Pat Benatar discography
ArtistPat Benatar
Studio11
Live12
Compilation27
Video7
Tribute4
Singles40
Music videos36

This is the discography of American singer Pat Benatar. It consists of 11 studio albums, nine live albums, 27 compilation albums, 39 singles and 34 music videos.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionCertifications
US
[1]
AUS
[2][3]
CAN
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NED
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
UK
[11]
In the Heat of the Night1225320898*
Crimes of Passion
  • Release date: August 5, 1980
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, 8-track, cassette, CD
21622627
Precious Time
  • Release date: July 6, 1981
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, 8-track, cassette, CD
182357462930
Get Nervous
  • Release date: October 29, 1982
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, Cassette, CD
4151614151873
Tropico
  • Release date: November 1, 1984
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, Cassette, CD
149211626237192131
Seven the Hard Way
  • Release date: November 13, 1985
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, Cassette, CD
2619364223369
Wide Awake in Dreamland
  • Release date: July 4, 1988
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, Cassette, CD
28131147153311
True Love
  • Release date: April 9, 1991
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, Cassette, CD
3753225230303940
Gravity's Rainbow
  • Release date: June 1, 1993
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, Cassette, CD
8513044
Innamorata171
Go
  • Release date: August 12, 2003
  • Label: Bel Chiasso
  • Format: CD
187
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

* Benatar's debut album, In the Heat of the Night, did not chart in the UK following its original release, but charted in 1985 after it was re-released by Chrysalis Records.

Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionCertifications
US
[1]
AUS
[2][3]
CAN
[22]
FRA
[23]
GER
[24]
NED
[25]
NZ
[8]
SWE
[26]
UK
[11]
Live from Earth
  • Release date: September 22, 1983
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record, cassette, CD
132252274124560
8-15-80[28]
Concert Classics
  • Released: July 1998
  • Label: Ranch Life
  • Format: CD (CRANCH 6)
Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: March 14, 2000
  • Label: King Biscuit Flower Hour Records
  • Format: CD (70710-88054-2)
From The Front Row... Live!
  • Release date: May 25, 2003
  • Label: Silverline
  • Format: DVD-Audio (288150-9)
35th Anniversary Tour
(with Neil Giraldo)
  • Release date: April 28, 2015
  • Label: Mailboat Records
  • Format: 2×CD+DVD (MBD 8500), DVD (MBDVD 8501), 2×CD (MBD 8502)
[A]

