Song of the Day - Precious Time - Pat Benatar

Pat Benatar's 1981 tune from her album of the same name is what I feel most during this quarantine.  How much more precious time are we going to have to waste?  Here's Precious Time...

Flashback Friday Song of the Day - You Better Run - Pat Benatar

I heard recently that Pat Benatar is nominated to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year and I am so excited for her.  Anyone around in the I Want My MTV era surely remembers Long Island native Benatar's videos in heavy rotation, with songs such as this one.  Throughout the 80's and beyond, the singer, along with husband and guitarist Neil Giraldo, solidified their sound and were an ever-charting presence in the music world.  I had a difficult time choosing which tune of hers to play, but this, to me, is a classic, and I distinctly remember it from MTV.  Check out You Better Run...

Flashback Friday Song of the Day - Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar

Here's a Flashback Friday that goes all the way back to 1980 and Pat Benatar's earliest smash and one of her most recognizable hits ever.  This song would set the stage for what was to come in the early days of this brash rock chick's in your face early style.  The song reached the #9 spot on Billboard's Top 100 and always has em' singing along.  Check out Hit Me With Your Best Shot...

Song of the Day - We Belong - Pat Benatar

We continue our week-long tribute to the great Pat Benatar with what is arguably her most beautiful song.  It's the "other song" I was speaking of yesterday that was her highest charting single alongside Love Is a Battlefield, peaking at #5.  This one earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal and is a favorite amongst her fans.  If you were around in 1984, you're sure to know it and love it, so click play below and check out We Belong...  

Song of the Day - Love Is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar

Love Is a Battlefield came out in late 1983, when Pat Benatar was at the very top of her game.  The song and the video added a whole new dimension to Benatar's rock-oriented style, adding elements of dance into the mix and doing so very successfully.  This, and tomorrow's Song of the Day, tied as her two highest charting songs ever (Can you guess what the other song is?).  Here's Love Is a Battlefield...

Song of the Day - You Better Run - Pat Benatar

We continue our week-long tribute to Long Island native Pat Benatar with the lead single off of her 1980 album, Crimes of Passion.  The song is a remake of a 1966 tune by The Young Rascals and it's good old-fashioned rock n roll at its best.  Here's a little known fact I found out whilst making this post:  Pat Benatar's You Better Run was the second video to ever play on MTV, after the famous channel's debut of the Buggles' Video Killed the Radio Star (Songfacts.).  Well how about that?!?!?!!! Happy Tuesday!

Song of the Day - Shadows of the Night - Pat Benatar

We're running with the shadows of the night

So baby take my hand, it'll be alright

Surrender all your dreams to me tonight

They'll come true in the end...

I saw a post yesterday on Facebook, quite accidentally, of someone wishing Pat Benatar a happy 63rd birthday.  (I can't believe she's 63!)  Well, I couldn't help but want to post a song for the occasion, even if it's a day late.  Then I got to thinking, Pat Benatar, a Long Island girl, deserves a very special honor, and so we'll be posting a whole week's worth of posts of Pat Benatar songs to light up your week.

If you were around in the late 70's/early 80's and beyond, you have to have at least one or two or even several of Pat Benatar tunes in the soundtrack of your life.  I know I do.  Though she hasn't charted a single since 1986's All Fired Up, Pat had amassed 15 Top 40 hits prior to that, with 4 of them hitting the top ten.  Here was her debut single from 1983's Get Nervous album.  It's one of her most memorable tunes and has been covered many times since.  Relive and enjoy the sweetness of Shadows of the Night...