Hit Me with Your Best Shot - wikipedia Hit Me with Your Best Shot `` Hit Me with Your Best Shot '' Artwork for U.S. vinyl single Single by Pat Benatar from the album Crimes of Passion B - side `` Prisoner of Love '' Released September 15, 1980 Format Vinyl record ( 7 `` ) Recorded 1980 Genre Power pop Length 2 : 51 Label Chrysalis Songwriter ( s ) Eddie Schwartz Producer ( s ) Keith Olsen Pat Benatar singles chronology `` You Better Run '' ( 1980 ) `` Hit Me with Your Best Shot '' ( 1980 ) `` Treat Me Right '' ( 1981 ) `` You Better Run '' ( 1980 ) `` Hit Me with Your Best Shot '' ( 1980 ) `` Treat Me Right '' ( 1981 ) `` 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 ). Contents 1 Structure 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Sampling 4 Appearances in other media and popular culture 4.1 Video games 4.2 TV commercials and reality TV programs 4.3 Sports 4.4 Movies 4.5 TV shows 4.6 Other 5 Alternate song versions and covers 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Structure 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. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1980 -- 81 ) Peak position Australia 33 Canada 10 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 9 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 7 Year - end charts Chart ( 1980 ) Position U.S. Cash Box 70 Chart ( 1981 ) Position U.S. Billboard 46 Sampling The song was sampled by D12 in a song of the same name. It was originally made for Eminem 's seventh studio album Recovery, released in 2010, but it did not make the final cut. In early 2011, however, the song was leaked on the Internet. Appearances in other media and popular culture Video Games A version of the song is a playable track in the game Guitar Hero III : Legends of Rock, while the original master track is playable in Guitar Hero On Tour for the Nintendo DS and Guitar Hero : Smash Hits for consoles. This song is available on the game Midnight Club 3 : DUB Edition for the Sony PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PSP. This song also is a downloadable song in the Rock Band series, and is playable in Rock Band Track Pack : Classic Rock. Able to be sung as a Karaoke challenge by the lead character Wei Shen in Sleeping Dogs A live version appeared in Guitar Hero Live. TV commercials and reality TV programs American band My American Heart covered the song for a commercial for the French online video game service GameTap. In the reality TV series The Glee Project, contestants sang the song as part of a mashup of `` Hit Me with Your Best Shot '' / `` One Way Or Another '' in the sixth episode entitled `` Fearlessness '' in the second season. The song is featured in a Prestone Antifreeze Coolant commercial in 1999. The song is featured in a 2017 TV commercial for Walmart to promote the 2017 film Star Wars : The Last Jedi. Sports The song is played at Wrigley Field when a Chicago Cubs player hits a home run. Movies The song is performed by Pat Benatar in the 1982 movie Spring Fever. The song is covered a cappella in the 2012 film Pitch Perfect. The song is briefly sung by Donkey in Shrek Forever After when he is briefly used by two witch as a horse of travel and a radio. It is covered in the 2012 movie Rock of Ages by Catherine Zeta - Jones featuring a dance scene. TV shows The song appeared on an episode The Goldbergs Season 1 Episode 11 Kara - te. The song appeared on an episode Regular Show Season 2 Episode 26 Go Viral. The song appeared on an episode of It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The song appeared on an episode of Supergirl. The song appeared in the 1983 pilot episode of Kids Incorporated. The song later appeared in Kids Incorporated in 1984 during the Season 1 episode `` Basketball Blues ''. The small part of the song was sung in episode 23 of season 1 of Community called `` Modern Warfare ''. It is sung by the Glee club during a paintball tournament. Other The song plays during the Disney California Adventure ride Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission : BREAKOUT !. Alternate song versions and Covers Other artists who have performed the song live include singer - songwriter Kelly Clarkson, whose version of `` Hit Me with Your Best Shot '' received praise by Time. Fictional music group Alvin and the Chipmunks recorded a male rendition for their 1982 album Chipmunk Rock. Aberdonian Singing Sensation Karen Sinclair performed a cover of `` Hit Me with Your Best Shot '' to qualify for the Globe Inn 2015 ' Can You Front a Rock Band ' competition, with local rock band FUBAR. See also Rock music portal Pat Benatar discography References Jump up ^ Wilhite, Jud ( 2007 ). That Crazy Little Thing Called Love : The Soundtrack of Marriage, Sex, and Faith. Standard Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7847 - 1944 - 2. Jump up ^ `` Benatar Pat `` Hit Me With Your Best Shot '' Chords ``. Tablaturas.buanzo.com.ar. 1997 - 06 - 30. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Interview with Geoff Reynolds, `` Pat Benatar Fires Away on Marriage, Middle Age, and the Future of Rock and Roll, '' Rocker Quarterly, Vol. IX, No. 4 ( Winter 1995 - 96 ), p. 47. Jump up ^ `` ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1988 ''. Aria.com.au. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 16. ^ Jump up to : `` Top 100 Hits of 1981 / Top 100 Songs of 1981 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 16. Jump up ^ Inc, Activision. `` Guitar Hero III : Legends of Rock - Xbox 360 : Video Games ''. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 21. Jump up ^ Inc, Activision. `` Guitar Hero Smash Hits : Nintendo Wii : Video Games ''. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 21. Jump up ^ Inc, Activision. `` Guitar Hero : On Tour : Video Games ''. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar / / Songs / / Rock Band ® ''. Rockband.com. 2007 - 11 - 20. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 21. Jump up ^ `` '' Hit Me With Your Best Shot '' - Xbox.com ``. Marketplace.xbox.com. Retrieved 2012 - 02 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Walmart TV Commercial, ' Be Jedi Ready ' Song by Pat Benatar ''. ispot.tv. Retrieved December 4, 2017. Jump up ^ Samantha Grossman. `` Kelly Clarkson Best Covers : Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Nick Jonas ''. TIME.com. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Pat Benatar Discography Studio albums In the Heat of the Night Crimes of Passion Precious Time Get Nervous Tropico Seven the Hard Way Wide Awake in Dreamland True Love Gravity 's Rainbow Innamorata Go Live albums Live from Earth 8 - 15 - 80 35th Anniversary Tour Compilations Best Shots Synchronistic Wanderings : Recorded Anthology 1979 - 1999 Greatest Hits Ultimate Collection 10 Great Songs Singles `` I Need a Lover '' `` Heartbreaker '' `` You Better Run '' `` Hit Me with Your Best Shot '' `` Treat Me Right '' `` Fire and Ice '' `` Shadows of the Night '' `` Love Is a Battlefield '' `` We Belong '' `` Invincible '' `` All Fired Up '' `` Hell Is for Children '' Book : Pat Benatar Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hit_Me_with_Your_Best_Shot&oldid=843051138 '' Categories : Pat Benatar songs 1980 singles Songs written by Eddie Schwartz Song recordings produced by Keith Olsen Alvin and the Chipmunks songs 1980 songs Chrysalis Records singles Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 26 May 2018, at 14 : 41. 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Question: who wrote the song hit me with your best shot
Answer: Eddie Schwartz