Tuesday, June 12, 2018

"Love Is All There Is" by The Knack

How do you top a debut single that stays at #1 for six weeks? Well, if you're The Knack, you don't. Led by the feisty Doug Fieger, this Los Angeles band rocked everybody's world in 1979 with their classic, "My Sharona." The song re-entered the charts 15 years later in 1994; "My Sharona" went to #91 after being featured in the hit film Reality Bites.

Still, the band could not capitalize on the renewed interest. In 1998, they released a terrific pop rock album called "Zoom," but it failed to mark a comeback for the band. With great tunes like "Love Is All There Is," it is hard to figure out why.

In the band's short-lived heyday in the early 80s, they managed to score two additional top 40 hits: "Good Girls Don't" went to #11 and "Baby Talks Dirty" to #38. The band called it quits at the end of 1981, but reunited several times to make new records (starting with 1990's excellent "Serious Fun," which also failed to give the band a well-deserved comeback).

The Knack should be known for more than just "My Sharona," but sadly that won't happen on the charts. Fieger passed away from cancer in 2010.


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