Pat Benatar discography
| Pat Benatar discography | |
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| Studio albums | 12 |
| Soundtrack albums | numerous |
| Live albums | 12 |
| Compilation albums | 27 |
| Tribute albums | 4 |
| Singles | 39 |
| Video albums | 6 |
| Music videos | 34 |
This is the discography of American singer Pat Benatar. It consists of 12 studio albums, 9 live albums, 27 compilation albums, 39 singles, and 34 music videos. She has sold more than 25 million records worldwide.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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| US | UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
SWE | NED | SWI | FRA | GER | CAN | |||||
| In the Heat of the Night | 12 | 98 | 25 | — | — | — | 20 | — | 3 |
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| Crimes of Passion |
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2 | — | 16 | 27 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
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| Precious Time |
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1 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 46 | — | 3 | 57 | 2 |
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| Get Nervous |
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4 | 73 | 15 | 18 | — | — | 14 | — | 16 |
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| Live from Earth |
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13 | 60 | 2 | 45 | 4 | — | 22 | 7 | 25 |
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| Tropico |
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14 | 31 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 21 |
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| Seven the Hard Way |
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26 | 69 | 19 | 32 | — | — | — | 42 | 36 |
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| Wide Awake in Dreamland |
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28 | 11 | 13 | 33 | — | — | — | 47 | 11 |
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| True Love |
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37 | 40 | 53 | 30 | 52 | 39 | — | — | 22 |
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| Gravity's Rainbow |
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85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 |
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| Innamorata |
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171 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Go |
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187 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.| | |||||||||||||
Compilations
| Year | Album | U.S. | UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
Additional information |
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| 1974 | Coxon's Army Live from Sam Miller's Exchange Cafe | — | — | — | Pat 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. |
| 1984 | Pat Benatar Hit Videos | — | — | — | 1 VHS tape featuring 4 music videos; also included is 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 is an easter egg. |
| 1985 | Pat Benatar in Concert | — | — | — | 1 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". DVD is missing final track "Little Paradise". |
| 1987 | Pat Benatar The Visual Music Collection | — | — | — | 1 VHS tape featuring 12 music videos through 1987, including the unreleased "Painted Desert". |
| 1989 | Best Shots | 67 | 6 | 19 | Greatest hits compilation issued internationally(1 CD), 1987. Completely different release(1 CD) by same title issued in the US, 1989. US release re-issued in 2003(1 CD/1 DVD) with the DVD Choice Cuts Pat Benatar the complete video collection. |
| 1994 | Benatar All Fired Up the very best of Pat Benatar | — | — | — | 2 CD compilation featuring remastered greatest hits, mostly edit versions. Last album released by Chrysalis Records. Issued in the UK with a different cover. |
| 1996 | Pat Benatar Heartbreaker Sixteen Classic Performances | — | — | — | 1 CD featuring hits, album and 2 unreleased live tracks. |
| Back to Back Hits Blondie Pat Benatar | — | — | — | 1 CD featuring 5 hits from both artists. Re-issued with 4 different covers. | |
| 1998 | Pat Benatar Eight-Fifteen-Eighty | — | — | — | 1 CD featuring live tracks from 1980. |
| 1999 | Pat Benatar All-Time Greatest Hits | — | — | — | 3-CD box set featuring hits, album and live tracks. |
| Synchronistic Wanderings: Recorded Anthology 1979-1999 | — | — | — | 3-CD box set featuring hits, album tracks, soundtrack and previously unreleased rarities. | |
| 2000 | Extended Versions Pat Benatar The Encore Collection | — | — | — | 1 CD featuring hits and album tracks from King Biscuit Flower Hour. |
| 2001 | Best of Volume 1 and 2 | — | — | — | 2 CDs featuring hits and album tracks. Released separately and together. |
| Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo Summer Vacation Tour Book DVD | — | — | — | 1 DVD featuring 15 live tracks including 4 new songs-originally released to fanclub members with different packaging but same track listing. | |
| Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo Summer Vacation Soundtrack | — | — | — | 1 CD 15-track live concert featuring 4 new songs-originally released to fanclub members with different packaging and additional tracks on 2 CDs. | |
