More than four decades after it arrived on the scene, the Knack’s debut single is still one of the most recognizable rock songs ever recorded, but it might also be one of their only songs still well-known.
Released on June 18, 1979, “My Sharona” was the first single from the band’s debut album, Get the Knack. It was written by band members Doug Fieger and Berton Averre, with the former claiming that it only took 15 minutes to write. “My Sharona” was inspired by one person, a woman named Sharona Alperin, who dated Fieger and was his fiancée at one point.
Fieger recalled the instant connection in the liner notes of the song’s 2002 remaster, saying, “It was like getting hit in the head with a baseball bat. I fell in love with her instantly. And when that happened, it sparked something and I started writing a lot of songs feverishly in a short amount of time.”
“My Sharona” was a huge hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 within a couple of months of the single’s release, and it held on to the top spot for six weeks in total. Billboard also named it the No. 1 single of 1979 on its year-end chart.
In the years since, the song has sold over 10 million copies, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time. Music fans all over the world can instantly recognize the song’s signature stuttering of the chorus, and “My Sharona” remains a 1970s classic.
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While the relationship that inspired the song didn’t last forever, “My Sharona” arguably has. The song is still a hit, although it has come to be known as the group’s one-hit wonder.
In 2011, in a readers-voted poll from Rolling Stone, “My Sharona” was voted one of the “Top 10 One-Hit Wonders of All Time,” alongside other songs like Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” and Dexys Midnight Runners’ “Come On Eileen.”
While the Knack’s next single, “Good Girls Don’t,” peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, very few people remember the track, and the band never had another chart-topper again.
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