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Hit Me With Your Best Shot?!


So I just rewatched the movie and when the final song came on in the end and the first person I saw singing was Bethany Joy Lenz (Joie Lenz, or Marni in the movie) and it hit me that it might have actually been her singing. I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this? I waited for the credits to roll and when that particular song came up, it was the only one without the "Performed By:" part so I'm not sure. There's also no soundtrack or anything on Amazon. But I know Joy's voice and it sounds a lot like her. If anyone has any idea, please let me know! Thanks!

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I got this from the 'crazy credits' section of imdb for this movie:

Outtakes & the cast singing Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" roll
alongside the credits.

I hope it helps.


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It's a remix of the Pat Benatar song, though. And I don't think it was Pat singing. Who did the cover?

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I'm almost positive it was Bethany's voice doing the main singing... I've heard her sing lots of other songs for One Tree Hill, etc, and I think I can recognize her. I also waited for the credits and was disappointed that they didn't say who performed it, only who wrote it. If it *had* been the Pat Benatar version, I'm sure they would've credited her 'cause they'd have to pay to use it, y'know? So it must've been a cover, and for some stupid reason they decided not to credit Bethany.

I wish the DVD included just her audio, without all the sound effects/dialogue. They included the "music video" with a trivia track, but it's the exact same (audio-wise) as the movie version. (I was also expecting one of the trivia blurbs to tell us who was singing the damn song! Such a wasted opportunity.)

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It was Pat Benatar.

http://www.mooviees.com/8764/soundtrack

Movie Soundtrack for Bring It on Again (2004)

The following is a list of tracks that were played during the movie according to the end credits. All the songs might not be included on the Original Soundtrack CD. Please check the CD track list before buying the product.

1. Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Pat Benatar)
"Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
Written by Eddie Schwartz
Performed by Pat Benatar

2. Switchback (Celldweller)
"Switchback"
Performed by Celldweller
Written by Klayton
Courtesy of Esion Media
By Arrangement with Position Music

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Because an online database (where anybody can contribute info) is always accurate, right? :P Whoever wrote that obviously just looked up who made the song famous and assumed that was the right version.

Trust me, that's *not* Pat Benatar's voice in the movie. I've heard her version enough to recognize it.

And that's why the Bring It On Again end credits don't list her name under performer - don't you think they'd be required to by law, if it was Pat's version? She'd sue, I'm sure.

Meanwhile, if it's Bethany singing, as I suspect, it would be relatively easy to get her permission to not give her credit...which was probably done because the filmmakers wanted to let people who don't listen closely/aren't that familiar with it, assume it was the original version of Hit Me, without having to clear it and pay for it. Bethany must've agreed to not take credit because she really wanted to be in the movie for the chance to play a different type of role, or because she's just so darn nice...who knows. But it wouldn't be the first time she didn't get proper credit for something... remember that One Tree Hill soundtrack that credited her as "Haley", her character, instead of using her real name. Sure, the fans of OTH know who that is, but it's not a very nice thing to do in terms of helping her with her singing career outside the show. If anyone hears that song, who isn't already familiar with her/her work on OTH, they'll have no idea who she really is.

So yeah, I'm almost positive that's Bethany's voice in Bring It On Again.

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It is the original.

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Nuh-uh. :)

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