Sex As A Weapon
Benatar Pat Lyrics

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You really do know how to strut that stuff (strut that stuff)
You really do know how to act tough (act tough)
Your body's just like a centerfold
A fantasy, (a fantasy), anyone would want to hold

Stop using sex as a weapon
Stop using sex as a weapon
You know you're already my obsession

Stop, (stop), using sex as a weapon
Love is more than a one way reflection
Stop, (stop), using sex as a weapon

With looks that kill and a mind that's twisted (twisted)
I don't know why I can't resist it (resist it)
I tell myself look the other way (other way)
When you want me to (when you want me to)
I, I always stay

Stop using sex as a weapon
Stop using sex as a weapon
You know you're already my obsession
Stop, (stop), using sex as a weapon
Love is more than a one way reflection
Stop, (stop), using sex as a weapon

You play with desire like it was a toy (toy)
How much affection can you destroy?
You wrap my heart around your little finger
Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex as a weapon

Stop using sex as a weapon
Stop using sex

Stop using sex as a weapon
Stop using sex as a weapon
You know you're already my obsession
Stop, (stop), using sex as a weapon
Love is more than a one way reflection
Stop, (stop), using sex as a weapon

Stop using sex as a weapon
Stop using sex as a weapon
Stop using sex
Stop using sex as a weapon
Stop using sex
(Stop using sex)

(Stop using sex)
Sex as a weapon, as a weapon

Overall Meaning

The song "Sex As A Weapon" by Pat Benatar is a commentary on the abuse of sex as a manipulative tool in relationships. The lyrics describe a partner who uses their physical appearance and sexuality to control the singer and keep them hooked, all while neglecting the deeper emotional and intellectual aspects of their connection. The first few lines paint a picture of a partner who is alluring and intimidating at the same time, with a body like a "centerfold" and a tough demeanor. However, the chorus urges them to stop using sex as a weapon and recognize that love is more than a one-sided attraction. The second verse delves deeper into the twisted psychology of the manipulative partner, highlighting their ability to toy with desire and destroy affection. The repeated refrain of "sex as a weapon" drives home the central message of the song: that intimacy should be a mutual expression of love and respect, not a means of control or domination.

Overall, "Sex As A Weapon" is a powerful rejection of the idea that physical attraction is the most important factor in a relationship. Pat Benatar uses her trademark vocal prowess and rock-and-roll energy to deliver a message that is both catchy and thought-provoking. The song remains relevant today, as people continue to struggle with the impact of toxic relationships and the misuse of sexuality.

Line by Line Meaning

You really do know how to strut that stuff (strut that stuff)
You are confident and show off your attractiveness

You really do know how to act tough (act tough)
You project strength and independence

Your body's just like a centerfold A fantasy, (a fantasy), anyone would want to hold
Your physique is idealized, causing others to desire you

Stop using sex as a weapon
Stop manipulating others with the promise of sexual activity

You know you're already my obsession
You know that I am infatuated with you

Stop, (stop), using sex as a weapon
Stop exploiting sexuality to gain power or control

Love is more than a one way reflection
Love involves mutual respect and reciprocity, not just one person's desire for another

With looks that kill and a mind that's twisted (twisted)
Your attractiveness and manipulative tendencies make you dangerous

I don't know why I can't resist it (resist it)
I am compelled to be drawn to you despite knowing the risk

I tell myself look the other way (other way) When you want me to (when you want me to) I, I always stay
I try to ignore your attempts to lure me in, but I always give in

You play with desire like it was a toy (toy) How much affection can you destroy? You wrap my heart around your little finger Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex as a weapon
You treat other people's emotions as expendable and use sex to manipulate them, resulting in their heartache

Stop using sex
Stop using sex to harm others

Stop using sex as a weapon
Stop exploiting the sexual desires of others for your own gain

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BILLY STEINBERG, TOM KELLY

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Comments from YouTube:

@777zippy777

4y↑41

If you grew up in the '80s... you were SO lucky. Best decade ever.