Compilations

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertificationsAdditional information
US
[1]
UK
[11]
AUS
[2][3]
NZ
[8]
1974Coxon's Army: Live from Sam Miller's Exchange CafePat 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.
1989Best Shots676195Greatest hits compilation issued internationally (one CD), 1987. Completely different release (one CD) by same title issued in the US, 1989. US release re-issued in 2003 (one CD/one DVD) with the DVD Choice Cuts: Pat Benatar - The Complete Video Collection.
1994Greatest HitsCanadian one-CD greatest hits release with 16 tracks. Polytel/EMI
All Fired Up: The Very Best of Pat Benatar2Two-CD compilation featuring remastered greatest hits, mostly edit versions. Last album released by Chrysalis Records. Issued in the UK with a different cover.
1996Pat Benatar: Heartbreaker - Sixteen Classic PerformancesOne CD featuring hits, album and two unreleased live tracks.
Back to Back Hits: Blondie/Pat BenatarOne CD featuring five hits from both artists. Re-issued four more times with four different covers each time.
Pat Benatar The Very Best of Volume 2One-CD greatest hits release
1998In the Heat of the Night/TropicoTwo-CD remastered release
In the Heat of the Night/Crimes of PassionTwo-CD remastered release
1999Pat Benatar All-Time Greatest HitsThree-CD box set featuring hits, album and live tracks.
Synchronistic Wanderings: Recorded Anthology 1979-1999Three-CD box set featuring hits, album tracks, soundtrack and previously unreleased rarities.
Precious Time/Get NervousTwo-CD remastered release
Tropico/Seven the Hard WayTwo-CD remastered release
Innamorata/Eight-Fifteen-EightyTwo-CD combination release
2000Extended Versions: Pat Benatar - The Encore CollectionOne CD featuring hits and album tracks from the King Biscuit Flower Hour.
2001Best of Pat Benatar Volume 1 and Volume 2Two CDs featuring hits and album tracks. Released both separately and together.
Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo: Summer Vacation Tour Book DVDOne DVD featuring 15 live tracks including four new songs-originally released to fan club members with different packaging but same track listing.
Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo: Summer Vacation SoundtrackOne CD 15-track live concert album featuring four new songs-originally released to fan club members with different packaging and additional tracks on two CDs.
Premium Gold CollectionOne-CD greatest hits release
The CollectionOne-CD greatest hits release
2004Best of Pat Benatar Volume 1 and Volume 2Two CDs featuring hits and album tracks; previously released as two separate CDs. Re-issued in the 2008 "Green Series".
Live from Earth/Wide Awake in DreamlandTwo-CD remastered release
2005Greatest Hits4726One CD 20-track comprehensive hit singles collection. Re-issued in 2007 (two CDs/one DVD) with the CD Live from Earth and the DVD Choice Cuts: Pat Benatar: The Complete Video Collection. Re-issued in the 2008 "Green Series". Re-issued 2010 in the Live Life Greener Merch Box (includes green bag).
2008Ultimate CollectionTwo-CD compilation with 40 tracks, featuring an acoustic version of "Everytime I Fall Back" from an appearance on the soap opera The Young and the Restless; digital collection
2009Pat Benatar Collector's EditionThree-CD compilation in a tin packaging released by Madacy Records
10 Great Songs123One-CD compilation
Pat Benatar EssentialOne-CD greatest hits release
2010True Love/Gravity's RainbowTwo-CD remastered release
2011Best Shots/Wide Awake in DreamlandTwo-CD remastered release
Pat Benatar PerformanceOne-CD remastered release
2013IconsOne-CD compilation
2014The Best of Pat Benatar: 20th Century Masters/The Millennium CollectionOne-CD compilation
2014The One and Only CD: Pat Benatar the Very Best OfOne-CD compilation different track listing than the European very best of
2017Pat Benatar: 5 Classic AlbumsFive-CD remastered release. Includes the albums In the Heat of the Night, Crimes of Passion, Get Nervous, Tropico and Wide Awake in Dreamland

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[29]
US Main
[30]
AUS
[2][3]
BEL (FLA)
[31]
CAN
[32]
NED
[33]
NZ
[34]
SWI
[35]
UK
[11]
1974"Day Gig" b/w "Last Saturday"
1979"I Need a Lover"2431In the Heat of the Night
"If You Think You Know How to Love Me"
"Heartbreaker"23951814[B]
1980"We Live for Love"2728826[C]
"Rated X"
"I'm Gonna Follow You"Crimes of Passion
"You Better Run"42317642
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot"93310[D]
"Treat Me Right"183112
1981"Fire and Ice"17230422[E]Precious Time
"Promises in the Dark"381631
1982"Shadows of the Night"13329123283Get Nervous
1983"Little Too Late"2038
"Looking for a Stranger"394
"Anxiety (Get Nervous)"
"Love Is a Battlefield"51112161149Live from Earth
"Lipstick Lies"
1984"We Belong"5[F]37168137522
  • MC: Gold
Tropico
"Painted Desert"
1985"Ooh Ooh Song"3622788941
"Temporary Heroes"
"Love Is a Battlefield" (re-release)17
"Shadows of the Night" (re-release)50Get Nervous
"Invincible"1042396181553Seven the Hard Way
"Sex as a Weapon"28533302667
1986"Le Bel Age"54198692
1988"All Fired Up"1922192019Wide Awake in Dreamland
"Don't Walk Away"4461634842
"Let's Stay Together"
1989"One Love"16659
1991"True Love"1072195True Love
"Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss"17
"So Long"
1993"Somebody's Baby"90413648Gravity's Rainbow
"Everybody Lay Down"350
"Crazy"
1997"Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet)"Innamorata
"At This Time"
"Papa's Roses"
2003"Have It All"Go
"Go"
"Sorry"
2015"Promises in the Dark" (Live)35th Anniversary Tour (Live)
"One December Night"Non-album singles
2017"Shine"
"Dancing Through the Wreckage"[G]Served Like a Girl Soundtrack
2020"Together"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Notes

