The Knack “My Sharona” #1 on the US charts this week in 1979. 45 rpm. B-side “Let Me Out.” “My Sharona” was the debut single by The Knack, an infectious power-pop/early new wave song about guitarist Berton Averre’s girlfriend, Sharona, who appears on this mocked-up photo of the single’s picture sleeve.

“My Sharona” spent 6 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and also reached #1 in Canada and Australia. It re-entered the charts in 1994 after appearing on the Reality Bites soundtrack in probably one of the best scenes from the movie. It has also been parodied/re many times over the years, most notably by Weird Al Yankovic’s “My Bologna” and Dead Kennedy’s “Pull My Strings” (chorus: “My Payola”).