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You Better Run: 10 Other Great Pat Benatar Songs

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4. "Rated X"

This In the Heat of the Night-era track contains probably the best Benatar lyrics because it describes the dirtiness of Times Square circa the 1970s, which was riddled with porn theaters, prostitution and sex shops. Some of the best lines include "she's a personality/ enjoying popularity for making movies rated X/ Posing for a magazine/ Picture in a limousine, someone simulating sex/ Never thought that she could be lonely with her vanity/ Wasted days and lonely nights/ Working for the sugar man, make each other happy man/ 'Cause satisfaction's guaranteed all night."

3. "Big Life"

Though Seven The Hard Way was a return to the "knock-'em-dead" style rock and roll that we have come to know and love with Pat Benatar, most of the album sounds pretty hard to listen to.

2. Never Wanna Leave You

One of the best things about this Crimes of Passion track is Roger Capps' bass line. For the most part, on her records from the '80s, Benatar kept a steady group of musicians on both her records and tours.

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