One of the most ubiquitous classic rock songs of the early 1980s is Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.” Although the song was a success back in the day, Benatar refuses to perform it as a form ...

"They encouraged me to write again," said Schwartz of his songwriting hiatus, "and now that I'm writing again, they created a monster." ...

Rocker Pat Benatar's recent setlists are missing one of her most popular songs: "Hit Me With Your Best Shot." The reason, she told USA Today in an interview published Thursday, is directly related to ...

Benatar encourages her player of a man to try his best to break her heart–she’s prepared to take it. The chorus remains one of the most recognizable refrains from the era. It’s instantly catchy, but ...

All these years later, classic rock radio is still in love with Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.” While “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” is one of Benatar’s most famous songs, she had nothing to ...

You may not know Eddie Schwartz’s name, but you certainly know his work. Born and raised in Toronto, Schwartz became a well-regarded recording artist north of the border in the early 1980s, and has ...

Pat Benatar said skipping the song is her "small contribution to protesting" Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has ...

As Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Pat Benatar embarks on her joint tour with husband and musical partner Neil Giraldo, there’s one hit song of hers you won’t be hearing her sing onstage: the ...

Pat Benatar has pointedly dropped one of her biggest songs, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” from her tour setlist out of respect for the victims of mass shootings. In an interview with USA Today, ...

Pat Benatar is taking a stand. The rock singer, 69, shared in a new interview that she will no longer be performing her hit song, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," on her current tour with husband Neil ...

(WTVO) — Rocker Pat Benatar says she is refusing to sing her ’80s hit “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” after recent gun violence in the United States. In an interview with USA Today, Benatar says she wasn ...

America is a battlefield, so Pat Benatar says she refuses to perform her 1980 classic "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" on tour in protest of gun violence. "We're doing a lot of songs we don't always play, ...