Iran’s retaliation wasn’t long in coming, with missile attacks on U.S. bases in Qatar and Iraq. Because most of the people in the Trump administration like to play tough guy – the men are men, the women are men and the dogs are nervous – their attitude is embodied by Pat Benetar’s breakthrough hit.
“Hit Me,” the second single from Benetar’s second LP, reached No. 7 in Cashbox in 1980 and is probably her best-known song, but she hasn’t played it live in decades. Back in the ’90s, when feminists pointed out that it seemed to have a domestic-violence subtext, she cited that as the reason. In 2022, she said it was because of mass shooting in the U.S. Maybe she was just sick of singing it over and over again.
