Notorious is the eighth studio album by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.

"Backlash" was the label's first choice for a single, but the resulting one-track CD was only available as a promotional item sent to DJs.

"Don't Surrender" was released in the US as a CD single accompanied by a remix ("The Most Excellent Mix") and the non-LP track "Misunderstood".

"Wait for Me", a song Jett wrote when she was just 16, was a cover of The Runaways' version from their 1977 album Waitin' for the Night.

"I Want You" was a revised version of a song from 1979 that Jett and Kenny Laguna had written for a movie she was set to star in.