| Releases | ||
|---|---|---|
| ↙Studio albums | 11 | |
| ↙Live albums | 9 | |
| ↙Compilation albums | 33 | |
| ↙Singles | 47 | |
| ↙Video albums | 6 | |
| ↙Music videos | 30 | |
| ↙Soundtracks | numerous | |
| ↙Tribute and cover albums | 4 | |
This is the discography of American singer Pat Benatar.
Contents |
| Year | Album | Chart positions[1] | RIAA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | UK | AUS | |||
| 1979 | In the Heat of the Night | 12 | — | 25 | Platinum |
| 1980 | Crimes of Passion | 2 | — | 16 | 5× Multi-Platinum |
| 1981 | Precious Time | 1 | 30 | 8 | 2× Multi-Platinum |
| 1982 | Get Nervous | 4 | 73 | 15 | Platinum |
| 1983 | Live from Earth | 13 | 60 | 2 | Platinum |
| 1984 | Tropico | 14 | 31 | 9 | Platinum |
| 1985 | Seven the Hard Way | 26 | 69 | 19 | Gold |
| 1988 | Wide Awake in Dreamland | 28 | 11 | 10 | Gold |
| 1991 | True Love | 37 | 40 | 42 | 339,000+ |
| 1993 | Gravity's Rainbow | 85 | — | — | 160,000+ |
| 1997 | Innamorata | 171 | — | — | 65,000+ |
| 2003 | Go | 187 | — | — | 34,000+ |
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart, not released, or not certified. | |||||
| Year | Album | U.S. | UK | AUS [1] | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 1984 | Pat Benatar Hit Videos | — | — | — | 1 VHS tape featuring 4 music videos and also included is footage from the behind-the-scenes documentary, "The Making of Love Is a Battlefield", later included on the DVD Choice Cuts Pat Benatar The complete video collection as an easter egg (media). |
| 1985 | Pat Benatar in Concert | — | — | — | 1 VHS tape featuring live tracks from 1982, for an HBO special broadcast in 1983. Released on DVD in 1999 under the title "Live from New Haven". DVD is missing final track "Little Paradise". |
| 1987 | Pat Benatar The Visual Music Collection | — | — | — | 1 VHS tape featuring 12 music videos through 1987, including the unreleased "Painted Desert". |
| 1989 | Best Shots | 67 | 6 | 19 | Greatest hits compilation issued internationally(1 CD), 1987. Completely different release(1 CD) by same title issued in the US, 1989. US release re-issued in 2003(1 CD/1 DVD) with the DVD Choice Cuts Pat Benatar the complete video collection. |
| 1994 | Benatar All Fired Up the very best of Pat Benatar | — | — | — | 2 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 | — | — | — | 1 CD featuring hits, album and 2 unreleased live tracks. |
| 1996 | Back to Back Hits Blondie Pat Benatar | — | — | — | 1 CD featuring 5 hits from both artists. Re-issued with 4 different covers. |
| 1998 | Pat Benatar Eight-Fifteen-Eighty | — | — | — | 1 CD featuring live tracks from 1980. |
| 1999 | Pat Benatar All-Time Greatest Hits | — | — | — | 3 CD box set featuring hits, album and live tracks. |
| 1999 | Synchronistic Wanderings: Recorded Anthology 1979-1999 | — | — | — | 3 CD box set featuring hits, album tracks, soundtrack and previously unreleased rarities. |
| 2000 | Extended Versions Pat Benatar The Encore Collection | — | — | — | 1 CD featuring hits and album tracks from King Biscuit Flower Hour. |
| 2001 | Best of Volume 1 and 2 | — | — | — | 2 CDs featuring hits and album tracks. Released separately and together. |
| 2001 | Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo Summer Vacation Tour Book DVD | — | — | — | 1 DVD featuring 15 live tracks including 4 new songs-originally released to fanclub members with different packaging but same track listing. |
| 2001 | Pat Benatar Neil Giraldo Summer Vacation Soundtrack | — | — | — | 1 CD 15 track live concert featuring 4 new songs-originally released to fanclub members with different packaging and additional tracks on 2 CDs. |
| 2002 | Classic Masters Pat Benatar | — | — | — | 1 CD featuring remastered hits and album tracks. |
| 2003 | Choice Cuts Pat Benatar The complete video collection | — | — | — | 1 DVD featuring 25 music videos plus 4 bonus tracks and an easter egg. DVD sales of 10,000 plus.[2] |
| 2003 | From the Front Row...Live Pat Benatar | — | — | — | 1 DVD-Audio disc playable on most DVD players featuring a collection of remastered live tracks. |
| 2004 | Best of Pat Benatar Vol.1 and Vol.2 | — | — | — | 2 CDs featuring hits and album tracks released as separate CDs. Re-issued in 2008 "Green Series". |
| 2004 | Pat Benatar Greatest Hits Live | — | — | — | 1 CD recorded live in Austin, Texas 1981, from King Biscuit Flower Hour. |
| 2005 | Greatest Hits | 47 | — | — | 1 CD 20 track comprehensive hit singles collection. Re-issued in 2007(2 CD/1 DVD) with Live from Earth CD and the DVD Choice Cuts Pat Benatar the complete video collection. Re-issued 2008 "Green Series". Re-issued 2010 Live Life Greener Merch Box(includes green bag). |
| 2008 | Pat Benatar Ultimate Collection | — | — | — | 2-CD 40 tracks, featuring an acoustic version of "Everytime I Fall Back" from an appearance on the soap, "The Young & The Restless"; digital collection |
| 2009 | Pat Benatar Collector's Edition | — | — | — | 3-CD compilation in a tin packaging released by Madacy Records |
| 2009 | Pat Benatar 10 Great Songs | 123 | — | — | 1-CD compilation |
| Year | Album | UK | Canada | AUS [1] | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Best Shots | 6 | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits release. |
| 1994 | Greatest Hits | — | — | — | 1-CD 16 tracks Canadian release greatest hits. Polytel/EMI. |
| 1994 | Pat Benatar The Very Best of | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits release, issued separately and with volume 2 |
| 1995 | Pat Benatar The Very Best of Volume 2 | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits release, issued separately and with volume 1 |
| 1998 | In the Heat of the Night (album)/Tropico | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release |
| 1998 | In the Heat of the Night (album)/Crimes of Passion | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release |
| 1999 | Precious Time/Get Nervous | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release |
| 1999 | Tropico/Seven the Hard Way | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release |
