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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Best Shots
| name = Best Shots
| Type = greatest
| type = greatest
| Artist = [[Pat Benatar]]
| artist = [[Pat Benatar]]
| Cover = Pat Benatar best shots.jpg
| cover = Pat Benatar best shots.jpg
| alt =
| Released = October, 1987 (Europe) / November, 1989 (US)
| Recorded = 1979 - 1988
| released = October 26, 1987
| genre =
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Hard Rock]], [[Classic Rock]]
| Length = 67:42
| length = 43:55
| Label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]
| label = [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]]
| Producer = [[Neil Giraldo]], Peter Coleman, [[Keith Olsen]], [[Mike Chapman]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Neil Giraldo]]|Peter Coleman|[[Keith Olsen]]|[[Mike Chapman]]}}
| Last album = ''[[Seven the Hard Way]]''<br />(1985)
| prev_title = [[Seven the Hard Way]]
| prev_year = 1985
| This album = '''''Best Shots'''''<br />(1987)
| Next album = ''[[Wide Awake in Dreamland]]''<br />(1988)
| next_title = [[Wide Awake in Dreamland]]
| next_year = 1988
| Misc = {{Extra album cover
| Upper caption = US edition cover
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = US edition cover
| Type = greatest
| type = greatest
| Cover = Best_Shots_(album).jpg
| 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 |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |accessdate=July 28, 2014 }}</ref>
| 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>
|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
| noprose = yes
}}
}}


'''''Best Shots''''' is a [[Platinum]]-certified greatest hits album released by American [[Rock music|Rock]] singer [[Pat Benatar]] in 1987 in Europe and in an updated version in 1989 in North America. It peaked at #67 on the US [[Billboard]] album chart,<ref name="album" >{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/best-shots-mw0000194600/awards |title=Best Shots Billboard Albums |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |accessdate=July 28, 2014 }}</ref> two years after the album hit #6 in the UK.<ref name="GB" >{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/pat%20benatar/|title=Artist Chart History – Pat Benatar |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |accessdate=July 19, 2014 }}</ref>.
'''''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 listings==
It eventually sold close to 2 million copies in the US. This disc is now out of print.
===European version===
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Original album
| title1 = [[Hit Me with Your Best Shot]]
| note1 = single version
| writer1 = [[Eddie Schwartz]]
| extra1 = ''[[Crimes of Passion (Pat Benatar album)|Crimes of Passion]]'' (1980)
| length1 = 2:51
| title2 = [[Love Is a Battlefield]]
| note2 = single version
| writer2 = [[Mike Chapman]], [[Holly Knight]]
| extra2 = ''[[Live from Earth]]'' (1983)
| 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 (European Version)==
{{Track listing
;Side one
| extra_column = Original album
# "[[Hit Me with Your Best Shot]]" ''<small>([[Eddie Schwartz]])</small>'' – 2:51 (single version)
| title1 = Love Is a Battlefield
# "[[Love Is a Battlefield]]" ''<small>([[Mike Chapman]], [[Holly Knight]])</small>'' – 4:12 (single version)
| extra1 = ''Live from Earth''
# "[[We Belong]]" ''<small>([[Lowen & Navarro|Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro]])</small>'' – 3:42 (single version)
| length1 = 5:24
# "We Live for Love" ''<small>([[Neil Giraldo]])</small>'' – 3:58 (remixed version)
| title2 = Promises in the Dark
# "Sex as a Weapon" ''<small>([[Tom Kelly (musician)|Tom Kelly]], [[Billy Steinberg]])</small>'' – 4:19
| writer2 = Giraldo, Benatar
# "[[Invincible (Pat Benatar song)|Invincible]]" (Theme from ''[[The Legend of Billie Jean]]'') ''<small>([[Simon Climie]], Knight)</small>'' – 4:04 (single version)
| extra2 = ''Precious Time''

| length2 = 4:48
;Side two
| title3 = One Love
#<li value="7">"[[Shadows of the Night]]" ''<small>(D. L. Byron)</small>'' – 3:42 (single version)
| writer3 = Giraldo, Myron Grombacher
# "[[Heartbreaker (Pat Benatar song)|Heartbreaker]]" ''<small>(Geoff Gill, Clint Wade)</small>'' – 3:28
| extra3 = ''[[Wide Awake in Dreamland]]'' (1988)
# "[[Fire and Ice (Pat Benatar song)|Fire and Ice]]" ''<small>(Kelly, Scott St. Clair Sheets, [[Pat Benatar]])</small>'' – 3:20
| length3 = 5:12
# "[[Treat Me Right (Pat Benatar song)|Treat Me Right]]" ''<small>(Doug Lubahn, Benatar)</small>'' – 3:28
| title4 = [[All Fired Up (Pat Benatar song)|All Fired Up]]
# "[[If You Think You Know How to Love Me]]" ''<small>(Chapman, [[Nicky Chinn]])</small>'' – 3:47 (single version)
| writer4 = [[Kerryn Tolhurst]], Grombacher, Benatar
# "[[You Better Run]]" ''<small>([[Eddie Brigati]], [[Felix Cavaliere]])</small>'' – 3:04
| 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==
===Original album releases===
{{col-begin}}
* Tracks 4, 8, 11 &mdash; ''[[In the Heat of the Night (Pat Benatar album)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' (1979)
{{col-2}}
* 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)


