# Pat Benatar discography

This is the discography of American singer Pat Benatar. It consists of 11 studio albums, nine live albums, 27 compilation albums, 39 singles, and 34 music videos.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS | CAN | FRA | GER | NED | NZ | SWE | SWI | UK | Certifications |
| In the Heat of the Night | Release date: August 27, 1979 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP record, 8-track, cassette, CD | 12 | 25 | 3 | 20 | — | — | 8 | — | — | 98* | RIAA: Platinum MC: 4× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum |
| Crimes of Passion | Release date: August 6, 1980 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP record, 8-track, cassette, CD | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 27 | — | — | RIAA: 4× Platinum MC: 5× Platinum RMNZ: Gold |
| Precious Time | Release date: July 6, 1981 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP record, 8-track, cassette, CD | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 46 | 2 | 9 | — | 30 | RIAA: 2× Platinum MC: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Gold |
| Get Nervous | Release date: October 29, 1982 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP record, Cassette, CD | 4 | 15 | 16 | 14 | — | — | 15 | 18 | — | 73 | RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Gold MC: Platinum RMNZ: Gold |
| Tropico | Release date: November 1, 1984 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP record, Cassette, CD | 14 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 31 | RIAA: Platinum MC: Platinum BPI: Silver RMNZ: Platinum |
| Seven the Hard Way | Release date: October 30, 1985 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP record, Cassette, CD | 26 | 19 | 36 | — | 42 | — | 2 | 33 | — | 69 | RIAA: Gold MC: Platinum RMNZ: Gold |
| Wide Awake in Dreamland | Release date: June 22, 1988 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP record, Cassette, CD | 28 | 13 | 11 | — | 47 | — | 15 | 33 | — | 11 | RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold MC: Platinum |
| True Love | Release date: April 9, 1991 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP record, Cassette, CD | 37 | 53 | 22 | — | — | 52 | 30 | 30 | 39 | 40 | MC: Gold |
| Gravity's Rainbow | Release date: May 24, 1993 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP record, Cassette, CD | 85 | 130 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Innamorata | Release date: June 3, 1997 Label: CMC International Format: LP record, CD | 171 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Go | Release date: August 12, 2003 Label: Bel Chiasso Records Format: CD | 187 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |||||||||||||
* Benatar's debut album, In the Heat of the Night, did not chart in the UK following its original release, but charted in 1985 after it was re-released by Chrysalis Records.

### Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | AUS | CAN | FRA | GER | NED | NZ | SWE | SWI | UK | Certifications |
| Live from Earth | Release date: September 22, 1983 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP record, Cassette, CD | 13 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 45 | — | 60 | RIAA: Platinum MC: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum |

