I am so hoping Pat Benatar gets inducted into the Rock Hall next year, not just because I’ve been a big fan for 40 years, but also because there were only 2.5 women (along with Whitney Houston and Chaka Khan, of Rufus And Chaka Khan) who were nominated out of the 16 total artists nominated. It was totally worth the wait.įrom the “Shadows Of The Night” music video. 54).Īfter several missed attempts over the years to see Pat perform live, in February 2018, I finally saw Pat Benatar and her longtime guitarist, producer, songwriter, collaborator, and husband (since 1982), Neil Giraldo, perform an acoustic show in Cranston, Rhode Island. 42, and the second video to air on MTV and, 1986’s underrated “Le Bel Age,” No. Out of her 17 Hot 100 appearances between 19, only two of them didn’t reach the Top 40 (1980’s “You Better Run,” No. Her first six albums were certified Platinum or Multi-Platinum, and on the Hot 100, she has an impressive Top 40 chart history.
She also has an incredible track record on the BILLBOARD charts. Pat Benatar has been one of my all-time favorite artists for a long time. Maybe it’s the Rock Hall nod, maybe it’s radio stations branching out from the more familiar, it’s hard to say, though it’s quite welcomed. Usually these stations play “Heartbreaker” (her first hit) or “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” “Love Is A Battlefield” or “We Belong” (her biggest hits), and they still do, often.īut, then I started hearing “Shadows Of The Night” more, and on different stations. The first time I recently heard “Shadows Of The Night” on the radio, I was pleasantly surprised to hear it. “Shadows Of The Night” also scored Pat Benatar her third Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1983. On BILLBOARD’s Mainstream Rock chart, it was one of her biggest Rock hits on that chart, peaking at No. (in 1985) and charted in New Zealand as well. 13 peak for four weeks, and dropped off the Hot 100 a month later.Īround the globe, “Shadows Of The Night” also reached the Top 20 in Australia and Canada, No. Starting a couple of weeks before Xmas and lasting into the first week of 1983, “Shadows Of The Night” occupied its respectable No. This heavy activity on the chart slowed down Pat’s climb into the Top 20. The Stray Cats, rocking up the singles charts in late 1982.
But, in November 1982, usually a relatively quiet time on the charts (at least back then), there was a lot of heavy activity in the Top 20, from songs like “Sexual Healing” by Marvin Gaye, “The Girl Is Mine” by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, Don Henley’s “Dirty Laundry,” “Rock This Town” by The Stray Cats, and “Maneater” by Daryl Hall & John Oates. The following week, it rocketed up to No. In its fourth week on the chart, “Shadows Of The Night” reached No. It debuted on the BILLBOARD Hot 100 in mid-October at No. Released in September 1982 (a month in advance of the album, GET NERVOUS my personal favorite), “Shadows Of The Night” was the lead single released from the album, her fourth studio release.
The single cover art for the 1990 reworking of “I Melt With You.”īut, regardless of chart position(s) attained, “I Melt With You” has been a radio staple for over 35 years, and rightfully so.Īnother song that was a Top 20 hit back in the day and would have been a Top 10 hit (with all the airplay it’s getting today) is “Shadows Of The Night” by 2020 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame nominee (and future inductee) Pat Benatar. 7) and even charted on BILLBOARD’s Dance chart, but stopped at No. Upon its original 1982 release on 4AD (the independent label’s first hit), it fared well on BILLBOARD’s Mainstream Rock chart (No. One of the best examples of this is “I Melt With You” by Modern English (from the album, AFTER THE SNOW). But, as I’ve mentioned before, with respect to Casey Kasem’s AMERICAN TOP 40 and BILLBOARD magazine, in the scheme of radio, sometimes it doesn’t matter what position you peaked at on the singles chart. 11 on the BILLBOARD Hot 100 back in April 1982. And somehow, it only managed to peak at No. The first song that comes to mind is Stevie Nicks’ incredible “Edge Of Seventeen.” One of the most-played Stevie Nicks solo hits played today. One thing that has caught my attention is the amount of airplay given to songs that didn’t do as well as they should have back when they were released, and based on the huge amount of airplay they still get to this day, would have been bigger hits back in the day.
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