I’d rather not think that it’s been over 30 years since The Knack‘s lead singer Doug Fieger, then 25, wrote this song for the 17-year-old teenage muse who stole his heart and graced the album which included what turned out to be the number one selling song of 1979. The two remained life-long friends. Unfortunately Fieger lost a battle with lung cancer last month.
Sharona sells high end real estate in West LA, and probably wishes she had a dollar every time the song is used at a wedding, since the scene in "Reality Bites," gave it renewed life as a wedding reception must. More about Fieger, photo of Sharona now, the Knack, and "My Sharona" the song.
From the article, Sharona Alperin says, "Not everybody knew that Sharona was a person, or
they thought maybe it was a thing. I think in Japan, they might have thought it was the male organ — that’s what I heard."