Hits List: Pat Benatar

Here's a female rocker we've certainly highlighted in other portions of the website, but we haven't laid out her Hits List* yet.  Of course, she has numerous great songs that were never hits, especially early in her career.  But here is a record of her single releases:

1974:  "Day Gig"
1979:  "I Need A Lover" (#31 Netherlands)--Highly Underrated.
            "If You Think You Know How To Love Me"

1980:  "Heartbreaker" (#23, #16 Canada, #34 Australia)--Highly Underrated.
            "We Live For Love" (#27, #8 Canada, #28 Australia, #26 New Zealand)
            "You Better Run" (#42, #31 Australia, #42 New Zealand)--Underrated.
            "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" (#9, #10 Canada, #33 Australia)
1981:  "Treat Me Right" (#18, #12 Canada)
            "Fire and Ice" (#17, #2 Mainstream Rock, #4 Canada, #30 Australia, #22 New Zealand)--Highly Underrated.
            "I'm Gonna' Follow You"--Highly Underrated.
            "Hell Is For Children"--Highly Underrated.
            "Promises in the Dark" (#38, #16 Mainstream, #31 Canada)--Highly Underrated.

1982:  "Precious Time"
            "It's a Tuff Life"
            "Shadows of the Night" (#13, #3 Mainstream, #50 U.K., #12 Canada, #19 Australia, #32 New Zealand)

1983:  "Anxiety (Get Nervous)"

            "Little Too Late" (#20, #38 Mainstream)
            "Looking for a Stranger" (#39, #4 Mainstream)
            "Love Is A Battlefield" (#5, #1 Mainstream, #17 U.K., #2 Canada, #1 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands, #11 Switzerland)
1984:  "Lipstick Lies"
            "We Belong" (#5, #3 Mainstream, #22 U.K., #8 Canada, #7 Australia, #7 New Zealand, #13 Netherlands, #5 Switzerland)
             "Diamond Field"
1985:  "Ooh Ooh Song" (#36, #22 Mainstream, #89 Canada, #78 Australia, #41 New Zealand)
            "Temporary Heroes"
            "Painted Desert"
            "Invincible" (#10, #4 Mainstream, #53 U.K., #6 Canada, #23 Australia, #15 New Zealand, #18 Netherlands)
            "Sex as a Weapon" (#28, #5 Mainstream, #67 U.K., #30 Canada, #33 Australia, #26 New Zealand)
1986:  "La Bel Age" (#54, #19 Mainstream, #86 Australia)
            "Big Life"

1988:  "All Fired Up" (#19, #2 Mainstream, #19 U.K., #8 Canada, #2 Australia, #20 New Zealand)
             "Don't Walk Away" (#42 U.K., #62 Australia, #48 New Zealand)
             "Let's Stay Together"
1989:  "One Love" (#59 U.K.)
1991:  "True Love" (#21 Netherlands)
            "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss" (#17 Mainstream)
            "So Long"
1993:  "Everybody Lay Down" (#3 Mainstream)
            "Somebody's Baby" (#48 U.K., #36 New Zealand)
1994:  "Crazy"
            "Every Time I Fall Back"
1997:  "Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet)"
            "At This Time"
            "Papa's Roses"

2003:  "Have It All"
2004:  "Go"

That's 17 hits for Ms. Benatar, with 4 of those going Top 10, and as stressed above, many of those were underrated.  Plus, that doesn't scratch the surface with all the other great album tracks she has.  There is no doubt that Pat Benatar is one of The Top 100 Female Artists of the Rock Era*.