{"id":22281,"date":"2022-07-22T13:03:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-pat-benatar-isnt-performing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T13:03:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:03:45","slug":"why-pat-benatar-isnt-performing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-pat-benatar-isnt-performing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Pat Benatar isn’t performing ‘Hit Me With Your Best Shot’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rocker Pat Benatar’s recent setlists are missing one of her most popular songs: “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.”<\/p>\n

The reason, she told USA Today<\/em> <\/em>in an interview published Thursday, is directly related to current events.<\/p>\n

“We’re not doing ‘Hit Me With Your Best Shot’ and fans are having a heart attack,” Benatar said, “And I’m like, ‘I’m sorry, in deference to the victims of the families of these mass shootings, I’m not singing it.’ I tell them, ‘If you want to hear the song, go home and listen to it.'”<\/p>\n

Lyrics of the 1980 song suggested it was about a physical fight: “Put up your dukes, let’s get down to it,” she sang in the first verse. But she then sings in the chorus, “Hit me with your best shot. Fire away.”<\/p>\n

“(The title) is tongue in cheek, but you have to draw the line. I can’t say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can’t,” Benatar said. “I’m not going to go on stage and soap box \u2014 I go to my legislators \u2014 but that’s my small contribution to protesting. I’m not going to sing it. Tough.”<\/p>\n

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