### Compilations

| Year | Album | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Certifications | Additional information |
| Year | Album | US | UK | AUS | NZ | Certifications | 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 | — | — | — | — | | One-VHS tape featuring four music videos; also includes 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. The complete video collection is an Easter egg. |
| 1985 | Pat Benatar in Concert | — | — | — | — | | One-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. The DVD is missing the final track "Little Paradise". |
| 1987 | Pat Benatar: The Visual Music Collection | — | — | — | — | | Collection featuring 12 music videos through 1987, including the unreleased "Painted Desert". Released on VHS and LaserDisc. |
| 1989 | Best Shots | 67 | 6 | 19 | 5 | BPI: Platinum | Greatest hits compilation issued internationally (one-CD), 1987. Completely different release (one-CD) by same title issued in the US, 1989. US release re-issued in 2003 (one-CD/one-DVD) with the DVD Choice Cuts: Pat Benatar - The Complete Video Collection. |
| 1994 | All Fired Up: The Very Best of Pat Benatar | — | — | — | 2 | | Two-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 | — | — | — | — | | One-CD featuring hits, album and two unreleased live tracks. |
| 1996 | Back to Back Hits: Blondie/Pat Benatar | — | — | — | — | | One-CD featuring five hits from both artists. Re-issued four more times with four different covers each time. |
| 1998 | Pat Benatar: Eight-Fifteen-Eighty | — | — | — | — | | One-CD featuring live tracks from 1980. |
| 1999 | Pat Benatar All-Time Greatest Hits | — | — | — | — | | Three-CD box set featuring hits, album and live tracks. |
| 1999 | Synchronistic Wanderings: Recorded Anthology 1979-1999 | — | — | — | — | | Three-CD box set featuring hits, album tracks, soundtrack and previously unreleased rarities. |
| 2000 | Extended Versions: Pat Benatar - The Encore Collection | — | — | — | — | | One-CD featuring hits and album tracks from the King Biscuit Flower Hour. |
| 2001 | Best of Pat Benatar Volume 1 and Volume 2 | — | — | — | — | | Two CDs featuring hits and album tracks. Released both separately and together. |
| 2001 | Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo: Summer Vacation Tour Book DVD | — | — | — | — | | One-DVD featuring 15 live tracks including four new songs-originally released to fan club members with different packaging but same track listing. |
| 2001 | Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo: Summer Vacation Soundtrack | — | — | — | — | | One-CD 15-track live concert album featuring four new songs-originally released to fan club members with different packaging and additional tracks on two CDs. |
| 2002 | Classic Masters: Pat Benatar | — | — | — | — | | One-CD featuring remastered hits and album tracks. |
| 2003 | Choice Cuts: Pat Benatar - The Complete Video Collection | — | — | — | — | | One-DVD featuring 25 music videos plus four bonus tracks and an Easter egg. DVD sales of 10,000 +. |
| 2003 | From the Front Row...Live: Pat Benatar | — | — | — | — | | One DVD-audio disc playable on most DVD players featuring a collection of remastered live tracks. |
| 2004 | Best of Pat Benatar Volume 1 and Volume 2 | — | — | — | — | | Two CDs featuring hits and album tracks; previously released as two separate CDs. Re-issued in the 2008 "Green Series". |
| 2004 | Pat Benatar Greatest Hits Live | — | — | — | — | | One-CD recorded live in Austin, Texas 1981, from the King Biscuit Flower Hour. |
| 2005 | Greatest Hits | 47 | — | — | 26 | BPI: Silver | One-CD 20-track comprehensive hit singles collection. Re-issued in 2007 (two CDs/one DVD) with the CD Live from Earth and the DVD Choice Cuts: Pat Benatar: The Complete Video Collection. Re-issued in the 2008 "Green Series". Re-issued 2010 in the Live Life Greener Merch Box (includes green bag). |
| 2008 | Ultimate Collection | — | — | — | — | | Two-CD compilation with 40 tracks, featuring an acoustic version of "Everytime I Fall Back" from an appearance on the soap opera The Young and the Restless; digital collection |
| 2009 | Pat Benatar Collector's Edition | — | — | — | — | | Three-CD compilation in a tin packaging released by Madacy Records |
| 2009 | 10 Great Songs | 123 | — | — | — | | One-CD compilation |
| 2013 | Icons | — | — | — | — | | One-CD compilation |
| 2014 | The Best of Pat Benatar: 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection | — | — | — | — | | One-CD compilation |
| 2014 | The One and Only CD: Pat Benatar the very best of | — | — | — | — | | One-CD compilation different track listing than the European very best of |
| 2015 | 35th Anniversary Tour (Live) | — | — | — | — | | One- and two-CD live compilation |
| 2017 | Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo: We Live For Love | — | — | — | — | | One-DVD live acoustic compilation |

### Worldwide compilations

| Year | Album | US | NZ | Additional information |
| 1987 | Best Shots | 67 | 5 | One-CD greatest hits release |
| 1994 | Greatest Hits | — | — | Canadian one-CD greatest hits release with 16 tracks. Polytel/EMI |
| 1994 | Pat Benatar: The Very Best Of | — | 2 | One-CD greatest hits release. France 2× Gold |
| 1996 | Pat Benatar The Very Best of Volume 2 | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release |
| 1998 | In the Heat of the Night/Tropico | — | — | Two-CD remastered release |
| 1998 | In the Heat of the Night/Crimes of Passion | — | — | Two-CD remastered release |
| 1999 | Precious Time/Get Nervous | — | — | Two-CD remastered release |
| 1999 | Tropico/Seven the Hard Way | — | — | Two-CD remastered release |
| 1999 | Innamorata/Eight-Fifteen-Eighty | — | — | Two-CD combination release |
| 2001 | Premium Gold Collection | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release |
| 2001 | The Collection | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release |
| 2002 | The Divine | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release |
| 2002 | The Very Best Album Ever | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release |
| 2002 | In the Heat of the Night | — | — | One-CD greatest hits live release |
| 2002 | Concert Classics | — | — | One-CD greatest hits live release |
| 2004 | Live from Earth/Wide Awake in Dreamland | — | — | Two-CD remastered release |
| 2008 | Pat Benatar Live on Air | — | — | DVD release in the PAL format of the 1983 US Festival, plus "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" and "Hell Is for Children" live from the TV series Fridays |
| 2008 | Pat Benatar Live in America | — | — | One-CD greatest hits live release, same track listing as Concert Classics |
| 2009 | Pat Benatar Essential | — | — | One-CD greatest hits release |
| 2010 | True Love/Gravity's Rainbow | — | — | Two-CD remastered release |
| 2011 | Best Shots/Wide Awake in Dreamland | — | — | Two-CD remastered release |
| 2011 | Pat Benatar Performance | — | — | One-CD remastered release |
| 2017 | Pat Benatar: 5 Classic Albums | — | — | Five-CD remastered release. Includes the albums In the Heat of the Night, Crimes of Passion, Get Nervous, Tropico and Wide Awake in Dreamland |

