PAT BENATAR - INVINCIBLE

Released: June 24, 1985

Charts:  US: #10    UK: #53 

"Invincible" is the lead single from Pat Benatar's sixth studio album, “Seven the Hard Way”. Released on June 1985, the song was written by Holly Knight and Simon Climie and served as the theme song for the film “The Legend of Billie Jean”. It achieved significant success, reaching No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 14, 1985. The song earned a Grammy nomination and is notable for its empowering lyrics and energetic performance.

Holly Knight, who co-wrote the song was inspired by the script of “The Legend of Billie Jean” when creating the song. She found the script provided a clear direction for the song's theme. Knight has expressed her admiration for the track, calling it one of her favorites and expressing a desire to hear it covered by an alternative band like Foo Fighters. Benatar, on the other hand, was not a fan of the film, often criticizing it in concert saying, "This is from one of the worst movies ever made", and supposedly delaying the DVD release by refusing to sign over the rights.

The film features Helen and Christian Slater as siblings on the run after an accidental shooting. Yeardley Smith, who later voiced Lisa Simpson on “The Simpsons”, plays a teenage friend of the Slater siblings in the film. Helen Slater recalls that hearing "Invincible" reminds her of a scene where Smith's character unexpectedly gets her period.

“Seven the Hard Way” aimed to reinvent her image from a pop-rock icon to a more serious artist. Despite this shift, she included "Invincible" acknowledging its quality despite it not fitting with the album's overall theme. Benatar was highly critical of this album calling it a nightmare to record and expressing disappointment with its commercial performance. She felt only a couple of songs were worth including and criticized the album as a costly failure that sold poorly compared to her earlier works.