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WITH A LONG HISTORY
Crimes of Passion
is the
second
studio album
by American
singer
released on
August 5, 1980,
by Chrysalis Records.
It is Benatar's
first album to
feature
Myron Grombacher
on drums,
beginning
a long tenure
in her band
that would last
into the late 1990s.
The album debuted on
the US Billboard 200
for the week ending
August 23, 1980,
and held at
number two
for five weeks
in January 1981
Crimes of Passion
contains the singles
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot",
which became
Benatar's first
top-10 entry
in the US,
and is considered
to be her
best-known song,
and
"Treat Me Right",
a top-20 entry
in the US.
Neither song
was very successful
in other countries,
aside from
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
reaching the
top 40 in Australia.
"You Better Run,"
the first single,
was the
second music video
ever aired on MTV
in 1981.
Anyone Remember
When They Played Videos ??
It peaked at number 42
in the US,
and New Zealand,
and did not chart
in Canada,
although it rose
to number 33
in Australia.
Crimes of Passion
also contains a cover
of Kate Bush's
"Wuthering Heights".
Crimes of Passion
is Benatar's
best-selling album,
having been certified
four-times Platinum
for shipments in excess
of over
four million copies
in the United States
and five-times Platinum
(for shipments of 500,000 copies)
in Canada.
It placed at number five
on Billboard magazine's 1981
year-end album chart
It peaked at number two
in Canada
and number six
in New Zealand.
It was also Benatar's
highest-peaking album
to that point in Australia
(number 16)
and her first album
to chart in
Sweden
(number 27).
In 1981,
Crimes of Passion
earned Benatar
her first
Grammy Award
for Best
Female Rock
Vocal Performance
TRACK LIST

CD 1
Treat Me Right
You Better Run
Never Wanna Leave You
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Hell Is For Children
Little Paradise
I'm Gonna Follow You
Wuthering Heights
Prisoner Of Love
Out-A-Touch
CD 2
Treat Me Right
(Vocal Mix)
You Better Run
(Vocal Mix)
Never Wanna Leave You
(Vocal Mix)
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
(Vocal Mix)
Hell Is For Children
(Vocal Mix)
Little Paradise
(Vocal Mix)
I'm Gonna Follow You
(Vocal Mix)
Wuthering Heights
(Vocal Mix)
Prisoner Of Love
(Vocal Mix)
Out-A-Touch
(Vocal Mix)
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
(Live)
You Better Run
(Live)
Suffer The Little Children/
Hell Is For Children
(Live)
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