Single:
My Sharona entered the Australian singles chart* on 6 August 1979 and was a #1 hit. It was #8 on the Top 100 of 1979.
Album:
The song is on Get the Knack which entered the Australian albums chart* on 13 August 1979. It reached #1 on 3 September 1979 and remained there for a total of 4 weeks.
Songwriters:
Doug Fieger, Berton Averre
Producer:
Mike Chapman
Record label of Australian release:
Capitol
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
When Doug Fieger was 25 years old, he met 17-year-old Sharona Alperin, who inspired a two-month-long run of songwriting, as well as eventually becoming his girlfriend for the next four years.
Fieger and Alperin were engaged at one point but never married. In a 2005 interview, Fieger said that they remained “great friends”; additionally, she would visit him frequently as Fieger was dying of cancer.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sharona
Lyrics:
Hoo, my little pretty one, my pretty one
When you gonna give me some time, Sharona?
Hoo, you make my motor run, my motor run
Gun it comin’ off of the line, Sharona
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