Good Girls Don't

"Good Girls Don't"
Single by The Knack
from the album Get the Knack
B-side"Frustrated"
ReleasedAugust 1979
Genre
Length3:07
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Doug Fieger
Producer(s)Mike Chapman
The Knack singles chronology
"My Sharona"
(1979)
"Good Girls Don't"
(1979)
"Let Me Out"
(1979)

"Good Girls Don't" is a 1979 hit single written by Doug Fieger and released by the rock band The Knack, off their album Get the Knack. It was the follow-up to the group's number-one hit single, "My Sharona". "Good Girls Don't" was a No. 1 hit in Canada.[3] It reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 in Record World, and #11 in Cash Box, as well as No. 66 on the United Kingdom chart.[4][5] It also reached No. 20 in New Zealand.[6] The song has since been covered by a number of artists, including The Chipmunks, Ben Folds, The Chubbies, and The McRackins.[7][8]

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