{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox album | name = Get Nervous | type = studio | artist = Pat Benatar | cover = Get nervous.jpg | alt = photo scene of Pat Benatar with teased hair wearing a straightjacket looking very surprised, seated on the floor in a padded room | border = yes | released = October 29, 1982 | recorded = 1982 | studio = MCA Whitney Studios in Glendale, California | genre = * Rock * hard rock | length = 39:07 | label = Chrysalis | producer = Neil Giraldo, Peter Coleman | prev_title = Precious Time | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = Live from Earth | next_year = 1983 | misc = {{Singles | name = Get Nervous | type = studio | single1 = Shadows of the Night | single1date = September 21, 1982 | single2 = Little Too Late | single2date = January 19, 1983 | single3 = Looking for a Stranger | single3date = April 23, 1983 | single4 = Anxiety (Get Nervous) | single4date = July 1983 <small>(Europe only)</small> }} }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/get-nervous-mw0000649881 |title=Pat Benatar - Get Nervous review |last=Henderson |first=Alex |work=AllMusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |accessdate=July 21, 2014 }}</ref> |rev2 = ''Rolling Stone'' |rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/patbenatar/albums/album/321356/review/5940551/get_nervous |title=Album Reviews: Pat Benatar - Get Nervous |last=Schneider |first=Mitchell |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 25, 1982 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415220059/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/patbenatar/albums/album/321356/review/5940551/get_nervous |archivedate=April 15, 2008 |accessdate=July 21, 2014 }}</ref> | noprose = yes }}
'''''Get Nervous''''' is the fourth studio album by American rock singer Pat Benatar, released in October 1982. It debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart the week ending November 20 and peaked at No. 4, staying on the charts for 46 weeks.<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 |accessdate=March 21, 2018 }}</ref>
Three songs from the album were released as singles: "Shadows of the Night", "Little Too Late", and "Looking for a Stranger" all reached the US Top 40.<ref name="singles" >{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/pat-benatar/chart-history/hsi/ |title=Pat Benatar Chart History: Hot 100 |work=Billboard.com |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=March 21, 2018 }}</ref> In 1983, "Shadows of the Night" garnered Benatar her third Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M3EjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6072,4942573&dq|title=Toto Tops Grammy Nominees|date=January 12, 1983|accessdate=June 4, 2010|work=Pittsburgh Press|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company}}</ref>
This is the first Pat Benatar album to feature Charlie Giordano on keyboards, as guitarist Scott St. Clair Sheets left after ''Precious Time'' was released.
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Side one | title1 = Shadows of the Night | writer1 = David Leigh Byron | length1 = 4:20 | title2 = Looking for a Stranger | writer2 = Franne Golde, Peter McIan | length2 = 3:24 | title3 = Anxiety (Get Nervous) | writer3 = Neil Giraldo, Billy Steinberg | length3 = 3:42 | title4 = Fight It Out | writer4 = Giraldo, Steinberg | length4 = 3:56 | title5 = The Victim | writer5 = Giraldo, Steinberg | length5 = 4:43 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title6 = Little Too Late | writer6 = Alex Call | length6 = 4:06 | title7 = I'll Do It | writer7 = Giraldo, Pat Benatar | length7 = 4:09 | title8 = I Want Out | writer8 = Giraldo, Steinberg | length8 = 3:43 | title9 = Tell It to Her | writer9 = Roger Bruno, Ellen Schwartz | length9 = 3:44 | title10 = Silent Partner | writer10 = Giraldo, Myron Grombacher | length10 = 3:45 }}
==Personnel==
===Musicians=== *Pat Benatar – lead vocals *Neil Giraldo – guitars, backing vocals, producer *Charlie Giordano – keyboards *Roger Capps – bass, backing vocals *Myron Grombacher – drums
===Production=== *Peter Coleman – producer *Dave Hernandez – assistant engineer *Steve Hall – mastering
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''Get Nervous'' |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1982–1983) ! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |edition=illustrated |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |publisher=Australian Chart Book |year=1993 |pages=32–33 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> | 15 |- {{album chart|Canada|16|chartid=6189a|rowheader=true|access-date=August 21, 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite book |last=AA.VV. |title=Album Chart-Book Complete Edition 1970~2005 |location=Tokyo |publisher=Oricon |date=April 25, 2006 |isbn=978-487-1-31077-2}}</ref> | 48 |- {{album chart|New Zealand|15|artist=Pat Benatar|album=Get Nervous|rowheader=true|access-date=August 30, 2019}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|18|artist=Pat Benatar|album=Get Nervous|rowheader=true|access-date=July 21, 2014}} |- {{album chart|UK2|73|date=19830130|rowheader=true|access-date=August 20, 2021}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|4|artist=Pat Benatar|rowheader=true|access-date=August 21, 2021}} |- ! scope="row"| US Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT29 |title=Rock Albums |magazine=Billboard |volume=94 |issue=51 |date=December 25, 1982 |page=30 |issn=0006-2510 |via=Google Books}}</ref> | 3 |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for ''Get Nervous'' |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1983) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4435&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4435.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4435 |title=The Top Albums of 1983 |magazine=RPM |volume=39 |issue=17 |date=December 24, 1983 |page=15 |issn=0033-7064 |via=Library and Archives Canada}}</ref> | 87 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1983/top-billboard-200-albums |title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1983 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref> | 16 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{certification Table Top}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Pat Benatar|title=Get Nervous|award=Gold|certyear=1982|relyear=1982|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/aNf84lX.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)|via=Imgur.com|access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref>}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Pat Benatar|title=Get Nervous|award=Platinum|certyear=1983|relyear=1982|accessdate=November 19, 2019}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=Pat Benatar|title=Get Nervous|award=Gold|certyear=1983|relyear=1982|source=infodisc|access-date=26 November 2021}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Pat Benatar|title=Get Nervous|award=Gold|id=1983-01-28|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1982}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Pat Benatar|title=Get Nervous|award=Platinum|certyear=1983|relyear=1982|accessdate=November 19, 2019}} {{Certification Table Bottom}}
==In popular culture== *Alvin and the Chipmunks covered "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" for their 1985 ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' episode "Court Action." *Disney Channel-star Ashley Tisdale recorded a version "Shadows of the Night" for the film ''Picture This'' (2008). *R&B vocalist Mary J. Blige sings "Shadows of the Night" in the film ''Rock of Ages'' of 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://screenrant.com/mary-j-blige-rock-ages-the-help-rothc-123043/ |title=Mary J. Blige Talks 'Rock Of Ages' & 'The Help' |last=Cornet |first=Roth |publisher=Screen Rant.com |date=August 7, 2013 |accessdate=July 21, 2014 |archive-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203041534/http://screenrant.com/mary-j-blige-rock-ages-the-help-rothc-123043/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also== *"No Reins" lawsuit
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=779752 "Get Nervous" at discogs]
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