Pat Benatar "Crimes Of Passion"

Crimes of Passion is the second studio album by American rock singer Pat Benatar, released on August 5, 1980 by Chrysalis Records. The album is the first to feature Myron Grombacher on drums, beginning a long tenure in Benatar's band that would last into the late-1990s.

The album debuted on the US Billboard 200 album chart the week ending August 23 and held at No. 2 for five weeks in the US in January 1981, behind John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy. It contains the hits "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (US No. 9), "You Better Run" (US No. 42), "Treat Me Right" (US No. 18), plus a cover of Kate Bush's international hit, "Wuthering Heights". Crimes of Passion is Benatar's biggest selling career album, having been certified 4x Platinum (for shipments of over four million copies) in the United States alone. In Billboard magazine's year end chart, Crimes of Passion was listed at number 5.

The song "Hell Is for Children", which was not released as an A-side single, was also a hit on album-rock stations. A live version of this song from her album Live from Earth (1983) was released as the B-side of her "Love Is a Battlefield" single three years later. The song was featured in the 1981 animated film American Pop, as well as on the soundtrack.

In 1981, Benatar won her first Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance thanks to Crimes of Passion.

The music video for the song "You Better Run" was the second music video ever aired on MTV in 1981.

Crimes of Passion was reissued and remastered on Capitol Records in 2006.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Treat Me Right" Doug Lubah 3:24
2. "You Better Run" (The Young Rascals cover) Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere 3:02
3. "Never Wanna Leave You" Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar 3:13
4. "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" Eddie Schwartz 2:51
5. "Hell Is for Children" Giraldo, Benatar, Roger Capps 4:48

Side two

1. "Little Paradise" Giraldo 3:32
2. "I'm Gonna Follow You" Billy Steinberg 4:28
3. "Wuthering Heights" (Kate Bush cover) Kate Bush 4:28
4. "Prisoner of Love" Scott St. Clair Sheets 3:05
5. "Out-A-Touch" Giraldo, Benatar, Myron Grombacher 4:19

Produced by Keith Olsen

Engineered by Keith Olsen and Chris Minto at Sound City Studios

Mastered by Greg Fulginiti and Jo Hansch at Artisan Sound Recorders

Ria Lewerke-Shapiro - art direction and cover design

Leon LeCash - photographer

Various Artists "The 80's Collection 1984 (Time Life Music)"

The 80's Collection 1984 (Time Life Music) is a double CD compilation album, edited by Time-Life Music in 1993.

Track listing:

CD1

1. Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go Go 3:54
2. Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Wanna Have Fun 3:49
3. Duran Duran Wild Boys 4:19
4. Miami Sound Machine Dr Beat 4:21
5. The Thompson Twins Doctor Doctor 4:36
6. The Style Council Shout To The Top 3:21
7. Wang Chung Dance Hall Days 3:57
8. Hazell Dean Searchin' (I Gotta Find A Man) 3:12
9. The Pointer Sisters Jump (For My Love) 4:20
10. The Jacksons State Of Shock 4:32
11. Shakin' Stevens & Bonnie Tyler A Rockin' Good Way 2:53
12. Pat Benatar Love Is A Battlefield 4:04

CD2

1. The Cars Drive 3:59
2. Elton John Sad Songs (Say So Much) 4:11
3. Sade Smooth Operator 4:18
4. Spandau Ballet Only When You Leave 4:47
5. Nik Kershaw Wouldn't It Be Good 4:28
6. Laura Branigan Self Control 4:06
7. John Waite Missing You 3:33
8. Deniece Williams Let's Hear It For The Boy 4:18
9. Bronski Beat Smalltown Boy 5:00
10. Bananarama Robert De Niro's Waiting 3:28
11. Murray Head One Night In Bangkok 3:56
12. Jim Diamond I Should Have Known Better 4:08

Various Artists "Harley-Davidson Road Songs Vol. 2"

Harley-Davidson Road Songs Vol. 2 is a compilation of rock songs, released in 1998.

Track listing:

Disc: 1
  1. Keep Yourself Alive - Queen
  2. Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
  3. Bad Motor Scooter - Montrose
  4. Midnight Rider - Gregg Allman
  5. Look Over Yonder - Jimi Hendrix
  6. Easy Livin' - Uriah Heep
  7. Motor City Madhouse - Ted Nugent
  8. Renegade - Styx
  9. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
  10. Street Of Dreams - Rainbow
  11. Highway Star - Deep Purple
  12. Two Tickets To Paradise - Eddie Money
  13. We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
  14. Shadows Of The Night - Pat Benatar
  15. Highway Song - Blackfoot
  16. Bonus Track - Bonus Track

Disc: 2
  1. Day Of The Eagle - Robin Trower
  2. Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
  3. Flirtin' With Disaster - Molly Hatchet
  4. Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
  5. Livin' In The U.S.A. - Steve Miller Band
  6. Hold On Loosely - 38 Special
  7. Drivin' Wheel - Foghat
  8. Under My Wheels - Alice Cooper
  9. Gone, Gone, Gone - Bad Company
  10. I'm A Man - Spencer Davis Group
  11. Face The Day - Great White
  12. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
  13. Heading Out To The Highway - Judas Priest
  14. Walk Away - The James Gang
  15. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
  16. Bonus Track - Bonus Track

Pat Benatar "Sex As A Weapon (Single & Video)"

“Sex As A Weapon” was the second single taken from Pat Benatar’s sixth studio album “Seven The Hard Way”. The single peaked at #28 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in January 1986.