  1. ^ 35th Anniversary Tour did not enter the Billboard 200, but reached number 21 on the Independent albums chart, number 38 on the Top Rock Albums chart and number 38 on the Top Rock & Alternative albums chart.[46]
  2. ^ "Heartbreaker" did not enter the official UK singles chart, but reached number 94 on the Record Business chart.[47]
  3. ^ "We Live for Love" did not enter the official UK singles chart, but reached number 115 on the Record Business chart.[48]
  4. ^ "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" did not enter the official UK singles chart, but reached number 112 on the Record Business chart.[49]
  5. ^ "Fire and Ice" did not enter the official UK singles chart, but reached number 59 on the Record Business chart.[50]
  6. ^ "We Belong" also peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
  7. ^ "Dancing Through the Wreckage" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Other charted songs, B-sides, soundtracks

YearSongPeak positionsAlbum
US AC
[36]
US Main
[30]
1981"Take It Anyway You Want It"32Precious Time
"Just Like Me"15Precious Time
1982"The Victim"23Get Nervous
1984"Here's My Heart"Metropolis Soundtrack
"Diamond Field"20Tropico
1987"Sometimes the Good Guys Finish First"The Secret of My Success: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
1988"Jimmy Says"Free to Be a Family
1993"Temptation"B-side of "Somebody's Baby"
1997"Cry for Love"Promo single; B-side of "Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet)"
1998"Love Is a Battlefield" (with Queen Latifah)Small Soldiers Soundtrack
2001"Christmas in America"22Go
2000"Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades"Disney's An Extremely Goofy Movie Dance Party!
2013"Passion"Jello Fruit commercial

Video releases

TitleDetailsNotes
Hit VideosIncludes music videos for "Anxiety (Get Nervous)", "Lipstick Lies", "Shadows of the Night" and "Love is a Battlefield", as well as a "making-of" feature for "Love is a Battlefield".[37]
In Concert
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: RCA/Columbia Pictures (VHS) / Pioneer Artists (Laserdisc)
  • Formats: VHS (60305), Laserdisc (PA-85-090)
Recorded live at New Haven Coliseum in 1982.
Includes music video for "Love is a Battlefield" (1985 release only).[38]
Re-issued by Rhino Entertainment on VHS and DVD in 1998 and 1999 under the title of Live In New Haven.[39][40]
The Visual Music Collection
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Chrysalis/Vestron MusicVideo Inc.
  • Formats: VHS (1073), Laserdisc (ML1073)
Includes 12 music videos.[41]
Released as Best Shots in Europe in 1987.[42]
Choice Cuts - The Complete Video CollectionIncludes 25 music videos, 4 live performances, artist commentary and 1 hidden 'making-of' feature for "Love is a Battlefield".[43]
DVD sales of 10,000+ in the United States.[44]
Live On Air
  • Released: May 19, 2008
  • Label: Ragnarock Films Distribution
  • Formats: DVD (CRP2782)
2 live performances from the U.S. comedy show Fridays in 1980 and 15 live performances from the US Festival in 1982.
We Live For Love
(with Neil Giraldo)
  • Released: December 7, 2017
  • Label: Mailboat Records
  • Formats: DVD (MBDVD 8511)
10 acoustic live performances recorded at Red Studios, Hollywood.[45]

Music videos

YearVideoInformation
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"Directed by Keith McMillan
"Promises in the Dark"Directed by Keith McMillan
"Precious Time"
1982"Shadows of the Night"
"Anxiety (Get Nervous)"
"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 Legend of Billie Jean
"Sex as a Weapon (Pat Benatar song)"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, Take it Back"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 35th Anniversary Tour (Live)
"Love Is a Battlefield"Live video from 35th Anniversary Tour (Live)
2017"Shine"In support of the Shine Together Movement
"Dancing Through the Wreckage"From Served Like a Girl Soundtrack
2020"Together"COVID-themed video

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