Best Shots

Best Shots
Greatest hits album by Pat Benatar
Released	October 26, 1987 (Europe) November 1989 (US)
Recorded	1979–1988
Genre	Rock, hard rock, pop rock
Length	67:42
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Neil Giraldo, Peter Coleman, Keith Olsen, Mike Chapman
Pat Benatar chronology
Seven the Hard Way (1985) Best Shots (1987) Wide Awake in Dreamland (1988)
US edition cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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,^[2] two years after the album peaked at No. 6 in the UK.^[3]

Track listing (European Version)

Side one

1. "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (Eddie Schwartz) – 2:51 (single version)
2. "Love Is a Battlefield" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight) – 4:12 (single version)
3. "We Belong" (Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro) – 3:42 (single version)
4. "We Live for Love" (Neil Giraldo) – 3:58 (remixed version)
5. "Sex as a Weapon" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 4:19
6. "Invincible" (Theme from The Legend of Billie Jean) (Simon Climie, Knight) – 4:04 (single version)

Side two

7. "Shadows of the Night" (D. L. Byron) – 3:42 (single version)
8. "Heartbreaker" (Geoff Gill, Clint Wade) – 3:28
9. "Fire and Ice" (Kelly, Scott St. Clair Sheets, Pat Benatar) – 3:20
10. "Treat Me Right" (Doug Lubahn, Benatar) – 3:28
11. "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" (Chapman, Nicky Chinn) – 3:47 (single version)
12. "You Better Run" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere) – 3:04

Original album releases

• Tracks 4, 8, 11 – In the Heat of the Night (1979)
• Tracks 1, 10, 12 – Crimes of Passion (1980)
• Track 9 – Precious Time (1981)
• Track 7 – Get Nervous (1982)
• Track 2 – Live from Earth (1983)
• Track 3 – Tropico (1984)
• Tracks 5, 6 – Seven the Hard Way (1985)

Track listing (U.S. Version)

1. "Love Is a Battlefield" – 5:24
2. "Promises in the Dark" (Giraldo, Benatar) – 4:48
3. "One Love" (Giraldo, Mryon Grombacher) – 5:12
4. "All Fired Up" (Kerryn Tolhurst, Grombacher, Benatar) – 4:27
5. "We Live for Love" – 3:55
6. "Hell Is for Children" (Giraldo, Benatar, Roger Capps) – 4:48
7. "Shadows of the Night" – 4:20
8. "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" – 2:51
9. "We Belong" – 3:40
10. "Invincible" – 4:28
11. "Fire and Ice" – 3:20
12. "Heartbreaker" – 3:26
13. Medley: "Suffer the Little Children / Hell Is for Children" (Live 1988) (Giraldo, Benatar) – 6:45
14. "Painted Desert" (Giraldo, Grombacher) – 5:24
15. "Outlaw Blues" (Giraldo, Grombacher) – 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 – In the Heat of the Night (1979)
• Tracks 6, 8 – Crimes of Passion (1980)
• Tracks 2, 11 – Precious Time (1981)
• Track 7 – Get Nervous (1982)
• Track 1 – Live from Earth (1983)
• Tracks 9, 14 – Tropico (1984)
• Track 10 – Seven the Hard Way (1985)
• Tracks 3, 4 – Wide Awake in Dreamland (1988)
• Track 15 – An earlier arrangement/recording appears on Tropico (1984)

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1987	UK Albums Chart[3]	6
1988	New Zealand Albums Chart[4]	5
1989	Billboard 200 (USA)[2]	67

Certifications

Country	Organization	Year	Sales
United Kingdom	BPI	1987	Platinum (+ 300,000)[5]
USA	RIAA	2001	Platinum (+ 1,000,000)[6]

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pat Benatar - Best Shots review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
2. "Best Shots Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
3. "Artist Chart History – Pat Benatar". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
4. "Pat Benatar – Best Shots (album)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
5. "BPI Certified Awards Searchable Database". BPI. Archived from the original on October 27, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2014. search under artist for 'Pat Benatar'
6. "RIAA Searchable database: search for "Benatar"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 18, 2014.