@paultreadaway102

3y↑2

Excellent Videos are too classy in the 80s when it really started.The greatest decade of all time the GOAT 🐐 for me

@777zippy777

3y↑2

@@paultreadaway102 Obviously we're biased, but come on... the music industry in the '80s was easily the best era ever. You couldn't swing a 12-inch stick without hitting a legendary, huge-name rock star/pop star. And MTV was beyond iconic.

What do they have now? Hip-hop and rap garbage, pro tools, auto-tune, over-produced garbage aimed at Zoomers that don't know any better and only care about downloading the latest soup-of-the-day trend from the latest release by "JayEyeEm Super-Daddy-Z featuring Busta Big Daddy G and Dr. Slappy-Pants P-Funk Jippy-Jammer A.K. Flux-Butt".

@pettifogger0712

14w↑2

Amen to that!!! Born 1971 and raised on radio in the 1980's! 🙂

@mjrybread

12w

Well I don't know about that cuz it did have lots of drugs back there 😢and I did my fair share 😅but dang was it fun

@zaidalsabea2716

5w↑1

Amen brother. Radio was a joy. Albums were a thing. Movies were a delight -even the corny ones-.

@tanya3128

2y↑75

This woman has a KILLER voice!! She is amazing and paved the way for so many others. She 100% deserves her place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! Loved her then, love her now, too. ❤️🥰

@TheSleepingonit

11w

What happened to her?

@darkjedi447

8y↑280

I think this is an underrated song. It's one of her best! Don't get sick of hearing it ever

@RobTheUndertaker

7y↑13

I'm surprised it wasn't a bigger hit myself.

@warmnightair

7y↑12

I love this jam

@aelius93

6y↑3

I'm not so sure about this as a single but
I think it's so awesome that she throws her old 45s up there as examples of sexual exploitation.
I think that is just swell

@JakeKilka

5y↑6

Back in the 80s I was a young lad and listened to mainly rock/metal back then as I still do, but some of the 80s pop songs were okay, this being one of them.

@Kanuck1818

5y↑8

I like how she looks up at the cover in the corner near the song's end...it was a smack in the face to the record company that kept pushing her to have a sexier image but she did not agree with it.

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@GINGERALER

12y↑31

Simply one of the best, most iconic music videos of the 80's. All the color, all the visuals and a very strong song. It's a music video Mona Lisa.

@NuGanjaTron

2y↑1

It's a candidate for the next Golden Disc to Mars! The aliens are guaranteed to leave us alone then. 😂

@debraevans3398

4y↑38

One of the BEST Female rockers EVER

@richalderson6069

2y↑19

The cliche "they don't make em' like they used to" definitely applies to Pat Benetar. What a powerful voice!

@naughtysmurf64

41w↑7

This is such an underated Pat Benatar song!!

@JCStorm76

3y↑39

Underrated. Released at a time when her popularity was starting to fade but it’s as good as any of her earlier hits

@paultreadaway102

3y↑2

Just as good but when u on the back of Invinsible lots of Artists would felt that deliver an epic song,backed up with this which for most is an underated Song and cool indeed, whatever it did on the Chart.She only had All Fired Up next i prefer the rare gems of theirs like this

@peterdujmovic6733

2y↑1

I had that luck and I agre. Those were crazy times, full of fun as never before or after.... If I only remember those endless night with GROUP of friends around....

@UPBEATFOREVER

50w

Stop using your genitals as a weapon!!!same thing!!!

@mikekaraoke

50w

No it wasn't lol

@StressJudoCoaching

4y↑17

This was a song way ahead of its time. Pat Benatar is a singer ahead of her time. She fought behind the scenes to open up music to women. She's a living Hall of Fame.

@tomycor2798

1y↑4

Alot of People think back at the 80s & say Bonjovi & the like ruled, but Neil & Pat Benatar were the True Pioneer's of the Era!

@UtahMike41

10y↑60

A song of hers that never really went anywhere but I think it's one of her best.

@OliveOyl12590

10y↑1

I like this track, too. But I don't think it did as well as it should of because is seems to have a little bit too much of a pop sound to it.