## Singles

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Year | Single | US | US Main | AUS | BEL (FLA) | CAN | NED | NZ | SWI | UK | Certifications | Album |
| 1974 | "Day Gig" b/w "Last Saturday" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| 1979 | "I Need a Lover" | — | — | — | 24 | — | 31 | — | — | — | | In the Heat of the Night |
| 1979 | "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | In the Heat of the Night |
| 1979 | "Heartbreaker" | 23 | — | 95 | — | 18 | — | 14 | — | — | | In the Heat of the Night |
| 1980 | "We Live for Love" | 27 | — | 28 | — | 8 | — | 26 | — | — | | In the Heat of the Night |
| 1980 | "Rated X" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | In the Heat of the Night |
| 1980 | "I'm Gonna Follow You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Crimes of Passion |
| 1980 | "You Better Run" | 42 | — | 31 | — | 76 | — | 42 | — | — | | Crimes of Passion |
| 1980 | "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" | 9 | — | 33 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver | Crimes of Passion |
| 1980 | "Treat Me Right" | 18 | 31 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | | Crimes of Passion |
| 1981 | "Fire and Ice" | 17 | 2 | 30 | — | 4 | — | 22 | — | — | | Precious Time |
| 1981 | "Promises in the Dark" | 38 | 16 | — | — | 31 | — | — | — | — | | Precious Time |
| 1982 | "Shadows of the Night" | 13 | 3 | 29 | — | 12 | — | 32 | — | 83 | | Get Nervous |
| 1983 | "Little Too Late" | 20 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Get Nervous |
| 1983 | "Looking for a Stranger" | 39 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Get Nervous |
| 1983 | "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Get Nervous |
| 1983 | "Love Is a Battlefield" | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 49 | RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver MC: Gold | Live from Earth |
| 1983 | "Lipstick Lies" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Live from Earth |
| 1984 | "We Belong" | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 22 | MC: Gold | Tropico |
| 1984 | "Painted Desert" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Tropico |
| 1985 | "Ooh Ooh Song" | 36 | 22 | 78 | — | 89 | — | 41 | — | — | | Tropico |
| 1985 | "Temporary Heroes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Tropico |
| 1985 | "Love Is a Battlefield" (Re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | | Tropico |
| 1985 | "Shadows of the Night" (Re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | | Get Nervous |
| 1985 | "Invincible" | 10 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 15 | — | 53 | | Seven the Hard Way |
| 1985 | "Sex as a Weapon (Pat Benatar song)" | 28 | 5 | 33 | — | 30 | — | 26 | — | 67 | | Seven the Hard Way |
| 1986 | "Le Bel Age" | 54 | 19 | 86 | — | 92 | — | — | — | — | | Seven the Hard Way |
| 1988 | "All Fired Up" | 19 | 2 | 2 | — | 19 | — | 20 | — | 19 | | Wide Awake in Dreamland |
| 1988 | "Don't Walk Away" | — | 44 | 61 | — | 63 | — | 48 | — | 42 | | Wide Awake in Dreamland |
| 1988 | "Let's Stay Together" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Wide Awake in Dreamland |
| 1989 | "One Love" | — | — | 166 | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | | Wide Awake in Dreamland |
| 1991 | "True Love" | — | — | 107 | — | — | 21 | — | — | 95 | | True Love |
| 1991 | "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss" | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | True Love |
| 1991 | "So Long" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | True Love |
| 1993 | "Somebody's Baby" | — | — | 90 | — | 41 | — | 36 | — | 48 | | Gravity's Rainbow |
| 1993 | "Everybody Lay Down" | — | 3 | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | | Gravity's Rainbow |
| 1993 | "Crazy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Gravity's Rainbow |
| 1997 | "Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Innamorata |
| 1997 | "At This Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Innamorata |
| 1997 | "Papa's Roses" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Innamorata |
| 2003 | "Have It All" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Go |
| 2003 | "Go" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Go |
| 2003 | "Sorry" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Go |
| 2015 | "Promises in the Dark" (Live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | 35th Anniversary Tour (Live) |
| 2015 | "One December Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| 2017 | "Shine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| 2017 | "Dancing Through the Wreckage" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Served Like a Girl Soundtrack |
| 2020 | "Together" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. |||||||||||||
Notes
* ^ "We Belong" also peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
* ^ "Dancing Through the Wreckage" peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It is her first song to chart there since "We Belong" in 1984.

