| Pat Benatar discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 11 |
| Live albums | 12 |
| Compilation albums | 27 |
| Tribute albums | 4 |
| Singles | 40 |
| Video albums | 7 |
| Music videos | 36 |
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.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
AUS |
CAN |
FRA |
GER |
NED |
NZ |
SWE |
SWI |
UK | ||||
| In the Heat of the Night | 12 | 25 | 3 | 20 | — | — | 8 | — | — | 98* | |||
| Crimes of Passion |
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2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 27 | — | — |
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| Precious Time |
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1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 46 | 2 | 9 | — | 30 |
| |
| Get Nervous |
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4 | 15 | 16 | 14 | — | — | 15 | 18 | — | 73 |
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| Tropico |
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14 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 31 |
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| Seven the Hard Way |
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26 | 19 | 36 | — | 42 | — | 2 | 33 | — | 69 |
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| Wide Awake in Dreamland |
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28 | 13 | 11 | — | 47 | — | 15 | 33 | — | 11 |
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| True Love |
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37 | 53 | 22 | — | — | 52 | 30 | 30 | 39 | 40 |
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| Gravity's Rainbow |
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85 | 130 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Innamorata |
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171 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Go |
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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.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Certifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
AUS |
CAN |
FRA |
GER |
NED |
NZ |
SWE |
UK | |||
| Live from Earth |
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13 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 60 |
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| 8-15-80 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Concert Classics |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Greatest Hits Live |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| From the Front Row... Live! |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 35th Anniversary Tour (with Neil Giraldo) |
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| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Additional information | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
UK |
AUS |
NZ | ||||
| 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). | |
| 1989 | Best Shots | 67 | 6 | 19 | 5 |
|
Greatest 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. |
| 1994 | Greatest Hits | — | — | — | — | Canadian one-CD greatest hits release with 16 tracks. Polytel/EMI | |
| All Fired Up: The Very Best of Pat Benatar | — | — | — | 2 | Two-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 | — | — | — | — | One CD featuring hits, album and two unreleased live tracks. | |
| Back to Back Hits: Blondie/Pat Benatar | — | — | — | — | One 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 2 | — | — | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release | ||
| 1998 | In the Heat of the Night/Tropico | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | |
| In the Heat of the Night/Crimes of Passion | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | ||
| 1999 | Pat Benatar All-Time Greatest Hits | — | — | — | — | Three-CD box set featuring hits, album and live tracks. | |
| Synchronistic Wanderings: Recorded Anthology 1979–1999 | — | — | — | — | Three-CD box set featuring hits, album tracks, soundtrack and previously unreleased rarities. | ||
| Precious Time/Get Nervous | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | ||
| Tropico/Seven the Hard Way | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | ||
| Innamorata/Eight-Fifteen-Eighty | — | — | — | — | Two-CD combination release | ||
| 2000 | Extended Versions: Pat Benatar – The Encore Collection | — | — | — | — | One CD featuring hits and album tracks from the King Biscuit Flower Hour. | |
| 2001 | Best of Pat Benatar Volume 1 and Volume 2 | — | — | — | — | Two CDs featuring hits and album tracks. Released both separately and together. | |
| Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo: Summer Vacation Tour Book DVD | — | — | — | — | One 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 Soundtrack | — | — | — | — | One 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 Collection | — | — | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release | ||
| The Collection | — | — | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release | ||
| 2004 | Best of Pat Benatar Volume 1 and Volume 2 | — | — | — | — | Two 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 Dreamland | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | ||
| 2005 | Greatest Hits | 47 | — | — | 26 |
|
One 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). |
| 2008 | Ultimate Collection | — | — | — | — | Two-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 | |
| 2009 | Pat Benatar Collector's Edition | — | — | — | — | Three-CD compilation in a tin packaging released by Madacy Records. | |
| 10 Great Songs | 123 | — | — | — | One-CD compilation | ||
| Pat Benatar Essential | — | — | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release | ||
| 2010 | True Love/Gravity's Rainbow | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | |
| 2011 | Best Shots/Wide Awake in Dreamland | — | — | — | — | Two-CD remastered release | |
| Pat Benatar Performance | — | — | — | — | One-CD remastered release | ||
| 2013 | Icons | — | — | — | — | One-CD compilation | |
| 2014 | The Best of Pat Benatar: 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection | — | — | — | — | One-CD compilation | |
| 2014 | The One and Only CD: Pat Benatar the Very Best Of | — | — | — | — | One-CD compilation different track listing than the European very best of. | |
| 2017 | Pat Benatar: 5 Classic Albums | — | — | — | — | Five-CD remastered release. Includes the albums In the Heat of the Night, Crimes of Passion, Get Nervous, Tropico and Wide Awake in Dreamland | |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Main. |
AUS |
BEL (FL) |
CAN |
NED |
NZ |
SWI |
UK | ||||||
| 1974 | "Day Gig" b/w "Last Saturday" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| 1979 | "I Need a Lover" | — | — | — | 24 | — | 31 | — | — | — | In the Heat of the Night | |||
| "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Heartbreaker" | 23 | — | 95 | — | 18 | — | 14 | — | — | |||||
| 1980 | "We Live for Love" | 27 | — | 28 | — | 8 | — | 26 | — | — | ||||
| "Rated X" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "I'm Gonna Follow You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Crimes of Passion | ||||
| "You Better Run" | 42 | — | 31 | — | 76 | — | 42 | — | — | |||||
| "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" | 9 | — | 33 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Treat Me Right" | 18 | 31 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1981 | "Fire and Ice" | 17 | 2 | 30 | — | 4 | — | 22 | — | — | Precious Time | |||
| "Promises in the Dark" | 38 | 16 | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1982 | "Shadows of the Night" | 13 | 3 | 29 | — | 12 | — | 32 | — | 83 | Get Nervous | |||
| 1983 | "Little Too Late" | 20 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Looking for a Stranger" | 39 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Love Is a Battlefield" | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 49 |
|
Live from Earth | |||
| "Lipstick Lies" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1984 | "We Belong" | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
|
Tropico | ||
| "Painted Desert" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1985 | "Ooh Ooh Song" | 36 | 22 | 78 | — | 89 | — | 41 | — | — | ||||
| "Temporary Heroes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Love Is a Battlefield" (re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | |||||
| "Shadows of the Night" (re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | Get Nervous | ||||
| "Invincible" | 10 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 15 | — | 53 | Seven the Hard Way | ||||
| "Sex as a Weapon" | 28 | 5 | 33 | — | 30 | — | 26 | — | 67 | |||||
| 1986 | "Le Bel Age" | 54 | 19 | 86 | — | 92 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | "All Fired Up" | 19 | 2 | 2 | — | 19 | — | 20 | — | 19 | Wide Awake in Dreamland | |||
| "Don't Walk Away" | — | 44 | 61 | — | 63 | — | 48 | — | 42 | |||||
| "Let's Stay Together" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1989 | "One Love" | — | — | 166 | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | ||||
| 1991 | "True Love" | — | — | 107 | — | — | 21 | — | — | 95 | True Love | |||
| "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss" | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "So Long" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1993 | "Somebody's Baby" | — | — | 90 | — | 41 | — | 36 | — | 48 | Gravity's Rainbow | |||
| "Everybody Lay Down" | — | 3 | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "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" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Served Like a Girl Soundtrack | ||||
| 2020 | "Together" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Notes
| Year | Song | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US AC |
US Main | |||
| 1981 | "Take It Anyway You Want It" | — | 32 | Precious Time |
| "Just Like Me" | — | 15 | ||
| 1982 | "The Victim" | — | 23 | Get Nervous |
| 1984 | "Here's My Heart" | — | — | Metropolis Soundtrack |
| "Diamond Field" | — | 20 | Tropico | |
| 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" | 22 | — | Go |
| 2000 | "Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" | — | — | Disney's An Extremely Goofy Movie Dance Party! |
| 2013 | "Passion" | — | — | Jello Fruit commercial |
| Title | Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hit Videos |
|
Includes 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". |
| In Concert |
|
Recorded live at New Haven Coliseum in 1982. Includes music video for "Love is a Battlefield" (1985 release only). Re-issued by Rhino Entertainment on VHS and DVD in 1998 and 1999 under the title of Live in New Haven. |
| The Visual Music Collection |
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Includes 12 music videos. Released as Best Shots in Europe in 1987. |
| Choice Cuts – The Complete Video Collection |
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Includes 25 music videos, 4 live performances, artist commentary and 1 hidden 'making-of' feature for "Love Is a Battlefield". DVD sales of 10,000+ in the United States. |
| Live on Air |
|
2 live performances from the US comedy show Fridays in 1980 and 15 live performances from the US Festival in 1982. |
| We Live for Love (with Neil Giraldo) |
|
10 acoustic live performances recorded at Red Studios, Hollywood. |
| 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" | 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" | 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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