@quilmesdave

10y↑2

I agree. Excellent!!

@NuGanjaTron

I think the video did go somewhere... didn't it win at the MTV awards in '86? But the song then just became a backing track to the video, which is a shame. It's funny how some songs are mostly remembered for the video, not the song itself. Another example was "Money for Nothing".

@NuGanjaTron

2y↑1

Correction: it was nominated for the "most experimental vid",, but lost to Aha's "Take on Me". Fair enuff.

@theknowitall4090

1y↑3

One of her best but the public always likes the poppy sounds. We belong, Hit me with your best shot, etc. her best songs were this , Precious time, Fire and Ice, Shadows of the night. You can keep Best shot.

@rolandschregle2322

9y↑89

There you have it; the 80s condensed into 4 minutes! Epic stuff.

@juliobahamundi7062

6y↑1

True!/Cierto

@abrahamali115

5y↑2

I like the song. Too bad the album didn't chart well in the US.

@sethschiller832

Come on yes a good song with a great message but in my opinion it was USA, for Africa. We are the world

@sethschiller832

4y↑2

@@abrahamali115 check again seven the hard way was In the top ten and the single invincible was a hit

@techboysf

4y↑1

@@sethschiller832 Invincible was epic Pat, for sure!

@ExpressHere

8y↑78

The 80's was one hell of a drug...

@keythdanielsen8316

6y↑5

And i'm still having withdrawal symptoms.

@MrPilgrim609

6y↑2

Who are you? Rick James? 😆😆😆

@marieantoinettescake9513

6y↑1

Keyth Danielsen Aren't we all?? 😜🥂

@sethschiller832

@@MrPilgrim609 yes he is a super freak freaky wow

@sethschiller832

4y↑1

@@keythdanielsen8316 darn those sleeping pills

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@jimboslice5647

12w↑2

The Queen of Rock - Pat Benatar. I saw Benatar live three times. She always put on a great show.

@philrobinson981

5y↑167

Still sounds as good today (September 2019), anyone with me

@techboysf

4y↑3

Like a fine wine, Pat gets even better with age.

@jens1397

4y↑3

September 2020,and still listening to this classic

@tombeckner404

3y↑1

Yes 2020!

@user-zc5bq6mw1b

3y↑2

I'm here, Mate. Nov 2020.

@SwiftyDeejay

3y↑1

Yes

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@lancelotvonschrameck3520

1y↑4

I was in Our House with a Garden in ‘89. I saw this Monumental Music Video! I’m from Budapest. This Music Video is Unforgettable!!! I’m in Van Nuys, California, 91405…I was 24 years old and right now I am in my 58th year…

@joannefalkinder393

4y↑11

Why do radio stations not play this now. Aceeeeee

@gar1324

50w↑5

2023 AND STILL GREAT!!! GOOO PAT!!!

@gracehope2280

37w

@StacyHirsh

24w↑4

i remember seeing this video in 1985, i was around 13 at the time, this is such a cool music video, it is a shame kids these days have crap for music

@Kanuck1818

5y↑49

I've seen a couple of people's posts that they think there's a story behind the song... there very much is... back in the 80s the record labels kept wanting her to dress up like a sexy little kitten Vixen and she was uncomfortable with it... towards the end of the song where they show her album cover when she's bending backwards and she's wearing the skin tight outfit and she's sings the line "sex as a weapon" she looks up at the picture that was kind of a "screw you" to the record labels.. because of her confidence and success in the end she got her way.. directly after that panel in the video you see the giant Bank of Television screens.. in the bottom right-hand corner you see Pat and she has kind of a self-satisfied smirk on her face cuz she got her point across

@alex1701waller

@JavierParede

3y↑2

I think that was true of all women in the 80s that were categorized in the hard rock genre. Heart was another example; the record company had them dress all sexy and then when Ann gained weight they just put Nancy in the front spot in videos. There were Heart videos with Ann singing lead that would hardly ever show her. That whole decade was about sexualizing everything, almost like it is now except you have the occasional Adele who isn't a pinup girl but still sells tons of records. Even in comparison I think the 80s was far more fake than we are currently.

