Heartbreaker (Pat Benatar song)

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"Heartbreaker"
Single by Pat Benatar
from the album In the Heat of the Night
A-side Heartbreaker
B-side "My Clone Sleeps Alone"
Released October 24, 1979
Format 7"
Recorded 1979
Genre Hard Rock
Label Chrysalis Records
Producer Mike Chapman, Peter Coleman

"Heartbreaker" is a song recorded by Pat Benatar on her 1979 album In the Heat of the Night. Written and composed by Geoff Gill and Clint Wade, it reached number twenty-three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[1] It is a staple of her live shows.

The song is featured as downloadable content for the music video game series Rock Band,[2] and is a playable song for the game Guitar Hero: World Tour. The song is a playable song for the game Karaoke Revolution: Presents American Idol, as well as downloadable content for its sequel, American Idol Encore. Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for their 1982 album Chipmunk Rock. Former American Idol finalist Allison Iraheta regularly covers the song as part of her set on the Glam Nation Tour.[3] This song was also performed by Benatar and her band in the Charmed episode "Lucky Charmed".

The song was named the 72nd best hard rock song of all time by VH1.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Tween Band The Pop Rocks performed a parody as a Steelers fan song in January, 2009[4] A parody version was sung by Silas Weir Mitchell's character Donny Jones in the My Name Is Earl episode "The Birthday Party."

[edit] References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 57. 
  2. ^ "Heartbreaker by Pat Benatar // Songs // Rock Band®". Rockband.com. 2009-03-31. http://www.rockband.com/songs/heartbreaker. Retrieved 2012-02-20. 
  3. ^ "Iraheta happy in support mode for 'big brother' Lambert". http://www.nctimes.com/entertainment/music/article_33c85efe-da76-581c-94ad-54d6622baab6.html. Retrieved August 6, 2010. 
  4. ^ Mervis, Scott (2009-01-23). "Kid rockers tackle Steelers song". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09023/943837-388.stm. 
Pat Benatar
Studio albums
Compilations
  • Coxon's Army Live from Sam Miller's Exchange Cafe
  • Pat Benatar Hit Videos
  • Pat Benatar in Concert
  • Pat Benatar The Visual Music Collection
  • Best Shots
  • Benatar All Fired Up the very best of Pat Benatar
  • Pat Benatar Heartbreaker Sixteen Classic Performances
  • Back to Back Hits Blondie Pat Benatar
  • Pat Benatar Eight-Fifteen-Eighty
  • Pat Benatar All-Time Greatest Hits
  • Synchronistic Wanderings: Recorded Anthology 1979-1999
  • Extended Versions Pat Benatar The Encore Collection
  • Best of Volume 1 and 2
  • Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo Summer Vacation Tour Book DVD
  • Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo Summer Vacation Soundtrack
  • Classic Masters Pat Benatar
  • Choice Cuts Pat Benatar The complete video collection
  • From the Front Row...Live Pat Benatar
  • Best of Pat Benatar Vol.1 and Vol.2
  • Pat Benatar Greatest Hits Live
  • Greatest Hits
  • Pat Benatar Ultimate Collection
  • Pat Benatar Collector's Edition
Import compilations
Singles
  • "Day Gig"
  • "I Need a Lover"
  • "If You Think You Know How to Love Me"
  • "Heartbreaker"
  • "We Live for Love"
  • "Rated X"
  • "You Better Run"
  • "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
  • "Treat Me Right"
  • "I'm Gonna Follow You"
  • "Hell Is for Children"
  • "Fire and Ice"
  • "Promises in the Dark"
  • "Precious Time"
  • "It's a Tuff Life"
  • "Shadows of the Night"
  • "Anxiety (Get Nervous)"
  • "Little Too Late"
  • "Looking for a Stranger"
  • "Love Is a Battlefield"
  • "Lipstick Lies"
  • "We Belong"
  • "Diamond Field"
  • "Ooh Ooh Song"
  • "Temporary Heroes"
  • "Painted Desert"
  • "Invincible (Theme from The Legend of Billie Jean)"
  • "Sex As a Weapon"
  • "Le Bel Age"
  • "Big Life"
  • "All Fired Up"
  • "Don't Walk Away"
  • "Let's Stay Together"
  • "One Love"
  • "True Love"
  • "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss"
  • "So Long"
  • "Everybody Lay Down"
  • "Somebody's Baby"
  • "Crazy"
  • "Every Time I Fall Back"
  • "Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet)"
  • "At This Time"
  • "Papa's Roses"
  • "Christmas in America"
  • "Have It All"
  • "Go"


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