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The first single released by the Knack, “My Sharona” topped the US pop chart in 1979 and was declared song of the year. Overseas it reached the top 20 in several countries including a #6 peak in the UK.
The song was inspired by a 17-year-old girl named Sharona Alperin that frontman Doug Fieger met...
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Ooh, my little pretty one, pretty one
When you gonna give me some time, Sharona?
Ooh, you make my motor run, my motor run
Gun it coming off of the line, Sharona
[Chorus]
Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind
I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind
My, my, my, I, yi, woo!
M-m-m-my Sharona
[Verse 2]
Come a little closer, huh, ah, will ya, huh?
Close enough to look in my eyes, Sharona
Keeping it a mystery gets to me
Running down the length of my thighs, Sharona
[Chorus]
Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind
I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind
My, my, my, I, yi, woo!
M-m-m-my Sharona
M-m-m-my Sharona
[Bridge]
[Verse 3]
When you gonna give to me, g-give to me?
Is it just a matter of time, Sharona?
Is it j-just destiny, d-destiny
Or is it just a game in my mind, Sharona?
[Chorus]
Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind
I always get it up for the touch of the younger kind
My, my, my, I, yi, woo!
M-m-m-my my my, I, yi, woo!
M-m-m-my Sharona
M-m-m-my Sharona
M-m-m-my Sharona
M-m-m-my Sharona
[Outro - Instrumental Bridge]
Oooooh, my Sharona
Oooooh, my Sharona
Oooooh, my Sharona
My Sharona was written by Doug Fieger & Berton Averre.
My Sharona was produced by Mike Chapman.
Sharona Alperin told NPR in 2010 about being singer Doug Fieger’s inspriation for the song:
I was about 16 or 17 at the time. He was nine years older than me. And within a month or two later, he told me that, ‘I’m in love with you, you’re my soulmate, you’re my other half, we’re going to be togethe...
Doug Fieger told the Independent:
It was like getting hit in the head with a baseball bat; I fell in love with (Sharona Alperin) instantly. And when that happened, it sparked something and I started writing a lot of songs feverishly in a short amount of time.
Separately he told the Washington Post...