Best Shots

Best Shots is a Platinum-certified greatest hits album released by the American rock singer Pat Benatar in 1987 in Europe and in an updated version in 1989 in North America. It peaked at No. 67 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart,[3] two years after the album peaked at No. 6 in the UK.[4]

Best Shots
Greatest hits album by Pat Benatar
Released	October 26, 1987
Length	43:55
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Neil Giraldo Peter Coleman Keith Olsen Mike Chapman
Pat Benatar chronology
Seven the Hard Way (1985) Best Shots (1987) Wide Awake in Dreamland (1988)
US edition cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C[2]

Track listings

European version

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	From the album	Length
1.	"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (single version)	Eddie Schwartz	Crimes of Passion (1980)	2:51
2.	"Love Is a Battlefield" (single version)	Mike Chapman, Holly Knight	Live from Earth (1983)	4:12
3.	"We Belong" (single version)	Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro	Tropico (1984)	3:42
4.	"We Live for Love" (remixed version)	Neil Giraldo	In the Heat of the Night (1979)	3:58
5.	"Sex as a Weapon"	Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg	Seven the Hard Way (1985)	4:19
6.	"Invincible" (Theme from The Legend of Billie Jean) (single version)	Simon Climie, Knight	Seven the Hard Way	4:04

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	From the album	Length
7.	"Shadows of the Night" (single version)	D. L. Byron	Get Nervous (1982)	3:42
8.	"Heartbreaker"	Geoff Gill, Clint Wade	In the Heat of the Night	3:28
9.	"Fire and Ice"	Kelly, Scott St. Clair Sheets, Pat Benatar	Precious Time (1981)	3:20
10.	"Treat Me Right"	Doug Lubahn	Crimes of Passion	3:28
11.	"If You Think You Know How to Love Me" (single version)	Chapman, Nicky Chinn	In the Heat of the Night	3:47
12.	"You Better Run"	Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere	Crimes of Passion	3:04

U.S. version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	From the album	Length
1.	"Love Is a Battlefield"		Live from Earth	5:24
2.	"Promises in the Dark"	Giraldo, Benatar	Precious Time	4:48
3.	"One Love"	Giraldo, Myron Grombacher	Wide Awake in Dreamland (1988)	5:12
4.	"All Fired Up"	Kerryn Tolhurst, Grombacher, Benatar	Wide Awake in Dreamland	4:27
5.	"We Live for Love"		In the Heat of the Night	3:55
6.	"Hell Is for Children"	Giraldo, Benatar, Roger Capps	Crimes of Passion	4:48
7.	"Shadows of the Night"		Get Nervous	4:20
8.	"Hit Me with Your Best Shot"		Crimes of Passion	2:51
9.	"We Belong"		Tropico	3:40
10.	"Invincible"		Seven the Hard Way	4:28
11.	"Fire and Ice"		Precious Time	3:20
12.	"Heartbreaker"		In the Heat of the Night	3:26
13.	"Medley: Suffer the Little Children / Hell Is for Children" (live 1988, CD edition bonus track)	Giraldo, Benatar	previously unreleased	6:45
14.	"Painted Desert" (CD edition bonus track)	Giraldo, Grombacher	Tropico	5:24
15.	"Outlaw Blues" (1989 re-recording, CD edition bonus track)	Giraldo, Grombacher	An earlier arrangement/recording appears on Tropico	4:19
Total length:				67:07

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1987	UK Albums Chart[4]	6
1988	New Zealand Albums Chart[5]	5
1989	Billboard 200 (US)[3]	67

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[6]	Platinum	15,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[7]	Platinum	300,000^^
United States (RIAA)[8]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pat Benatar - Best Shots review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
2. Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. "Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
4. "Artist Chart History – Pat Benatar". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
5. "Pat Benatar – Best Shots (album)". charts.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
6. "New Zealand album certifications – Pat Benatar – Best Shots". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
7. "British album certifications – Pat Benatar – Best Shots". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved November 24, 2019. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Best Shots in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
8. "American album certifications – Pat Benatar – Best Shots". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 24, 2019. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.