| 2002 | Classic Masters Pat Benatar | — | — | — | 1 CD featuring remastered hits and album tracks. |
| 2003 | Choice Cuts Pat Benatar The complete video collection | — | — | — | 1 DVD featuring 25 music videos plus 4 bonus tracks and an easter egg. DVD sales of 10,000 plus.[8] |
| From the Front Row...Live Pat Benatar | — | — | — | 1 DVD-Audio disc playable on most DVD players featuring a collection of remastered live tracks. | |
| 2004 | Best of Pat Benatar Vol.1 and Vol.2 | — | — | — | 2 CDs featuring hits and album tracks released as separate CDs. Re-issued in 2008 "Green Series". |
| Pat Benatar Greatest Hits Live | — | — | — | 1 CD recorded live in Austin, Texas 1981, from King Biscuit Flower Hour. | |
| 2005 | Greatest Hits | 47 | — | — | 1 CD 20-track comprehensive hit singles collection. Re-issued in 2007(2 CD/1 DVD) with Live from Earth CD and the DVD Choice Cuts Pat Benatar the complete video collection. Re-issued 2008 "Green Series". Re-issued 2010 Live Life Greener Merch Box(includes green bag). |
| 2008 | Ultimate Collection | — | — | — | 2-CD 40 tracks, featuring an acoustic version of "Everytime I Fall Back" from an appearance on the soap, "The Young and the Restless"; digital collection |
| 2009 | Pat Benatar Collector's Edition | — | — | — | 3-CD compilation in a tin packaging released by Madacy Records |
| 10 Great Songs | 123 | — | — | 1-CD compilation | |
| 2013 | Icons | — | — | — | 1-CD compilation |
| 2014 | Millennium 20th Century Masters Pat Benatar | — | — | — | 1-CD compilation |
| 2015 | 35th Anniversary Tour (Live) | — | — | — | 1 and 2 CD live compilation |
Worldwide compilations
| Year | Album | US | Canada | AUS [2] |
Additional information |
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| 1987 | Best Shots | 67 | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits release. |
| 1994 | Greatest Hits | 47 | — | — | 1-CD 16 tracks Canadian release greatest hits. Polytel/EMI. |
| Pat Benatar The Very Best of | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits release. France 2 X Gold | |
| 1996 | Pat Benatar The Very Best of Volume 2 | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits release. |
| 1998 | In the Heat of the Night/Tropico | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release |
| In the Heat of the Night/Crimes of Passion | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release | |
| 1999 | Precious Time/Get Nervous | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release |
| Tropico/Seven the Hard Way | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release | |
| Innamorata/8-15-80 | — | — | — | 2-CD combination release | |
| 2001 | Premium Gold Collection | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits |
| The Collection | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits | |
| 2002 | The Divine | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits |
| The Very Best Album Ever | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits | |
| In the Heat of the Night | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits live | |
| Concert Classics | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits live | |
| 2004 | Live from Earth/Wide Awake in Dreamland | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release |
| 2008 | Pat Benatar Live on Air | — | — | — | DVD release PAL format of the 1983 US Festival plus Hit Me With Your Best Shot and Hell is for Children live from Fridays TV Series. |
| Pat Benatar Live in America | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits live, same track listing as Concert Classics. | |
| 2009 | Pat Benatar Essential | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits |
| 2010 | True Love/Gravity's Rainbow | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release |
| 2011 | Best Shots/Wide Awake in Dreamland | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release |
| Pat Benatar Performance | — | — | — | 1-CD remastered release | |
| 2017 | Pat Benatar 5 Classic Albums | — | — | — | 5-CD remastered release |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| US [9] |
US Main [9] |
CAN [10] |
UK [1] |
NED [11] |
SWI [12] |
AUS [2] |
NZ [13] | |||||||
| 1974 | "Day Gig" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||||
| 1979 | "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | In the Heat of the Night | ||||
| "Heartbreaker" | 23 | — | 16 | — | — | — | 95 | 14 | ||||||
| 1980 | "We Live for Love" | 27 | — | 8 | — | — | — | 28 | 26 | |||||
| "I Need a Lover" | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Rated X" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "You Better Run" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 42 | Crimes of Passion | |||||
| "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" | 9 | — | 10 | — | — | — | 33 | — | ||||||
| "Treat Me Right" | 18 | 31 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1981 | "Fire and Ice" | 17 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 30 | 22 | Precious Time | ||||
| "Promises in the Dark" | 38 | 16 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1982 | "Shadows of the Night" | 13 | 3 | 12 | 50 | — | — | 19 | 32 | Get Nervous | ||||
