Get the Knack

Get the Knack
Studio album by
The Knack
ReleasedJune 11, 1979 (1979-06-11)
RecordedApril 1979
StudioThe Record Plant (New York)
Genre
Length40:58
LabelCapitol Records
ProducerMike Chapman
The Knack chronology
Get the Knack
(1979) 		...But the Little Girls Understand
(1980)
Singles from Get the Knack
  1. "My Sharona"
    Released: June 18, 1979[3]
  2. "Good Girls Don't"
    Released: August 1979

Get the Knack is the debut album by American rock band the Knack, released in June 1979. At the time, the album was one of the most successful debuts in history, selling over one million copies in less than two months and spending five weeks at number 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 on Billboard's Top Pop Singles of 1979 year-end chart. The follow-up single, "Good Girls Don't", reached number 11 on the Hot 100 and followed "My Sharona" to number one on the Canadian Singles Chart. In Billboard magazine's year-end charts, Get the Knack ranked at #16 for 1979,[4] and #72 for 1980.[5]

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  3. ^ ""My Sharona" - the Knack".
  4. ^ "Top Album Artists of the Year". Billboard Magazine. 91: TIA-12 (insert). December 22, 1979.
  5. ^ "Number One Awards: Pop Albums". Billboard Magazine. 92: TIA-12 (insert). December 20, 1980.