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"Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
Single by Pat Benatar
from the album Crimes of Passion
B-side	"Prisoner of Love"
Released	September 15, 1980
Format	7"
Recorded	1979
Genre	Rock music, heartland rock
Length	2:52
Label	Chrysalis
Writer(s)	Eddie Schwartz
Producer	Felix Pappalardi

"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" is a song written by Canadian singer/songwriter Eddie Schwartz and recorded by American singer Pat Benatar in 1979. It was released as the first single from her second album Crimes of Passion, and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first top 10 hit. "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" sold one million copies, achieving a gold certification by the RIAA. The song is arguably Benatar's most recognizable. It can be heard at many soccer games, and is featured on many of Benatar's greatest hits compilations. Benatar herself has said several times that because of the song's excessive popularity, she dislikes performing it live.

[edit] Covers

• My American Heart covered the song and it was used in a commercial for GameTap.
• Wheatus covered the song on their album Suck Fony.
• Hankshaw covered it on their 1998 EP Everyday I Wish You Harm.
• Offcutts cover it on their 2007 LP What Happened Don't Lie.
• Martina McBride covers it on her live CD/DVD Martina McBride: Live In Concert.
• Johnny Unitess covered it on his 2004 album, Revenge Is a Dish Best Served as Food.
• Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for their album, Chipmunk Rock
• Chikinki covered it on their rarities and b sides album " The Balloon Factory"

[edit] TV

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• It was briefly heard in the episode "The Milk Run" of the first season of Miami Vice.
• The song was used in the MTV series Jackass, when Ehren McGhehey did a skit as "The Human Bullseye."
• This song was briefly heard on an episode of King of the Hill.
• This song is used in Jack TV showing videos from the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
• At the close of episode 5 ("And Down The Stretch Comes Murder") in season 2 of Psych; Shawn, Gus, Lassiter, the Chief, and Juliet sing this song in a faux-operatic style for a psych-out moment.
• This song was used in an ad for Australian label Just Jeans, it features a model singing the song while wearing a range of denim flares for the ranga range.
• This song was used during an action scene of the first episode of the anime series Macron 1.
• This song also has been in a TV commercial for Oxi Clean Max Force.
• In 90210, Tabitha dedicated the song to Annie Wilson on her Sweet 16th Birthday party.
• This song is used in Season 2 Episode 6 of The L Word when Tina and Rosy hear it on the radio and sing and dance to it in Tinas new apartment.
• This song was heard in the first episode of Knight Rider right before a bar fight.
• This song was in the movie Spring Fever (1982 film). The movie is set in the world of competitive tennis.

[edit] Video games

• Referenced in Pokémon Red and Blue for the Nintendo Game Boy and their remakes Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen for the Game Boy Advance. When battled, one trainer says, "Hit me with your best shot!" Once he is defeated he announces, "Fired away!"

• A cover version of the song is a playable track in the game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, while the original master track is playable in Guitar Hero On Tour for the Nintendo DS and Guitar Hero: Smash Hits for consoles.

• This song is available on the game Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition for the Sony PlayStation 2 and PSP.

• This song also is a downloadable song in the Rock Band series, and is playable in Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock.