{"id":23147,"date":"2022-07-23T09:02:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T09:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pat-benatar-wont-perform-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-anymore\/"},"modified":"2022-07-23T09:02:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T09:02:41","slug":"pat-benatar-wont-perform-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pat-benatar-wont-perform-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Benatar won&#8217;t perform &#8216;Hit Me with Your Best Shot&#8217; anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p data-testid=\"primary-image-caption\" id=\"primary-image-caption\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__medium-grey__3A_RT text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__base__22dCE body__caption__3L8vY article-body__primary-image-caption__WHVnb\">Pat Benatar performs at the Entertainment Industry Foundation&#8217;s Revlon Run\/Walk for Women held in Los Angeles, California May 12, 2007. REUTERS\/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES)<\/p>\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__container__2jf5K column article-body__aside-registration-prompt__2ivER\">\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__text-content__o0YET\">\n<h6 data-testid=\"Heading\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__white__3r45t text__medium__1kbOh text__heading_6__1qUJ5 heading__base__2T28j heading__heading_6__RtD9P registration-prompt__heading__3fq-h\">Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com<\/h6>\n<p><button data-testid=\"Button\" class=\"button__button__2Ecqi button__secondary__18moI button__round__1nYLA text-button__container__3q3zX registration-prompt__button-text__3kTtQ\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"Text\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__bold__2-8Kc text__default__UPMUu text-button__medium__113uZ\">register<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-0\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuters) &#8211; US singer Pat Benatar will no longer perform her song \u201cHit Me with Your Best Shot\u201d atlive shows out of respect for American families affected by mass shootings.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">In an interview with USA Today on Thursday, Benatar said her view of the song&#8217;s lyrics, which include the words \u201cfire away,\u201d have changed.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-2\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">\u201cI can&#8217;t say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can&#8217;t,\u201d said Benatar, who is touring through September.<\/p>\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__container__2jf5K registration-prompt__inline__2WDU- article-body__element__2p5pI article-body__inline-registration-prompt__1-N9W\">\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__text-content__o0YET\">\n<h5 data-testid=\"Heading\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__white__3r45t text__medium__1kbOh text__heading_5__2krbj heading__base__2T28j heading__heading_5__2A2g- registration-prompt__heading__3fq-h\">Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com<\/h5>\n<p><button data-testid=\"Button\" class=\"button__button__2Ecqi button__secondary__18moI button__round__1nYLA text-button__container__3q3zX registration-prompt__button-text__3kTtQ\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"Text\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__bold__2-8Kc text__default__UPMUu text-button__medium__113uZ\">register<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-3\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">The tongue-in-cheek song, written by Eddie Schwartz and released as a single in 1980, became Benatar&#8217;s first Top 10 hit on the Billboard 100 chart.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-4\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">In November, Benatar will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with Eminem, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie, Eurythmics and Carly Simon.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-5\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">There have been more than 350 mass shootings across the United States since the beginning of the year, according to Gun Violence Archive.  The organization categorizes mass shootings as incidents involving four or more people who were injured or killed in a single event, not including the shooter.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-6\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">The deadliest mass shooting of 2022 was in May when a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-7\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Just 10 days earlier, a gunman targeted Black people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 people and injuring three others.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-8\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">On the Fourth of July, seven people were killed and 47 others were injured by a gunman who opened fire during a parade in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__container__2jf5K registration-prompt__inline__2WDU- article-body__element__2p5pI\">\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__text-content__o0YET\">\n<h5 data-testid=\"Heading\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__white__3r45t text__medium__1kbOh text__heading_5__2krbj heading__base__2T28j heading__heading_5__2A2g- registration-prompt__heading__3fq-h\">Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com<\/h5>\n<p><button data-testid=\"Button\" class=\"button__button__2Ecqi button__secondary__18moI button__round__1nYLA text-button__container__3q3zX registration-prompt__button-text__3kTtQ\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"Text\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__bold__2-8Kc text__default__UPMUu text-button__medium__113uZ\">register<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-testid=\"Text\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__default__UPMUu sign-off__text__PU3Aj\">Reporting by Randi Love in New York;  Editing by Josie Kao<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\">Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Benatar performs at the Entertainment Industry Foundation&#8217;s Revlon Run\/Walk for Women held in Los Angeles, California May 12, 2007. REUTERS\/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES) Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com register NEW YORK, July 22 (Reuters) &#8211; US singer Pat Benatar will no longer perform her song \u201cHit Me with Your Best Shot\u201d &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pat-benatar-wont-perform-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-anymore\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pat Benatar won&#8217;t perform &#8216;Hit Me with Your Best Shot&#8217; anymore<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[241,845,5660,4334,5665,10255,10256,468,111,5682,238,5672,819],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22281,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-pat-benatar-isnt-performing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot\/","url_meta":{"origin":23147,"position":0},"title":"Why Pat Benatar isn&#8217;t performing &#8216;Hit Me With Your Best Shot&#8217;","date":"July 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Rocker Pat Benatar's recent setlists are missing one of her most popular songs: \"Hit Me With Your Best Shot.\"The reason, she told USA Today in an interview published Thursday, is directly related to current events.\"We're not doing 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' and fans are having a heart attack,\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":22331,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/pat-benatar-refuses-to-sing-hit-me-with-your-best-shot-after-mass-shootings\/","url_meta":{"origin":23147,"position":1},"title":"Pat Benatar refuses to sing &#8216;Hit Me With Your Best Shot&#8217; after mass shootings","date":"July 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Pat Benatar is refusing to perform her hit 1980 song \u201cHit Me With Your Best Shot\u201d in the wake of the horrific mass shootings across America this year. 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