Pat Benatar Will No Longer Sing , ‘Hit Me With Your Best Shot’ , Because of Gun Violence.<br />Pat Benatar Will No Longer Sing , ‘Hit Me With Your Best Shot’ , Because of Gun Violence.<br />'Page Six' reports singer Pat Benatar says <br />she will no longer perform her hit 1980 song, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot.".<br />Benatar says in the wake of the onslaught <br />of mass shootings in the United States.<br />Benatar says in the wake of the onslaught <br />of mass shootings in the United States.<br />she has stopped performing the <br />song in "protest" of gun violence.<br />2022 has seen mass shootings regularly occurring in the United States.<br />such as those in Uvalde, Texas, Buffalo, New York, and recently in Highland Park, Illinois.<br />such as those in Uvalde, Texas, Buffalo, New York, and recently in Highland Park, Illinois.<br />such as those in Uvalde, Texas, Buffalo, New York, and recently in Highland Park, Illinois.<br />We’re not doing "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" and fans are having a heart attack. , Pat Benatar, in interview with 'USA Today,' via 'Page Six'.<br />And I’m like, I’m sorry, in deference to the victims of the families of these mass shootings, I’m not singing it. , Pat Benatar, in interview with 'USA Today,' via 'Page Six'.<br />Benatar told fans that want to hear <br />"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" to <br />"go home and listen to it.".<br />I can’t say those words out <br />loud with a smile on my face, <br />I just can’t. I’m not going to <br />go on stage and soapbox — <br />I go to my legislators. , Pat Benatar, in interview with 'USA Today,' via 'Page Six'.<br />That’s my small contribution <br />to protesting. I’m not <br />going to sing it. Tough. , Pat Benatar, in interview with 'USA Today,' via 'Page Six'