Pat Benatar "Invincible (Single & Video)"

"Invincible" is the Grammy-nominated lead single from Pat Benatar's sixth studio album Seven the Hard Way (1985), released on July 6, 1985. The song was written by Holly Knight and Simon Climie (Knight also co-wrote "Love Is a Battlefield"), and was used as a theme song for the film The Legend of Billie Jean (1985). The song was a huge hit, peaking at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 14, 1985. 

Pat Benatar "Love Is A Battlefield (Single & Video)"

"Love Is a Battlefield" is a song performed by Pat Benatar, and written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman. It was released in September 1983 as a single from Benatar's live album Live from Earth, though the song itself was a studio recording. The song was ranked at number 30 in VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of the 1980s. "Love is a Battlefield" went on to sell over a million records.

Holly Knight and Mike Chapman wrote this song for Pat Benatar initially as a ballad with a beautiful melody and moving chord changes. After some exploration with drum machines and the band, Neil Giraldo decided to make this an uptempo song. The single was Benatar's second American million seller and is tied with "We Belong" as her highest charting single in the United States. It topped Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for four weeks and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1983. 

It hit #1 on the Australian singles chart in February 1984 and remained there for five weeks, becoming the 11th biggest selling single of the year. The song was re-released in the United Kingdom in March 1985 and reached #17. It was awarded a Gold certification in Canada as well. The song was featured in the television series Psych. In the television series Drop Dead Diva the song is performed by the actresses Brooke Elliott and Faith Prince. It was also featured in the film 13 Going on 30, where "love is a battlefield" is the mantra of the main character Jenna Rink, played by Jennifer Garner. The song in the Kay Gee Remix version, featuring Kay Gee and Queen Latifah, is on the end credits of the 1998 film, Small Soldiers. 

The single was unlike most of Benatar's previous work, as it featured an electronic dance element, but guitars and drums were still present. In 1984, the song won Benatar her fourth consecutive Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. 

"Love Is a Battlefield" is set in the key of D minor, at a tempo of 90.691 beats per minute.

The Bob Giraldi-directed music video features Benatar playing a rebellious teenage girl running away from her home with her abusive father (played by actor Trey Wilson) warning her, "If you leave this house now, you can just forget about coming back!" Her mother looks on helplessly and her brother (played by actor Philip Cruise) watches sadly from an upper-story window. She later becomes a taxi dancer at a very seedy club to get by in the city, outwardly New York. She writes to her little brother, telling him about her exciting new life and her father seems to feel guilty about being angry at her. Later in the video, she witnesses a pimp (played by actor Gary Chryst) harassing another dancer. Benatar rounds up the girls and leads a rebellion against him. As the pimp is cornered by the girls against his will, he tries to seduce Benatar only to have her throw a drink in his face. Angered by this, he tries once again to assault her but Benatar and the girls overpower and defeat the pimp, then storm out of the club dancing into the sunrise before bidding goodbye to one another, thanking Benatar for their escape. The girls escape and strike out on their own and Benatar walks into the sunrise. The final scene shows Benatar sitting in the back of a bus headed for an unknown destination. The video was choreographed by Michael Peters, who appears briefly in the video. 

A special dance club remix of the song was created by Jellybean Benitez. Benitez also created an edited version of his mix specifically for the video. It differs slightly in structure and instrumentation, and aside from appearing in the video, has never been commercially released. 

The video was the first ever to feature the use of dialogue. The scenes featuring dialogue include the opening scene of Benatar stomping out of the house while being berated by her father and the scene featuring the pimp harassing the female dancer in which she shouts "Leave me alone!" 

The video was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video and is contained on the DVD for the movie 13 Going on 30.

Pat Benatar "Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Single & Video)"

"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" is a song by American rock singer Pat Benatar. In 1980, it was released as the second single from her second album Crimes of Passion. It hit No. 7 in Cash Box, and reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first Top 10 hit.

"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" sold well over a million copies in the U.S., achieving a gold certification by the RIAA. The song is one of Benatar's most recognizable tracks. Heard at many baseball and soccer games, the song has been featured on many compilation albums, including both multi-artist works as well as those just focusing on Benatar (such as 10 Great Songs and Greatest Hits).

Eddie Schwartz, writer of the song, said that he came up with the title of the song after attending a "pillow punching" therapy session in Toronto, but stated that the title is to be taken metaphorically. The song is in E major and features a general chord progression of I-IV-vi-V, with occasional added chords built on passing and neighboring tones, although Benatar has commented that in hindsight she would have preferred to replace the C# minor (vi) chord with F# minor (ii). The song was released as a single in the USA, and possibly other markets, in a mix with an additional lead guitar track. The song was later one of the songs available to put on a free mail-order customized mix CD with every pizza order as a part of a Pizza Hut promotion for their "New Yorker"-style pizza.

Various Artists "Time Life: Sounds Of The Eighties - 1980"

Time Life: Sounds of the Eighties was a 10-volume series issued by Time-Life.