who wrote hit me with your best shot
Eddie Schwartz
title: Hit Me with Your Best Shot text: Hit Me with Your Best Shot "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 title: Hit Me with Your Best Shot text: 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 title: Pat Benatar text: Pat Benatar Patricia Mae Benatar (née Andrzejewski; born January 10, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and four-time Grammy Award winner. She has two RIAA-certified multi-platinum albums, five platinum albums, three gold albums, and 15 "Billboard" Top 40 singles, including the Top 10 hits "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", "Love Is a Battlefield", "We Belong", and "Invincible". Pat Benatar was born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on January 10, 1953 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City. Her mother, Mildred (née Knapp) (1928–2016), was a beautician, and her father, Andrew Andrzejewski (in the Polish language: Andrzej Andrzejewski) (1926–2009), was a sheet-metal title: Neil Giraldo text: single “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” which reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold over a million copies in the United States, achieving a gold certification by the RIAA. Also on the album was the controversial song “Hell Is for Children,” co-written by Giraldo, which was inspired by a New York Times article about child abuse in America The album peaked for five consecutive weeks at #2 in the US and was featured in the 1981 adult animated musical drama film "American Pop". Precious Time marked the first of many Benatar albums produced by Giraldo, and was title: Eddie Schwartz text: which was a minor hit for him and became a bigger hit for the band, America. Although his earliest hit as a songwriter for other artists was Pat Benatar's 1980 single "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", Schwartz didn't focus significantly on producing and songwriting until the late 1980s. Since then he has produced artists of various genres including The Doobie Brothers, Paul Carrack, Rita Coolidge, Donna Summer, and Lawrence Gowan, and penned hits for Paul Carrack ("Don't Shed a Tear", "I Live By the Groove"), The Doobie Brothers ("The Doctor"), and Donna Summer ("Fascination"). Additionally, many songs he himself