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In an interview with USA Today on Thursday,
Benatar said her view of the song's lyrics, which include the
words “fire away,” have changed.
“I can’t say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I
just can’t,” said Benatar, who is touring through September.
The tongue-in-cheek song, written by Eddie Schwartz and released
as a single in 1980, became Benatar’s first Top 10 hit on the
Billboard 100 chart.
In November, Benatar will be inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame along with Eminem, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran,
Lionel Richie, Eurythmics and Carly Simon.
There have been more than 350 mass shootings across the United
States since the beginning of the year, according to Gun
Violence Archive. The organization categorizes mass shootings as
incidents involving four or more people who were injured or
killed in a single event, not including the shooter.
The deadliest mass shooting of 2022 was in May when a gunman
killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in
Uvalde, Texas.
Just 10 days earlier, a gunman targeted Black people at a
grocery store in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 people and
injuring three others.
On Fourth of July, seven people were killed and 47 others were
injured by a gunman who opened fire during a parade in Highland
Park, a suburb of Chicago.
(Reporting by Randi Love in New York; Editing by Josie Kao)
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