“The song is laden with sexual innuendo, but at the core is a song about self confidence. You better make sure you put me in my place Of breaking little hearts like the one in meīefore I put another notch in my lipstick case Well you’re a real tough cookie with a long history Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar Album: Crimes Of Passion TrIntro E A Cm B E A Cm B A B x2 Verse E B/D Well youre a real tough cookie Cm A With a long history B Of breaking little hearts like the one in me E B/D Thats OK Cm A Lets see how you do it B Put up your dukes, lets get down. The song was included on Benatar’s 1980 album, Crimes of Passion and charted #9 on the US Billboard charts. “Before I put another notch in your lipstick case,” was changed to “MY lipstick case.” This tiny change meant a lot for the female demographic- and was an overlooked power stance. The count and countess seemed pleased I had begun to talk.
It was as much his custom to do this as it was to drink his daily glass of brandy. Hit Me With Your Best Shot is a song by Pat Benatar which was written by Eddie Schwartz, a successful producer who has worked with Joe Cocker, Carly Simon, The. The best shot I ever met used to shoot at least three times every day before dinner. Eventually Benatar recorded the song but not without changing some lyrics first. No, Your Excellency, you must not neglect to practice, or your hand will soon lose its cunning. The engineer, John Rhys, invited me to dinner the last night to cheer me up and at dinner he passed me over a little cassette and said, ‘they told me to erase the song and I had to because they’re my biggest client, but I made one copy of the song for you because I knew how much you loved the song.’ “Īccording to Schwartz, Pat Benatar was in the office next door to the producers who were listening to the demo- and she could hear the music through the wall. ” I was about to get on a plane to go back to Toronto and I was so dejected that my favorite song had been recorded and then erased. One of those songs was, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.” What happened next was a bittersweet testament to musicianship. He created his demo, which featured 4 songs. The part of hit me with your best shot, Fire Away so. Producer Robyn Semien captures a special morning for her five-year-old son, Cole, who is doing something delightful for the very first time: he’s getting to ride the school bus. Once he had a title, the songwriter signed on with the publishing company ATV (Beatles catalogue). The first time I ever heard this song, when I was about 19 or so, I knew what it meant. Maybe I should go back,” states Schwartz. I haven’t been to therapy before or since. It all seemed kind of strange, but I remember walking outside of this therapy session and standing on the doorstep of the building I’d been in, this small house in Toronto, and the title just came to me,Hit Me With Your Best Shot…. I went to a session where we punched the pillows for a while. One of the things we did was punch pillows, I guess it had something to do with getting out hostility.
Hit Me With Your Best Shot! Why Don't You Hit Me With Your Best Shot! I'm gonna get ya', get ya', get ya', get ya' Hit Me With Your Best Shot! Fire Away! I'm gonna get ya', get ya', get ya', get ya' One way or another, I'm gonna find ya' I'm gonna get ya', get ya', get ya', get ya' One way or another, I'm gonna win ya' I'll get ya', I'll get ya' 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! I'm gonna get ya', get ya', get ya', get ya' Hit Me With Your Best Shot! Fire Away! I'm gonna get ya', get ya', get ya', get ya' You come on with a "come on", you don't fight fair But that's O.“I was in a kind of weird therapy when I was in my mid-20s, it was called bio-energetics, I believe. Hit Me with Your Best Shot Lyrics: Well youre the real tough cookie with a long history / Of breaking little hearts like the one in me / Thats okay, lets see how you do it / Put up your dukes.