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| "My Sharona" | ||||
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 US variant of the standard artwork | ||||
| Single by the Knack | ||||
| from the album Get the Knack | ||||
| B-side | "Let Me Out" | |||
| Released | June 18, 1979[1] | |||
| Recorded | April 1979 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:58 (single edit) 4:52 (album version) | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Mike Chapman | |||
| The Knack singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| The Knack – "My Sharona" on YouTube | ||||
"My Sharona" (/ʃəˈroʊnə/) is the debut single by the Knack. The song was written by Berton Averre and Doug Fieger, and it was released in 1979 from their debut album, Get the Knack. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, where it remained for six weeks, and was number one on Billboard's 1979 Top Pop Singles year-end chart.
It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, representing 1,000,000 copies sold,[5] and was Capitol Records' fastest gold status debut single since the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in 1964.[6] It has since gone on to sell more than 10 million copies as of 2010.[7][8]
- ^ ""My Sharona" - the Knack".
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- Bonomo, Joe (2007). Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band. Continuum. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-8264-2846-2.
Wexler's goal seemed to be replicating the Knack's "My Sharona," the cleanly recorded power-pop classic
- Perrone, Pierre (March 5, 2010). "Doug Fieger: Leader of The Knack who co-wrote the worldwide hit 'My Sharona'". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
- Bonomo, Joe (2007). Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band. Continuum. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-8264-2846-2.
- ^ Nytimes.com "'My Sharona' has become an emblem of the new wave era in rock"
- ^ Breihan, Tom (February 26, 2020). "The Number Ones: M's "Pop Muzik"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
...and "My Sharona" is retro-minded garage rock, British Invasion pastiche.
- ^ "My Sharona Gold Certifiction". RIAA. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ^ Atkinson, Terry (October 18, 1979). "The Knack: yesterday ... and today". Rolling Stone: 32.
- ^ "Who was My Sharona?". February 17, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ "A one-hit wonder but it was hardly for want of trying". The Sydney Morning Herald. February 18, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2022.