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Artist:

The Knack

Song:

My Sharona

Album: 

Get The Knack

Year: 

1979

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Though not quite one-hit wonders, the Knack will forever be associated with one song--the herky-jerky, stuttering smash "My Sharona." Part of the...
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alternadad | MEMORY FROM 1979

FM Radio Hits

LOCATION: Bedroom , New Jersey

YEAR: 1979

TAGS: knack, beatles

PUBLISHED: April 10, 2008

I remember being in my bed at night as a 14 year old and listening to this song on the FM radio.  It was not ground breaking but had a great hook.  They were comparing them to the Beatles.  The way that they played up the band on the radio..I think it was WPLJ in NYC...not sure.  I was thinking I am getting in on the start of the new Beatles..wow!!  Too bad.  They had some decent songs on that album.  I should have been listening to the Clash.

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RHMF said: totally true...I remember how big this song was in the summer of 1979. It would play about once an hour at the community pool where everyone would rock out to it. Great memory...thanks for taking me back. And true, I too should have been listening to the Clash. Although about a year or so later I was... (4/10/2008)

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