| 1999 | Innamorata/8-15-80 | — | — | — | 2-CD combination release |
| 2001 | Premium Gold Collection | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits |
| 2001 | The Collection | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits |
| 2002 | The Divine | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits |
| 2002 | The Very Best Album Ever | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits |
| 2002 | In the Heat of the Night (album) | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits live |
| 2002 | Concert Classics | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits live |
| 2004 | Live from Earth/Wide Awake in Dreamland | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release |
| 2008 | Pat Benatar Live on Air | — | — | — | DVD release PAL format of the 1983 US Festival plus Hit Me With Your Best Shot and Hell is for Children live from Texas. |
| 2008 | Pat Benatar Live in America | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits live, same track listing as Concert Classics. |
| 2009 | Pat Benatar Essential | — | — | — | 1-CD greatest hits |
| 2010 | True Love (Pat Benatar album)/Gravity's Rainbow (album) | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release |
| 2011 | Best Shots/Wide Awake in Dreamland | — | — | — | 2-CD remastered release |
| 2011 | Pat Benatar Performance | — | — | — | 1-CD remastered release |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [3] |
US Main [3] |
CAN [4] |
UK [5] |
NED [6] |
SWI [7] |
AUS [1] |
NZ [8] |
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| 1974 | "Day Gig" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single |
| 1979 | "I Need a Lover" | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | In the Heat of the Night |
| "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Heartbreaker" | 23 | — | 18 | — | — | — | 95 | 14 | ||
| 1980 | "We Live for Love" | 27 | — | 8 | — | — | — | 28 | 26 | |
| "Rated X" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You Better Run" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 42 | Crimes of Passion | |
| "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" | 9 | — | 10 | — | — | — | 33 | — | ||
| 1981 | "Treat Me Right" | 18 | 31 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "I'm Gonna Follow You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hell Is for Children" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Fire and Ice" | 17 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 30 | 22 | Precious Time | |
| "Promises in the Dark" | 38 | 16 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Precious Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "It's a Tuff Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982 | "Shadows of the Night" | 13 | 3 | 12 | 50 | — | — | 19 | 32 | Get Nervous |
| "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983 | "Little Too Late" | 20 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Looking for a Stranger" | 39 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Love Is a Battlefield" | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 6 | Live from Earth | |
| 1984 | "Lipstick Lies" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "We Belong"[A] | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 7 | Tropico | |
| "Diamond Field" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985 | "Ooh Ooh Song" | 36 | 22 | 89 | — | — | — | 78 | 41 | |
| "Temporary Heroes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Painted Desert | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Invincible" | 10 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 18 | — | 23 | 15 | Seven the Hard Way | |
| "Sex as a Weapon" | 28 | 5 | 30 | 67 | — | — | 33 | 26 | ||
| 1986 | "Le Bel Age" | 54 | 19 | — | — | — | — | 86 | — | |
| "Big Life" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988 | "All Fired Up" | 19 | 2 | 8 | 19 | — | — | 2 | 20 | Wide Awake in Dreamland |
| "Don't Walk Away" | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | 62 | 48 | ||
| "Let's Stay Together" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989 | "One Love" | — | — | — | 59 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | "True Love" | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | True Love |
| "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss" | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "So Long" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "Everybody Lay Down" | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gravity's Rainbow |
| "Somebody's Baby" | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | 36 | ||
| 1994 | "Crazy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Every Time I Fall Back" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | "Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Innamorata |
| "At This Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Papa's Roses" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003 | "Have It All" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Go |
| 2004 | "Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||
| Year | Song | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US AC [3] |
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| 2001 | "Christmas in America" | 22 | Go |
| Year | Video | Information |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | "Coxon's Army" | unreleased PBS special |
| 1980 | "You Better Run" | 2nd video shown on MTV |
| "I'm Gonna Follow You" | ||
| 1981 | "Fire and Ice" | |
| "Promises In The Dark" | ||
| "Precious Time" | ||
| 1982 | "Shadows of The Night" | |
| "Anxiety" | ||
| "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" | ||
| "Ohh Ohh Song" | ||
| 1985 | "Invincible" | Theme from the "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" | Guest star-charity single | |
| 1993 | "Somebody's Baby" | |
| "Everytime I Fall Back" | Unreleased | |
| 1997 | "Strawberry Wine" | |
| 2003 | "Christmas In America" | |
| "Have It All" | Unreleased compilation video |