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My Sharona

original song written and composed by Berton Averre and Doug Fieger; recorded 1979 by The Knack
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My Sharona

Summary

My Sharona is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.51% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,665 views/month, #98 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • My Sharona's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • My Sharona's composer is recorded as Doug Fieger[4].
  • My Sharona's composer is recorded as Berton Averre[5].
  • My Sharona's genre is popular music[6].
  • Among the performers on My Sharona was The Knack[7].
  • My Sharona's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • My Sharona was published on 1979[9].
  • My Sharona's lyricist is recorded as Doug Fieger[10].
  • My Sharona's lyricist is recorded as Berton Averre[11].
  • Sharona Alperin inspired My Sharona[12].
  • My Sharona's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'My Sharona'}[13].
  • My Sharona's form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 026f35a7-9ac1-3708-afc1-0e1ab103252f[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on My Sharona was The Knack[7].

Publication

My Sharona was released on 1979[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is popular music[6].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Sharona Alperin inspired My Sharona[12].

Why It Matters

My Sharona ranks in the top 0.51% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,665 views/month, #98 of 19,375).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). My Sharona. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/my-sharona
MLA “My Sharona.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/my-sharona.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_my-sharona_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{My Sharona}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/my-sharona}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Inspired by → Sharona Alperin
    Performer → The Knack
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0701142439, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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