Patricia Mae Giraldo is an American rock singer and songwriter. In the United States,she has had two multi-platinum albums,five platinum albums,and 15 Billboard top 40 singles,while in Canada she had eight straight platinum albums,and she has sold over 35 million albums worldwide. She is also a four-time Grammy Award winner. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November 2022.
"What's Love Got to Do with It" is a song written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten,and recorded by American singer Tina Turner for her fifth studio album,Private Dancer (1984). Capitol Records released it as a single from Private Dancer in May 1984 and it eventually became Turner's biggest-selling single.
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. It was written and produced by Jim Steinman,and released on Tyler's fifth studio album,Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983). The song was released as a single by CBS/Columbia in 1983.
"Let the Music Play" is a song recorded by American singer Shannon and released on September 19,1983,as both her debut single and the lead single from her 1984 debut studio album of the same name. Written by Chris Barbosa and Ed Chisolm,and produced by Barbosa and Mark Liggett,"Let the Music Play" was the first of Shannon's four number ones on the US Dance Club Songs chart,reaching the top spot in October 1983. It also became a huge crossover hit in the US,peaking at number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1984. It was Shannon's only Top 40 hit in the US. Some mark "Let the Music Play" as the beginning of the "dance-pop" era.
"Thriller" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records in November 1983 in the UK and on January 23,1984,in the US,as the seventh and final single from his sixth studio album,Thriller.
"Time After Time" is a 1983 song by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper,co-written with Rob Hyman,who also provided backing vocals. It was the second single released from her debut studio album,She's So Unusual (1983). The track was produced by Rick Chertoff and released as a single in March 1984. The song became Lauper's first number 1 hit in the U.S. The song was written in the album's final stages,after "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun","She Bop" and "All Through the Night" had been written or recorded. The writing began with the title,which Lauper had seen in TV Guide magazine,referring to the science fiction film Time After Time (1979).
"Wuthering Heights" is a song by English singer Kate Bush,released as her debut single on 20 January 1978 through EMI Records. Inspired by the 1847 Emily Brontënovel of the same name,the song was released as the lead single from Bush's debut studio album,The Kick Inside (1978). It peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks,making Bush the first female artist to achieve a number-one single with an entirely self-penned song. It also reached the top of the charts in Australia,Ireland,Italy,New Zealand,and Portugal.
"Jump (For My Love)" is an electro-pop song by American vocal group the Pointer Sisters,released on April 11,1984,as the third single from their tenth studio album Break Out (1983). The song hit the top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100,R&B,and Dance charts,and it was the best-selling American dance single of 1984,sold as a trio of songs including "I Need You" and "Automatic". The song features June Pointer on lead vocals and scored global chart success.
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" is a song by the British new wave music duo Eurythmics. It was released as the fourth and final single from their second album of the same name in January 1983. It was their breakthrough hit,establishing the duo worldwide. It reached number two on the UK Singles Chart in March 1983,and number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 six months later;it was their first single released in the US.
"We Belong" is a song recorded by American rock singer Pat Benatar,released through Legacy Music Group on October 16,1984,as the lead single from her sixth studio album,Tropico (1984). The song written by songwriting duo Eric Lowen and Dan Navarro. It matched the success of "Love Is a Battlefield" on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States,peaking at #5. It reached #3 on Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart and #34 on the Adult Contemporary.
"Ain't Nobody" is a song by American funk band Rufus and American singer Chaka Khan. It was released on November 4,1983,as one of four studio tracks included on their live album,Stompin' at the Savoy (1983). "Ain't Nobody" quickly gathered popularity,and reached number one on the US Billboard R&B chart and number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In 1984 at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards,"Ain't Nobody" won for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. It has become one of Khan's signature songs.
Device was an American pop-rock trio from the mid 1980s,formed by keyboardist,bassist and vocalist Holly Knight. It also included frontman Paul Engemann and guitarist Gene Black.
"Never Again" is a song recorded by American singer Kelly Clarkson for her third studio album,My December (2007). Clarkson co-wrote the song with Jimmy Messer,which was produced by American producer and musician David Kahne. Clarkson stated that the song was written as a counterpart to the songs from her second studio album,Breakaway (2004),and was almost removed because of its harsh lyrical nature. RCA Records serviced the song to mainstream radio in the United States on April 24,2007,which was Clarkson's 25th birthday. "Never Again" features a stronger rock sound than Clarkson's previous releases,but maintains some pop undertones. It relies on strings,guitar riffs and drums and is centered on angry,abrasive lyrics.
"The Warrior" is a song by American rock band Scandal featuring Patty Smyth,from the album Warrior,written by Holly Knight and Nick Gilder. The song went to number seven in the United States and number one in Canada,as well as number one on the US Rock Top Tracks chart,and won a BMI Airplay Award in 1984. It was also a hit in Australia,where it peaked at number six,and in New Zealand and South Africa,peaking at number 11 in both countries. The music video for the song was directed by David Hahn.
Live from Earth is the first live album by American rock singer Pat Benatar,and was released in October 1983. The album was recorded during Benatar's sold out 'Get Nervous' world tour in late 1982 and early 1983. It also contains two studio tracks,"Love Is a Battlefield" and "Lipstick Lies",which were produced by Neil Giraldo and Peter Coleman. The album peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and shipped more than a million copies. "Love Is a Battlefield" was an international hit single and garnered Benatar her fourth consecutive Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 1984.
This is the discography of American singer Pat Benatar. It consists of 11 studio albums,nine live albums,27 compilation albums,39 singles,and 34 music videos.
"Battlefield" is a song by the American singer Jordin Sparks,taken from her sophomore studio album of the same name. It was written by Louis Biancaniello,Ryan Tedder,Sam Watters and Wayne Wilkins,while production of the song was helmed by Tedder and The Runaways. "Battlefield" was released digitally in the United States on May 8,2009,as the album's lead single. "Battlefield" is a mid-tempo ballad which draws from the genres of pop,R&B,pop rock and soft rock. The song's lyrics revolve around "a tumultuous relationship where neither side wants to compromise." The song's lyrical theme received comparisons to Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield" (1983),and its production was compared to Benatar's "We Belong" (1984).
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is a rock song written by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker and first recorded by the Arrows,a British rock band,in 1975. A 1981 cover version by Joan Jett &the Blackhearts,released as the first single from her album of the same name,became Jett's highest-charting hit,reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the No. 3 song for 1982. The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America,representing two million units shipped to stores. Jett's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016.
"Invincible" is the Grammy-nominated lead single from Pat Benatar's sixth studio album Seven the Hard Way (1985),released on July 6,1985. The song was written by Holly Knight and Simon Climie,and was used as a theme song for the film The Legend of Billie Jean (1985). Helen Slater once stated "That song will always take me back to a part in the movie where Lisa Simpson gets her period,". The song was a huge hit,peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 14,1985. The song was also used prominently in the 2002 film Hysterical Blindness starring Uma Thurman.
"Let's Love" is a song by French DJ David Guetta and Australian singer-songwriter Sia. It was released as a single on 11 September 2020 through Parlophone. The song was written by Guetta,Giorgio Tuinfort,Marcus van Wattum and Sia.