===Weekly charts===
==Track listing (U.S. Version)==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
# "[[Love Is a Battlefield]]" – 5:24
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Best Shots''
# "Promises in the Dark" ''<small>(Giraldo, Benatar)</small>'' – 4:48
# "One Love" ''<small>(Giraldo, Mryon Grombacher)</small>'' – 5:12
# "[[All Fired Up (Pat Benatar song)|All Fired Up]]" ''<small>([[Kerryn Tolhurst]], Grombacher, Benatar)</small>'' – 4:27
# "We Live for Love" – 3:55
# "[[Hell Is for Children]]" ''<small>(Giraldo, Benatar, Roger Capps)</small>'' – 4:48
# "[[Shadows of the Night]]" – 4:20
# "[[Hit Me with Your Best Shot]]" – 2:51
# "[[We Belong]]" – 3:40
# "[[Invincible (Pat Benatar song)|Invincible]]" – 4:28
# "[[Fire and Ice (Pat Benatar song)|Fire and Ice]]" – 3:20
# "Heartbreaker" – 3:26
# ''Medley:'' "Suffer the Little Children / Hell Is for Children" (Live 1988) ''<small>(Giraldo, Benatar)</small>'' – 6:45
# "Painted Desert" ''<small>(Giraldo, Grombacher)</small>'' – 5:24
# "Outlaw Blues" ''<small>(Giraldo, Grombacher)</small>'' – 4:19 (1989 re-recording)

Tracks 1-12 were on the LP and cassette release

Tracks 13-15 were CD only bonus tracks

===Original album releases===
* Tracks 5, 12 &mdash; ''[[In the Heat of the Night (Pat Benatar album)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' (1979)
* Tracks 6, 8 &mdash; ''[[Crimes of Passion (Pat Benatar album)|Crimes of Passion]]'' (1980)
* Tracks 2, 11 &mdash; ''[[Precious Time (album)|Precious Time]]'' (1981)
* Track 7 &mdash; ''[[Get Nervous]]'' (1982)
* Track 1 &mdash; ''[[Live from Earth]]'' (1983)
* Tracks 9, 14 &mdash; ''[[Tropico (album)|Tropico]]'' (1984)
* Track 10 &mdash; ''[[Seven the Hard Way]]'' (1985)
* Tracks 3, 4 &mdash; ''[[Wide Awake in Dreamland]]'' (1988)
* Track 15 &mdash; An earlier arrangement/recording appears on ''[[Tropico (album)|Tropico]]'' (1984)

== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="2" width="330px"
!align="center"|Year
!align="center"|Chart
!align="center"|Position
|-
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1987–1989)
|align="center"|1987
! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|align="center"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="GB" />
|align="center"|6
|-
|-
! 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>
|align="center"|1988
| 52
|align="center"|New Zealand Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web | url = http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Pat+Benatar&titel=Best+Shots&cat=a | title = Pat Benatar – Best Shots (album) |accessdate = July 27, 2014| work = Charts.org.nz | publisher = [[Media Control Charts]] }}</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|5|artist=Pat Benatar|album=Best Shots|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2019}}
|align="center"|1989
|-
|align="center"|[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] (USA)<ref name="album" />
{{album chart|UK2|6|date=19871101|rowheader=true|access-date=August 21, 2021}}
|align="center"|67
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|67|artist=Pat Benatar|rowheader=true|access-date=August 21, 2021}}
|}
|}
{{col-2}}


===Year-end charts===
== Certifications ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|+ Year-end chart performance for ''Best Shots''
|-
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1987)
|'''Country'''
! scope="col"| Position
|'''Organization
|'''Year'''
|'''Sales'''
|-
|United Kingdom
|[[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]
|1987
|Platinum (+ 300,000)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx| title = BPI Certified Awards Searchable Database | accessdate = July 25, 2014 | publisher = [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]| quote= search under artist for 'Pat Benatar'}}</ref>
|-
|USA
|[[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]
|2001
|Platinum (+ 1,000,000)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=RIAA Searchable database: search for "Benatar" |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |accessdate=July 18, 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|-
! 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>
| 61
|}
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{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}}
{{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}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Pat Benatar|title=Best Shots|award=Platinum|certyear=2001|relyear=1987|accessdate=November 24, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}


==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:47, 23 November 2024

Best Shots
Greatest hits album by
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

[edit]

European version

[edit]
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.