Written by Doug Fieger and Berton Averre for the power pop band’s debut album Get the Knack, “My Sharona” featured a punchy bass and electric guitar riff, a riveting drum beat, and lyrics about romantic obsession. (Fieger's muse was his former girlfriend, Sharona Alperin).
While the album spawned a second hit with “Good Girls Don’t”—sparing The Knack the dreaded one-hit wonder label—“My Sharona” became the band's signature song before their initial split in 1982.
In an iconic scene in the film, Ryder, Garafalo, and Zahn’s characters dance to “My Sharona” while at a gas station mini mart for a munchies run. After asking the cashier to turn up the radio and promising him "You won’t be sorry,” the friends segue into a series of frantic dance moves. The cashier does not seem impressed, nor does pal Troy (Hawke).
Garafalo once teased that she had a drink before filming the famous Reality Bites scene.
Zahn also recalled shooting the “My Sharona” scene.
The renewed “My Sharona” buzz from the movie scene led to The Knack’s reunion and first-ever performance of the song on The Tonight Show With Jay Lenoon March 18, 1994.
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