"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...
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originally released in December 1979. It is a parody of the Knack's hit song "My Sharona". Yankovic originally wrote the lyrics while he attended California Polytechnic...
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the Knack. It was the follow-up to the group's number-one hit single, "My Sharona". "Good Girls Don't" was a No. 1 hit in Canada. It reached #11 on the...
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rock band based in Los Angeles that rose to fame with its first single, "My Sharona", an international number-one hit in 1979. The Knack was founded in 1978...
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guitarist and lead vocalist of the rock band the Knack. He co-wrote "My Sharona," the biggest hit song of 1979 in the U.S., with lead guitarist Berton...
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one on the Billboard 200 album chart. The lead single from the album, "My Sharona", was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks and number one...
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Knack sued Run-DMC on the grounds that "It's Tricky" sampled their song "My Sharona" without permission. Run-D.M.C's previous studio album King of Rock had...
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of the band The Knack. That group had a No. 6 UK / No. 1 US hit with "My Sharona", which sold 10 million copies in the US. Averre is also a vocal arranger...
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to its similarity to "My Sharona". The 1983 edition of The New Rolling Stone Record Guide referred to the song as a "'Sharona carbon copy." Allmusic's...
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www.ultratop.be. Retrieved June 21, 2022. RPM singles chart positions: My Sharona": "100 Singles". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 8, 1979....
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known as bassist with the Knack, who had a No. 1 US / No. 6 UK hit with "My Sharona". Since 2013 he has played bass with Mike Pinera's Classic Rock All-Stars...
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"Waiting for a Star to Fall" – Boy Meets Girl "99 Red Balloons" – Nena "Let My People Go-Go" – The Rainmakers "The Captain of Her Heart" – Double "Kissing...
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"My Sharona" by The Knack (singer Doug Fieger pictured) was the number one song of 1979....
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initial reservations about the song, Gary came up with a beat to match "My Sharona"'s stuttering style. He later said he approached the song like a surf...
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success. After a popular and critical backlash to the genre's biggest hit, "My Sharona" (the Knack, 1979), record companies generally stopped signing power pop...
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from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2012. "Who was My Sharona?". 17 February 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2022. "A one-hit wonder but it...
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Candice Casagrande 37 "Fields of Gold" — Team full 6 Chloe Thomson 29 "My Sharona" — 7 Harry N/A "Lovely" — 8 Renee N/A "Dangerous Woman" — 9 Nenah Jones...
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"Weird Al" Yankovic (album) (redirect from Stop Draggin' My Car Around)
impoundment due to illegal parking, shame, and non-payment. "My Bologna" is a parody of "My Sharona" by the Knack; the narrator talks about his obsession with...
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Necessary - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". "HammerFall - My Sharona - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". No Sacrifice, No Victory...
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song reached No. 2 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 (behind the Knack's "My Sharona") and the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, No. 3 on the Billboard Adult...
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the six-week reign of the biggest smash hit of the year, The Knack's "My Sharona". This song explores the sadness experienced by a woman because her lover...
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Sharona is a moshav in Israel. Sharona may also refer to: Sharona Bakker (born 1990), Dutch hurdler Sharona Ben-Tov Muir, American writer and academic...
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Alice Cooper (redirect from Welcome to My Nightmare Tour)
"Turning Japanese" (1980) by the Vapors; "My Sharona" (1979) by the Knack; "Beds Are Burning" (1987) by Midnight Oil; "My Generation" (1965) by the Who; "Welcome...
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late-'70s/early-'80s rock group The Knack, best known for their hit song "My Sharona" in 1979. Fieger has been involved with a variety of high-profile or controversial...
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chart movement by "After the Love Has Gone" by Earth, Wind and Fire and "My Sharona" by The Knack. The song tells a story about the Devil's failure to gain...
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addition to "Call Me," the album featured covers of songs by The Knack ("My Sharona," "Good Girls Don't," "Frustrated"), The Cars ("Let's Go"), Tom Petty...
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hit the record button and let the band play. The album and the single "My Sharona" hit No. 1 in the US and sold millions around the world. Its follow-up...
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released in 1995 on Minty Fresh Records. It includes a cover of The Knack's "My Sharona". The cover artwork does not actually depict a Victrola (a brand name...
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includes songs by World Party, Squeeze, the Knack (a remixed version of "My Sharona" featured prominently in one scene from the film), Juliana Hatfield, Social...
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