| 1983 | "Little Too Late" | 20 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Looking for a Stranger" | 39 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Love Is a Battlefield" | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 6 | Live from Earth | |||||
| 1984 | "We Belong"[A] | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 7 | Tropico | ||||
| "Painted Desert" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1985 | "Ooh Ooh Song" | 36 | 22 | 89 | — | — | — | 78 | 41 | |||||
| "Diamond Field" | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Temporary Heroes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Invincible" | 10 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 18 | — | 23 | 15 | Seven the Hard Way | |||||
| "Sex as a Weapon" | 28 | 5 | 30 | 67 | — | — | 33 | 26 | ||||||
| 1986 | "Le Bel Age" | 54 | 19 | — | — | — | — | 86 | — | |||||
| 1988 | "All Fired Up" | 19 | 2 | 8 | 19 | — | — | 2 | 20 | Wide Awake in Dreamland | ||||
| "Don't Walk Away" | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | 61 | 48 | ||||||
| "Let's Stay Together" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1989 | "One Love" | — | — | — | 59 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1991 | "True Love" | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | True Love | ||||
| "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss" | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1993 | "Everybody Lay Down" | — | 3 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | Gravity's Rainbow | ||||
| "Somebody's Baby" | — | — | 41 | 48 | — | — | 90 | 36 | ||||||
| 1997 | "Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Innamorata | ||||
| 2003 | "Have It All" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Go | ||||
| "Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Sorry" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2015 | "Promises In The Dark (live)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35th Anniversary tour (Pat Benatar album) | ||||
| "One December Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |||||
| 2017 | "Shine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
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- Notes
- A^ "We Belong" also peaked at #34 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.
Other charted songs, B-sides, soundtracks
| Year | Song | Peak positions | Album |
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| US AC[9] | |||
| 1988 | "Jimmy Says" | — | Free to Be a Family |
| 1997 | "Cry for Love" | — | Promo single; B-side of "Strawberry Wine" |
| 1998 | "Love Is a Battlefield" (with Queen Latifah) | — | Small Soldiers Soundtrack |
| 2001 | "Christmas in America" | 22 | Go |
| 2000 | "Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" | — | Disney's An Extremely Goofy Movie Dance Party! |
Music videos
| Year | Video | Information |
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| 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" | |
| "Promises in the Dark" | ||
| "Precious Time" | ||
| 1982 | "Shadows of the Night" | |
| "Anxiety" | ||
| "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 The Legend of Billie Jean |
| "Sex as a Weapon" | 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 "35 Anniversary Tour" |
| 2015 | "Love Is A Battlefield" | live video from "35 Anniversary Tour" |
| 2017 | "Shine" | in support of the Shine Together Movement |
References
- ^ a b c "Official Charts > Pat Benatar". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Australian chart peaks:
- Top 100 (Australian Music Report) singles and albums peaks to June 26, 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. pp. 32–33. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- Top 50 (ARIA Chart) singles peaks from June 26, 1988: "australian-charts.com > Pat Benatar > Singles". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- Top 50 (ARIA Chart) albums peaks from June 26, 1988: "australian-charts.com > Pat Benatar > Albums". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
- "Don't Walk Away" (ARIA Chart) peak: "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received January 17, 2014". imgur.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - Top 100 (ARIA Chart) singles and albums peaks from June 26, 1988 (including those between 51-100 from January 1990): Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ a b c d e f g h . RIAA http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Wrap&artist=Pat%20Benatar&format=ALBUM&go=Search&perPage=50. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b c d e f g "Gold Platinum Search for Pat Benatar". Music Canada. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Les Certifications depuis 1973 : search for Benatar P." (in French). Infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
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- ^ a b "Gold Platinum Search for Pat Benatar CD". Music Canada. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
- ^ Billboard "Ask Billboard".
- ^ a b c "Billboard chart positions > singles". allmusic.
- ^ "Search results for "Pat Benatar"". RPM.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Dutch charts portal - Pat Benatar". dutch charts.nl.
- ^ "Hit Parade - Pat Benatar". hit parade.ch.
- ^ "New Zealand charts portal - Pat Benatar". charts.org.nz.
