"All Fired Up" is a song written by Kerryn Tolhurst and first performed and released by Australian country rock group Rattling Sabres in 1987. It charted nationally, peaking at number 94 on the Australian Music Report. The following year, American singer-songwriter Pat Benatar recorded a version that became a chart hit in several countries, including Australia, where it reached number two on the ARIA Singles Chart.
In 1988, Pat Benatar included a cover version on her seventh studio album, Wide Awake in Dreamland, and released it as the album's lead single in 1988. It reached number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100—becoming Benatar's last US top 40 single as of 2024—and peaked at the same position on both the UK Singles Chart and the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart. It also reached number 12 in South Africa and number two in Australia. The song is the title track on All Fired Up: The Very Best of Pat Benatar, a two-CD compilation released in 1994.[6] In 1989, the song was nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards.[7]
^ abAll Fired Up (Australian 7-inch single sleeve). Rattling Sabres. Mighty Boy. 1987. MB 20027.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 246. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
^All Fired Up (US cassette single sleeve). Pat Benatar. Chrysalis Records. 1988. VST 43268.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^All Fired Up (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). Pat Benatar. Chrysalis Records. 1988. XP10-2008.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^All Fired Up (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Pat Benatar. Chrysalis Records. 1988. PATX 5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^All Fired Up (UK CD single liner notes). Pat Benatar. Chrysalis Records. 1988. PATCD 5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)