## Other charted songs, B-sides, soundtracks

| Year | Song | Peak positions | Peak positions | Album |
| Year | Song | US AC | US Main | Album |
| 1981 | "Take It Anyway You Want It" | — | 32 | Precious Time |
| 1981 | "Just Like Me" | — | 15 | Precious Time |
| 1982 | "The Victim" | — | 23 | Get Nervous |
| 1984 | "Here's My Heart" | — | — | Metropolis Soundtrack |
| 1984 | "Diamond Field" | — | 20 | Tropico |
| 1987 | "Sometimes the Good Guys Finish First" | — | — | The Secret of My Success: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| 1988 | "Jimmy Says" | — | — | Free to Be a Family |
| 1993 | "Temptation" | — | — | B-side of "Somebody's Baby" |
| 1997 | "Cry for Love" | — | — | Promo single; B-side of "Strawberry Wine (Life Is Sweet)" |
| 1998 | "Love Is a Battlefield" (with Queen Latifah) | — | — | Small Soldiers Soundtrack |
| 2001 | "Christmas in America" | 22 | — | Go |
| 2000 | "Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades" | — | — | Disney's An Extremely Goofy Movie Dance Party! |
| 2013 | "Passion" | — | — | Jello Fruit commercial |
| 2017 | "Dancing Through The Wreckage" | 22 | — | Served Like a Girl Soundtrack |

## Music videos

| Year | Video | Information |
| 1975 | "Coxon's Army" | Unreleased PBS special |
| 1980 | "You Better Run" | Second video shown on MTV |
| 1980 | "I'm Gonna Follow You" | |
| 1981 | "Fire and Ice" | Directed by Keith McMillan |
| 1981 | "Promises in the Dark" | Directed by Keith McMillan |
| 1981 | "Precious Time" | |
| 1982 | "Shadows of the Night" | |
| 1982 | "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" | |
| 1982 | "Little Too Late" | |
| 1983 | "Love Is a Battlefield" | Nominated for MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video |
| 1983 | "Lipstick Lies" | |
| 1983 | "Rappin' Rodney" | Guest star; Rodney Dangerfield video |
| 1984 | "Painted Desert" | Unreleased until 1986 |
| 1984 | "We Belong" | |
| 1984 | "Ooh Ooh Song" | |
| 1985 | "Invincible" | Theme from The Legend of Billie Jean |
| 1985 | "Sex as a Weapon (Pat Benatar song)" | Nominated for MTV Video Music Award for Most Experimental Video |
| 1985 | "Le Bel Age" | Two versions, one with Richard Belzer |
| 1985 | "Sun City" | Guest star; Artists United Against Apartheid video |
| 1988 | "All Fired Up" | |
| 1988 | "Don't Walk Away" | |
| 1988 | "Let's Stay Together" | |
| 1989 | "One Love" | Released for Best Shots |
| 1991 | "True Love" | |
| 1991 | "So Long" | |
| 1991 | "Yakety Yak, Take it Back" | Guest star; charity single |
| 1993 | "Somebody's Baby" | |
| 1993 | "Everytime I Fall Back" | Unreleased |
| 1997 | "Strawberry Wine" |
| 2001 | "Christmas in America" | |
| 2003 | "Have It All" | Unreleased compilation video |
| 2015 | "Promises in the Dark" | Live video from 35th Anniversary Tour (Live) |
| 2015 | "Love Is a Battlefield" | Live video from 35th Anniversary Tour (Live) |
| 2017 | "Shine" | In support of the Shine Together Movement |
| 2017 | "Dancing Through the Wreckage" | From Served Like a Girl Soundtrack |
| 2020 | "Together" | COVID-themed video |