 HOLLYWOOD, CA. (Capitol Records) - As the world's enthusiastic rediscovery of its favorite '80s music icons continues, the decade's top female rock star receives a definitive hits retrospective designed for maximum play today. Pat Benatar first burst into international music circles with her 1979 smash, "Heartbreaker." When MTV began beaming into America's living rooms in 1980, the Buggles' "Video Killed The Radio Star" was the first music video to be broadcast by the network. Pat Benatar's hit cover of the Young Rascals' " You Better Run" was the second. As she sang "We Belong," the decade belonged to Benatar, who took home an unprecedented four consecutive Grammy® Awards for Best Female Rock Performance and racked up six consecutive Platinum and three Gold RIAA sales certifications for the nine albums she released between 1979 and 1989, selling tens of millions of albums around the world. On June 7, Capitol/EMI Music Catalog Marketing will release Pat Benatar: Greatest Hits, a 20-track collection of Benatar's most essential songs, including 16 of her best-loved Top 40 singles. "The music of the 1980's has re-entered the zeitgeist in a gigantic way." - Jeff Leeds, The New York Times (February 13, 2005) The diversity of Pat Benatar's fanbase today, a global audience encompassing baby boomers and their Gen X and Gen Y descendents, reflects her music's vast and enduring appeal. Her strong yet vulnerable vocal missives, whether hurled or gently swept over her band's solid rock arrangements, sound as fresh and 'now' today as they did when they were first recorded. Pat Benatar has inspired new generations of musicians as varied as her audience, and her music is an essential entry in the American rock canon. Pat Benatar: Greatest Hits packs 20 original album cuts, including the blockbuster rock anthems "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," "Heartbreaker," "Fire And Ice," "Love Is A Battlefield," "You Better Run," "We Live For Love," "Invincible," "All Fired Up," and "We Belong." "I pledge allegiance to the microphone of the Pat Benatar wannabes of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one black teddy, under goddess, with lingerie and bodice for all.'" - Tori Amos (April 1999) "She exuded sensuality and vulnerability with great strength and passion - a true rock & roll goddess." - Sarah McLachlan (May 2004) Pat Benatar: Greatest Hits Heartbreaker, No 23 Pop We Live For Love, No 27 Pop Hit Me With Your Best Shot, No 9 Pop Hell Is For Children Treat Me Right, No 18 Pop, No 31 Rock You Better Run, No 42 Pop Fire And Ice, No 17 Pop, No 2 Rock Promises In The Dark, No 38 Pop, No 16 Rock Precious Time Shadows Of The Night, No 13 Pop, No 3 Rock Little Too Late, No 20 Pop, No 38 Rock Looking For A Stranger, No 39 Pop, No 4 Rock Love Is A Battlefield, No 5 Pop, No 1 Rock We Belong, No 5 Pop, No 3 Rock, No 10 AC Ooh Ooh Song, No 36 Pop, No 22 Rock Invincible (Theme From The Legend Of Billie Jean), No 10 Pop, No 4 Rock Sex As A Weapon, No 28 Pop, No 5 Rock Le Bel Age, No 54 Pop, No 19 Rock All Fired Up, No 19 Pop, No 2 Rock One Love (Song Of The Lion)
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