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* CloningBlues: "My Clone Sleeps Alone".
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* DramaticChoirNumber: "We Belong" has a children's choir join in on the third chorus.

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[[Characters/MCUStarLord Peter Quill]] named his second ship after her.

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\n[[Characters/MCUStarLord Peter Quill]] named his second ship after her.\n----
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* RefrainFromAssuming: "Love Is a Battlefield" is not called "We Are Young."
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* CoverVersion: John Mellencamp's "I Need A Lover" on ''In the Heat of the Night'', and Music/KateBush's "Wuthering Heights" on ''Crimes of Passion''.

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* CoverVersion: John Mellencamp's "I Need A Lover" on ''In the Heat of the Night'', and Music/KateBush's [[Music/TheKickInside "Wuthering Heights" Heights"]] on ''Crimes of Passion''.
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She is unusual among pop stars in that she was operatically trained before switching to hard rock.

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She is unusual among pop stars in that she was operatically trained before switching to hard rock.
rock -- a skill that she exhibits with electrifying prowess for the chorus of one of her biggest hits, "We Live For Love".



* AbusiveParents: "Hell Is For Children." Also "Suffer the Little Children."

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* AbusiveParents: "Hell Is For Children." Also "Suffer the Little Children." -- supporting abused children is a cause very near to Pat's heart.



* ConceptVideo: "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Shadows Of The Night".

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* ConceptVideo: "Love Is a Battlefield" (shot as a movie-esque narrative, with Pat playing TheRunaway) and "Shadows Of The Night".



* FunnyBackgroundEvent: At live concerts, if Neil Geraldo has a guitar solo during any song, Pat will usually kill time by going to get a drink of water... or do some weird dance.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: At live concerts, if her partner Neil Geraldo has a guitar solo during any song, Pat will usually kill time by going to get a drink of water... or do some weird dance.
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She won four consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Female Rock Performance, from 1980 to 1983. She has also won three American Music Awards and has been inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.

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She won four consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Female Rock Performance, from 1980 to 1983. She has also won three American Music Awards and has been inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
Fame. In 2022, Benatar and her husband and primary musical partner Neal Giraldo were inducted into the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame.
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Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski, January 10, 1953) is a rock singer. She is one of the top-selling female vocalists of all time, with sales of over 13 million copies in the US alone. Her best-known songs include "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Hit Me With Your Best Shot."

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Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski, January 10, 1953) 1953 in Brooklyn, New York City) is a rock singer. She is one of the top-selling female vocalists of all time, with sales of over 13 million copies in the US alone. Her best-known songs include "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Hit Me With Your Best Shot."



As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Benatar The Other Wiki]].
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* SunkCostFallacy: The protagonist of "We Belong" is unwilling to end her relationship because of the time she's invested in it.
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[[Characters/MCUStarLord Peter Quill]] named his second ship after her.
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* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: In the music video for "Love Is a Battlefield". Also a classic example of AngryDancing.

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* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: In the music video for "Love Is a Battlefield". Also a classic example of AngryDancing.an AngryDance.
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* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: In the music video for "Love Is a Battlefield".

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* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: In the music video for "Love Is a Battlefield". Also a classic example of AngryDancing.
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* CoverVersion: John Mellencamp's "I Need A Lover," on ''In the Heat of the Night''

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* CoverVersion: John Mellencamp's "I Need A Lover," Lover" on ''In the Heat of the Night''Night'', and Music/KateBush's "Wuthering Heights" on ''Crimes of Passion''.
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* LyricsVideoMismatch: "Shadows Of The Night": she's a WWII flying ace.

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* LyricsVideoMismatch: "Shadows Of The Night": she's a WWII flying ace.[[note]]She actually hated the production process, and swore off making narrative music videos after "Love is a Battlefield".[[/note]]
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* VoiceTypes: She's a [=mezzo-soprano=].
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* TheCameo: "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" has Creator/BillPaxton reading a horror magazine.
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* {{Irony}}: The ending of "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" has Pat becoming an evil nurse herself.
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* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: One of the EvilDoctor's assistants in the nightmarish "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" is a little person.

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* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: One of the EvilDoctor's evil dentist's assistants in the nightmarish "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" is a little person.
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* ParanoiaFuel: The entire theme of "Anxiety (Get Nervous)".

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* ParanoiaFuel: The entire theme of "Anxiety (Get Nervous)". [[invoked]]
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* LittlePeopleAreSurreal: One of the EvilDoctor's assistants in the nightmarish "Anxiety (Get Nervous)" is a little person.


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* ParanoiaFuel: The entire theme of "Anxiety (Get Nervous)".
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* DepravedDentist: The entire theme of the video to "Anxiety (Get Nervous)".
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* NoEnding: The ending of "Love is a Battlefield" is ambiguous. She's returning home (?) after her father kicked her out, with an uncertain future.
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Her discography includes:

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Her discography includes:!!Discography
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Pat Benatar (born January 10, 1953) is a rock singer. She is one of the top-selling female vocalists of all time, with sales of over 13 million copies in the US alone. Her best-known songs include "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Hit Me With Your Best Shot."

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Pat Benatar (born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski, January 10, 1953) is a rock singer. She is one of the top-selling female vocalists of all time, with sales of over 13 million copies in the US alone. Her best-known songs include "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Hit Me With Your Best Shot."
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Moved YMMV entry from here to the YMMV section.


* GenreAdultery: ''True Love'', a jump blues album.
** "We Belong" is a synth-laden ballad with a children's choir, very deliberately different from her signature hard rock sound.
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Pat Benatar (born 1953) is a rock singer. She is one of the top-selling female vocalists of all time, with sales of over 13 million copies in the US alone. Her best-known songs include "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Hit Me With Your Best Shot."

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Pat Benatar (born January 10, 1953) is a rock singer. She is one of the top-selling female vocalists of all time, with sales of over 13 million copies in the US alone. Her best-known songs include "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Hit Me With Your Best Shot."

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