@tonylawrence1442

Brilliant!!!!!!

@tonylawrence1442

Now I'll have to watch it again, ..I've loved this song for so long

@timwilliams8343

5y↑18

By FAR....Pat's Best SONG!!!

@MilkAndCornbreadd

8y↑44

This is Pat Benatar's best track by far! Her vocals rock the house with this one, and especially with the multiple guitars.

@raccooneyes2099

8y↑1

I would agree but I like "invincible" more, i think its heavier.

@MilkAndCornbreadd

***** Not everyone is going to agree. But, I do like "Invincible" a lot, as well. Consider yourself lucky! ;-)

@raccooneyes2099

8y↑1

***** lol lets not fight.. i love both songs, we're on the same side =P

@MilkAndCornbreadd

8y↑1

***** Agreed. :-)

@blondespitfire

7y↑1

No Way...Promises in the Dark!

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@smellsick

11y↑17

Always makes me smile this video, especially the use of her own early album cover as a point made.

@aus80srockradio94

2y↑3

That was a slag at her managment & Chrysalis for wanting her to look that way to sell her music. You can see it in all the photos on her early 80's material and 7" singles. She was never happy about it - and she was right. She had/has an awesome vocal ability, she didn't need to sell based on her looks - unlike many other female singers needed to...

@donmccollough3213

2y↑7

Neil has such great taste in riffs and melody....one of my favorites. This, Le Bel Age, and especially Too Long a Soldier are fav examples of just how talented he has been over their RRHOF careers!

@marcusa5521

10y↑140

I can't believe Like A Virgin went to number 1 and this song only went to 28. People are crazy

@luxbledstone

10y↑13

I like her and Madonna but I think I like this song better...

@paulmorrison688

6y↑13

Marcus A Because Madonna acted like a cheap sleazy slur. Pat was just herself. A confident singer that didn't have to dress South or act it as well . Pat is the bomb!!

@sethschiller832

6y↑3

Paul Morrison your right on the money but one thing madonna and pat benatar were different madonna was top 40 bubblegum pop and pat was album rock think at the time so were the eurythmics women in rock female rights

@alexburford1637

6y↑2

Stupidity will ALWAYS get its way.

@ivanj.conway9919

5y↑3

@@sethschiller832 : God how we've devolved in a few, short, decades.

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@briangar12

8y↑64

This song was Pat's Finger wave at advertisers to stop using Sex to sell products. If you notice at the end of the video they show models with several different consumer products. What is even more interesting is that they flash a picture of her early years and her reaction is priceless.

This video was nominated for 6 MTV music video awards for editing, sound, etc. Pat did not win any of the 6. However, in 1986, she won Favorite Female Video artist on the American Music Awards.

@LetsPlayPC

6y↑7

That describes the video but the song doesn't really fit the video. The song lyrics sound like a sexually frustrated woman obsessed with a man that she has the hots for.

@taylorm7777

5y↑3

@@LetsPlayPC I thought the video was about rape

@emilymathews7073

I’m so dumb, I never knew that! I took it literally because….I have used sex as a weapon lol.

@Kerunou

@@taylorm7777 the video is actually just a storyboarded series of effects, a big experiment for the man who made it, so there’s really no big meaning to the video in that respect. It’s a show of flash, excess, and visual marketing. In that way, it’s very tongue in cheek, but nothing more and certainly nothing deep.

@NuGanjaTron

2y↑1

Well, let's face it, nothing's really changed: sex still sells then and now...

@smitchix1

13y↑5

saw Pat on Tuesday night in Philly...at 58 she has lost very little, age has been infintely better to her than most 80s rockers. She is a world class talent, and when you see her live, you forget just how many top 40 hits she had - the set list was a monster!

@gregv2k

41w↑3

One of her very best, killer hooks, propulsive Grombacher beat, Spyder doing what Spyder does, and her amazing vocals. Everything that's great about Benatar in 4 perfect minutes. She was too good for pop audiences. We didn't deserve her.

