Well you’re the real tough cookie with the long history
Of breaking little hearts, like the one in me
That’s O.K., lets see how you do it
Put up your dukes, lets get down to it!
Hit Me With Your Best Shot!
Why Don’t You Hit Me With Your Best Shot!
Hit Me With Your Best Shot!
Fire Away!
You come on with a “come on”, you don’t fight fair
But that’s O.K., see if I care!
Knock me down, it’s all in vain
I’ll get right back on my feet again!
Hit Me With Your Best Shot!
Why Don’t You Hit Me With Your Best Shot!
Hit Me With Your Best Shot!
Fire Away!
Well you’re the real tough cookie with the long history
Of breaking little hearts, like the one in me
Before I put another notch in my lipstick case
You better make sure you put me in my place
Hit Me With Your Best Shot!
Come On, Hit Me With Your Best Shot!
Hit Me With Your Best Shot!
Fire Away!
Hit Me With Your Best Shot!
Why Don’t You Hit Me With Your Best Shot!
Hit Me With Your Best Shot!
Fire Away!
- Pat’s first gold single. Peaked at #9 on the Pop charts
- Myron: We’ll frequently do songs by outside writers. None of us knew Eddie Schwartz. But we worked hard on the arrangement. It’s a good song.
Pat: After awhile you get saturated with it.
Myron: There was so much exposure on that song. Every time you turned on the fights and a guy got hit in the face, they’d play it!
Pat: I am sure if the Beatles were still together and they had to play I Want To Hold Your Hand, they’d die. It’s like some songs last, and others you just outgrow. I mean, Heartbreaker I could play anytime; it never bothers me. I don’t know. It seemed like a good idea at the time. - Interview with Eddie Schwartz
From the album(s): 35th Anniversary Tour - Live (2015), 8-15-80, All Fired Up - The Very Best of Pat Benatar, Best Shots, Crimes of Passion, Live From Earth, Pat Benatar - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits, Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker, 16 Classic Performances, Pat Benatar - The Very Best of, Pat Benatar Synchronistic Wanderings Recorded Anthology 1979 to 1999, Summer Vacation 2001 - Live, and We Belong to Pat Benatar - Live at the Electric Ladyland
Author(s): Edward Schwartz
Time: 2:51
Copyright: @Copyright 1980 by ATV Music Publishing of Canada, Ltd.
Song lyrics checked for accuracy with Pat Benatar's Music Anthology