"Kelly, Scott St. Clair Sheets, Pat BenatarPrecious Time (1981)3:20
10."Treat Me Right"Doug LubahnCrimes of Passion3:28
11."If You Think You Know How to Love Me" (single version)Chapman, Nicky ChinnIn the Heat of the Night3:47
12."You Better Run"Eddie Brigati, Felix CavaliereCrimes of Passion3:04

U.S. version

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No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Love Is a Battlefield" Live from Earth5:24
2."Promises in the Dark"Giraldo, BenatarPrecious Time4:48
3."One Love"Giraldo, Myron GrombacherWide Awake in Dreamland (1988)5:12
4."All Fired Up"Kerryn Tolhurst, Grombacher, BenatarWide Awake in Dreamland4:27
5."We Live for Love" In the Heat of the Night3:55
6."Hell Is for Children"Giraldo, Benatar, Roger CappsCrimes of Passion4:48
7."Shadows of the Night" Get Nervous4:20
8."Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Crimes of Passion2:51
9."We Belong" Tropico3:40
10."Invincible" Seven the Hard Way4:28
11."Fire and Ice" Precious Time3:20
12."Heartbreaker" In the Heat of the Night3:26
13."Medley: Suffer the Little Children / Hell Is for Children" (live 1988, CD edition bonus track)Giraldo, Benatarpreviously unreleased6:45
14."Painted Desert" (CD edition bonus track)Giraldo, GrombacherTropico5:24
15."Outlaw Blues" (1989 re-recording, CD edition bonus track)Giraldo, GrombacherTropico4:19
Total length:67:07

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[11] Platinum 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[13] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pat Benatar - Best Shots review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Minkoff, Myrna (October 31, 1987). "Pat Benatar: Best Shots". New Musical Express. p. 30.
  4. ^ "Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  5. ^ "Artist Chart History – Pat Benatar". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  6. ^ "European Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 4, no. 45. November 14, 1987. p. 18. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  7. ^ "Charts.nz – Pat Benatar – Best Shots". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  8. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  9. ^ "Pat Benatar Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  10. ^ "Gallup Year End Charts 1987 – Albums" (PDF). Record Mirror. January 23, 1988. p. 37. ISSN 0144-5804 – via World Radio History.
  11. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Pat Benatar – Best Shots". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  12. ^ "British album certifications – Pat Benatar – Best Shots". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  13. ^ "American album certifications – Pat Benatar – Best Shots". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
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