@Zeppo11

13y↑49

I love how towards the end of the video, Pat puts a picture of herself up from the early days when she was marketed as a sex symbol. She looks at it and shakes her head.

@sethschiller832

4y↑7

As the song suggests pat benatar is a musician and is very serious about the music she writes and records and does not like to be stared down as a sex object

@SGidlow1

2y↑8

She has many faves, but this is an absolute favorite. Pop perfection.

@winyguy

8y↑18

This Song Went To Number 28 On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart In 1986.

@winyguy

+roosevelthighschool I Do Not Remember This Song, I Have The Billboard Book Of Top-40 Hits, I Copied It From There.

@ronaldmarino326

I remember that! I always thought it would have gone to number 1

@r0bertmckenzie166

Pat Benetar rocked her ass off she deserves to be in the rock and roll hall of fame

@brianpearson3540

I liked this song, its message, even it's juxtaposition video. The video was top notch in that era of MTV.

@miketyler7616

2y↑5

2022 and cranking this song. Who's with me?

@PatBenatarFan1

11y↑9

Brilliant video with the best voice range of all time! The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame where are you on this! Pat can sing anything! The best female rocker and vocals ever! As for the 10 dislikes...you all know nothing about true power and range with vocals because Pat has the ultimate best of all time!!! Love Ya Pat!!!!!

@renegadebiker24

4y↑5

One of Pat Benatar's best videos. Funny how some people do not get the message of the song, even today, like some so called "celebrities".

@andrebrunengo4053

2y↑4

It's got Pat Benatar in it. That makes it awesome right off the bat.

@csarock1csarock187

3y↑2

This should have hit the top 10.

@brionity

9y↑17

This was played a lot on television in Germany in that time period.

@helloskinny510

6y↑1

BRIONITY Really? Wow. In my country this song doesn't exist neither in radio nor tv. I just discovered it recently in Youtube.

@rjjcms1

2y↑1

I'm a bit disappointed I hardly heard it at all here in the UK.

@brionity

2y↑1

@@helloskinny510 It was the 80s. GErmany had a very opulent pop scene. One of my favorite artists Jennifer Rush had a thriving career there and almost ignored everywhere else despite having one of the greatest voices of our time.

@NuGanjaTron

@@brionity Don't forget Hansi Hölzel alias FALCO!!! (Ok, he was Austrian...)

@andrewwilson8317

4y↑4

Probably even more relevant today than when it was released? We have gone backwards, not forwards.

@NuGanjaTron

Agreed, and in more ways than one... 😕

@dquiun23

13w↑2

One of my favorites albums, easy listening great performance

@stevefleming356

3y↑4

Pat’s a kick ass rock chick and should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame !

@peterendyke4165

1y↑2

Benatar/Giraldo band were so underrated. They took off in the late 70's and made several great records, yet their popularity faded in the mid-late 80's despite continuing to make really good albums.

@ClarenceDoskocil

8y↑27

Interesting that she looks at her own album in disgust at 3:47.

@SweptAway529

7y↑11

I think in her VH1 Behind The Music show she mentions the record company pushing for sexier album jackets, sexier image, etc. I believe this song was part of a response to that demand.

@Retnoob

6y↑1

Yes, isn't it?

@helloskinny510

6y↑3

Hahaha. Cool

@jonstone5484

Definitely! Pat Benatar is the best! This is one of my favorite songs, right along with "Invincible"... she just kept getting better!

@scubadiva666

2y↑3

Ahh…the memories of seeing this early video on MTV!

@aerialkate

14y↑5

I love the way the song/video has a kind of weariness and disapproving tone to it - about sleazy marketing and sex selling everything - whilst at the same time musically sounding like it would not be out of place at a poll dancing establishment! Love that funky bassline...

@MicheleIVI

2y↑3

This song has to be the most longeve unknown track I wished to find out in my personal list. I had it recorded on cassette from an old TV show which didn't mention the title, it was probably 1989 or so, 25 years later using Shazam or SoundHound I found it and it was just a relief, I played it countless times with such a smile on my face!

