Pat Benatar discography

Pat Benatar discography
Studio albums 11
Live albums 12
Compilation albums 30
Video albums 6
Music videos 32
Singles 36
Soundtrack albums numerous
Tribute albums 4

This is the discography of American singer Pat Benatar. It consists of 11 studio albums, 9 live albums, 34 compilation albums, 36 singles, and 32 music videos. She has sold more than 25 million records worldwide.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
SWE NED SWI FRA GER CAN
In the Heat of the Night
  • Release date: August 27, 1979
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP
12 98 25 20 3
  • US: 1,000,000
  • CAN: 400,000
  • FRA: 100,000
Crimes of Passion
  • Release date: August 6, 1980
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP record
2 16 27 2 2
  • US: 5,000,000
  • CAN: 500,000
  • FRA: 100,000
  • RIAA: 4× Platinum[3]
  • MC: 5× Platinum[4]
  • SNEP: Gold[5]
Precious Time
  • Release date: July 6, 1981
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP
1 30 8 9 46 3 57 2
  • US: 2,000,000
  • CAN: 200,000
  • FRA: 100,000
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum[3]
  • MC: 2× Platinum[4]
  • SNEP: Gold[5]
Get Nervous
  • Release date: October 29, 1982
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP
4 73 15 18 14 16
  • US: 1,000,000
  • CAN: 100,000
  • FRA: 100,000
  • RIAA: Platinum[3]
  • MC: Platinum[4]
  • SNEP: Gold[5]
Live from Earth
  • Release date: September 22, 1983
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP
13 60 2 45 4 22 7 25
  • US: 1,000,000
  • CAN: 100,000
  • RIAA: Platinum[3]
  • MC: Platinum[4]
Tropico
  • Release date: November 1, 1984
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP
14 31 9 19 23 21 16 26 21
  • US: 1,000,000
  • CAN: 100,000
  • UK: 60,000
Seven the Hard Way
  • Release date: October 30, 1985
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP
26 69 19 32 42 36
  • US: 600,000
  • CAN: 100,000
Wide Awake in Dreamland
  • Release date: June 22, 1988
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP
28 11 13 33 47 11
  • US: 700,000
  • UK: 100,000
  • CAN: 100,000
True Love
  • Release date: April 9, 1991
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP
37 40 53 30 52 39 22
  • US: 339,000
  • CAN: 50,000
Gravity's Rainbow
  • Release date: May 24, 1993
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Format: LP
85 44
  • US: 160,000
Innamorata 171
  • US: 65,000
Go
  • Release date: August 12, 2003
  • Label: Bel Chiasso Records
  • Format: CD
187
  • US: 34,000
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.|

Compilations

Year Album U.S. UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
Additional information
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 Pat Benatar 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
1987 Best Shots 6 1-CD greatest hits release.
1994 Greatest Hits 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 (album)/Tropico 2-CD remastered release
In the Heat of the Night (album)/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 (album) 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 (Pat Benatar album)/Gravity's Rainbow (album) 2-CD remastered release
2011 Best Shots/Wide Awake in Dreamland 2-CD remastered release
Pat Benatar Performance 1-CD remastered release

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
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
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Notes

Other charted songs, B-sides, soundtracks

Year Song Peak positions Album
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
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"

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Official Charts > Pat Benatar". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Australian chart peaks:
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 . 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. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Gold Platinum Search for Pat Benatar". Music Canada. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Les Certifications depuis 1973 : search for Benatar P." (in French). Infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  6. 1 2 http://tsort.info/music/as66w7.htm
  7. 1 2 "Gold Platinum Search for Pat Benatar CD". Music Canada. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  8. Billboard "Ask Billboard".
  9. 1 2 3 "Billboard chart positions > singles". allmusic.
  10. "Search results for "Pat Benatar"". RPM.
  11. "Dutch charts portal - Pat Benatar". dutch charts.nl.
  12. "Hit Parade - Pat Benatar". hit parade.ch.
  13. "New Zealand charts portal - Pat Benatar". charts.org.nz.
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