Get the Knack
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| Released | June 1, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | April 1979 | |||
| Studio | The Record Plant (New York) | |||
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| Length | 40:58 | |||
| Label | Capitol Records | |||
| Producer | Mike Chapman | |||
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Get the Knack is the debut studio album by American power pop band The Knack, released in June 1979. At the time, the album was one of the most successful debuts in history, selling over 1,000,000 copies in less than 2 months and spending 5 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
The lead single from the album, "My Sharona", was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks and #1 on Billboard's Top Pop Singles of 1979 year-end chart. The follow-up single, "Good Girls Don't", reached #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, and #72 for 1980.