@portlock88

1y↑4

Bartended a party for her on the Queen Mary in early 2000's. She sounds amazing live!!

@gilbertmartinez1504

4y↑4

FINALLY!!! THIS ROCK GODDESS IS NOMINATED FOR THE ROCK-N-ROLL HALL OF FAME!!! She deserves to get in!!! I love love love her!!!

@Spider_7_7

15y↑3

I love Ms. Benatar!

@discobaby795

11y↑6

That's right youngsters... WELCOME TO THE 80'S!!!

@gracehope2280

37w

Still alive

@discobaby795

37w

@@gracehope2280: Absolutely RIGHT. 👍

@wadeleetorres2585

3y↑6

Forget "Love Is A Battlefield!" This song & video's "Totally Awesome."😎🤙

@wadeleetorres2585

3y↑3

Agreed!👊

@raycarr1389

31w

One of the great underrated songs of the 80's. I was 21, was looking for a boyfriend and in my naive youth, fell hard for him. Yes, you Michael M. He was the first guy to make me cry. Saw him again many years later and didn't give him a minute. Always remember that September in Phoenix 1985.

@mikebailey3680

2y↑2

Her greatest hits album is the best I've ever heard. Every song is great.

@PatBenatarRulz

8y↑29

I forgot how awesome this song is. It really jammed; and this video was awesome; cutting edge for the time.

@NuGanjaTron

2y↑1

Yep, Quantel Paintbox all the way. They really pulled out all the (tech) stops here. Plus they threw in a lot of tongue-in-cheek. 😜

@sekinsocal

5y↑3

flawless... and I always have loved the muscle boy in the video

@kyrocklover

2y↑2

Pat was a "say something" artist as reflected in her lyrics. My favorite female vocalist of all time.

@deanj6969

8y↑4

Long live the 80's

@ricj7517

5y↑3

Love Pat Benatar!

@robertdoby4844

8y↑3

Pat Benatar and gang ruled the 80's music scene

@MsUrsulaHitler

1y↑2

This video stirs up a couple of youthful memories for me. First, for some of us who grew up without cable in the 80s, clips like this were as close as we got to porn. I remember seeing this video and being so excited by all the girls in naughty outfits and the muscle guy flexing, it was just this fever dream of big time sexy stuff... and of course it all seems so tame and goofy now! Second, there was an exchange about this on the old '80s Letterman show, and it was kind of hilarious in a cringey way. Paul Shaffer was always making little jokes about pop music stuff, and one night during the monologue he said, "You know, Dave... You've really got to stop using sex as a weapon!" The joke kind of made it seem like they were lovers or something, which I'm sure Shaffer wasn't intending. Letterman got all squirmy, changing the subject ASAP, and the bit just DIED.

@StressJudoCoaching

2y↑2

So far ahead of its time.

@DonaldCooper

8y↑10

Love is more than a one-way reflection.

@coopercav

9y↑11

Pat is an amazing artist, some great gritty tracks, very underrated

@Schebby

15y↑3

What a groovy tune.

@Upstairsforpete

13y↑2

Could have commented on loads of her stuff, but she is the bizzness, great 80s idol...

@erinpielamb1

13y↑3

just golden times.

@TheFourOfNine44

11y↑3

Love Pat Benatar.

@philbridges3033

2y↑3

Should have included this on her greatest hits album.

@matthewenies3668

10y↑12

LOL. Utilized Conical bras long before Madonna (around 2:20)

@Nick715

12y↑3

I will always love Pat Benatar. Legendary. I saw her at BB King's last Summer and she still has it.

@realjasonwert

2y↑1

I love how at the end of the video she includes a photo of herself posing for one of the In The Heat of the Night album photos.

