pat benatar wrote hit me with your best shot.
pat benatar wrote hit me with your best shot.
who wrote hit me with your best shot?
pat benatar
although his earliest hit as a songwriter for other artists was pat benatar's 1980 single "hit me with your best shot", schwartz didn't focus significantly on producing and songwriting until the late 1980s. since then he has produced artists of various genres including the doobie brothers, paul carrack, rita coolidge, donna summer, and lawrence gowan, and penned hits for paul carrack ("don't shed a tear", "i live by the groove"), the doobie brothers ("the doctor"), and donna summer ("fascination"). additionally, many songs he himself originally recorded/performed have been covered by other artists to great success. examples include: "all our tomorrows" (recorded by joe cocker), "does a fool ever learn" (recorded by helix), and "special girl" (covered by both america & meat loaf).
eddie schwartz
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"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