@Aramanth

3y↑5

Powerful song! 📷📸
Love the multi-screen and security camera feed effects
in this video. In fact, this has the most special effects
of any of Pat's videos! Still cool and provocative. 💗

@NuGanjaTron

2y↑2

Gotta love the fact that those appear to be real tellys (studio Trinitrons?) with slightly different calibration -- obviously synced to the camera. Plus there's so much going on in those screens, beckoning for another viewing. We've got Valentino, Marilyn, James Dean in there, plus some random butts in jeans, BrillCreem commercials, Playboy bunnies making silly faces plus munching on a hot dog in X-ray vision,, and a bikini chick getting ice cream shoved in her face! How cool/nuts is that?!?

@Aramanth

2y↑1

@@NuGanjaTron Wow, great observation!

@NuGanjaTron

2y↑1

@@Aramanth Yeah, I know... I've seen this video way too often! 😆

@tomcorluka5975

3y↑1

No one & i mean No one can touch Patty in her day, she Paved the way 4 many other Female rock singers! She Defined The Female Rock star!!

@jebro5631

8y↑2

This song reminds me of Spencer Gifts for some reason. Big mall franchise back in the day! Cool stuff! Bought a pair of checkered 80s style sunglasses there and then listened to this song on a "45. Oh the nostalgia!!!

@stanleyschmidt5847

5y↑2

SEVERELY UNDERRATED!! Still listening and spread the Benatar in 2019!!!

@diannawilden7329

2y↑2

Still listening Jan 2022 ....Hell yeah

@tomsawyer5736

4y↑1

My fav Pat tune.

@retroforever

14y↑2

This is my favorite Pat Benatar song

@stephenbarry5196

3y↑2

Yes I am
I love this song. I love Pat

@DH-kl5rx

2y↑2

I heard this song years ago, at the time of its release but it was never widely played on radio (before Internet). I still think it is one of the great rock songs.

@mikekaraoke

50w

Yes it was, remember being on holiday in US at time with my parents and played loads and still plays on radio today esp in US, Canada, Australia, + New Zealand!

@ryanpack4462

36w↑2

Holy cow! Pure masterpiece. 🌹⚡🌹⚡🌹⚡🌹⚡🌹⚡🌹⚡🌹⚡🌹⚡🌹

@peterketterer4687

5y↑2

My favorite from pat she rarely sings this song in concert one of her best

@danielmchale4383

3y↑1

I love it .when pat benatar say I got my heart around your little finger..

@phillygrl69

13y↑53

FORGET GAGA & BRITTNEY! BENATAR RULEZ!!!!!!

@mikemelina7395

4y↑1

Well yeah...there's the 80s Divas and then there's slightly more attractive pretenders with far less talent. Pat Benatar was THE Diva.

@msirull

11y↑3

What a great tune. Loved it back in the 80s, love it now. Still makes me chuckle when she yanks the gun from the James Bond wannabe. Hehe.

@robertwiegman1

5y↑4

Wow, I mean I totally forgot about this one...and you know what? It beats anything new today :) Pat is a legend

@gracehope2280

37w

Its new thanks for liking it

@MrTallguy66

1y↑2

this song sums up todays music scene

@billytaaffe7035

8y↑13

brilliant song still sound great on my dolby stereo

@Justufixion

15y↑6

Love her 'tude and voice.

@96Eman21

5y↑3

#PatBenetar can and knows how to rock! 😎

@KennethNewnum

14y↑6

The record company didn't give them enough time to finish their albums, they were on a strict every 9 months new album schedule and by the time this 7th album, aptly titled 7 the Hard Way was released, things got bad between them and Chrysalis. It's all in Pat's new book, Between a Rock & a Heart Place. Great insight into being female in the 80's music scene. The album only had 9 songs and most were not to their satisfaction. Definitely affected sales as well as the charts.

@reneastle8447

1y↑1

If they had, we'd be left with pure gems of music.

@johnnycroat

1y↑2

Thought I imagined this song had to type the words to see I did hear this song in the 80's

@ftsjr

10y↑16

A great song, and a very well-made video.

@davedollar69

13y↑4

When this was released in England I didn't know whether to buy the 7", the 12" or the album (Seven The Hard Way). In the end I bought all three!!! FANTASTIC song and video. My favourite all-time PB song.