The Knack discography
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The discography of American power pop band the Knack consists of 7 studio albums, 3 live albums, 5 compilation albums, 16 singles, and 3 video albums. The band first gained success with their debut single, "My Sharona", first released on the band's debut studio album, Get the Knack, on the 11th of June, 1979, before being released as a separate single on the 18th. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and become the band's signature hit, while the album it came from also hit number 1 on the Billboard 200. The second single, "Good Girls Don't" was also a decent success, hitting number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching number 1 in Canada.
| The Knack discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 7 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Singles | 16 |
| Video albums | 3 |
The band's second studio album, ...But the Little Girls Understand, was released on February 15, 1980, and charted much less than its predecessor, only hitting number 15 on the Billboard 200. Meanwhile, the album's lead single, "Baby Talks Dirty", only hit number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the second and final single from the album, "Can't Put a Price on Love", hit number 62. The band's third studio album, Round Trip, released in October 1981, fared even lower, hitting number 93, with its lead single, "Pay the Devil (Ooo, Baby, Ooo)", charting at number 67, and the second single, "Boys Go Crazy" not hitting the Billboard Hot 100 at all. The band broke up a year later, in 1982.
Four years after their initial breakup, in 1986, the band reunited, and five years later, on January 15, 1991, the band released their fourth studio album, Serious Fun. The album was the first from the band to not chart on the Billboard 200 at all, and the only chart the album hit was the Canadian Albums chart. The band then break up again in 1992, although they reunited again in 1994, and then once more in 1996. After their 1996 reunion, the band released three more studio albums, Zoom on June 14, 1998, Normal as the Next Guy on September 25, 2001, and Re-Zoom, a reissue of Zoom, in 2003. The band broke up once more in 2010, after lead singer, Doug Fieger, died on February 14. After his death, the band dropped their final studio album, Rock & Roll Is Good for You: The Fieger/Averre Demos, on September 11, 2012. None of the band's final four studio albums charted.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [2] |
CAN [3] |
GER [4] |
IT [5] |
JPN [6] |
NL [7] |
NZ [8] |
SWE [9] |
UK [10] | |||
| Get the Knack | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 39 | 65 | ||
| ...But the Little Girls Understand |
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15 | 32 | 12 | 57 | — | 19 | — | 47 | 26 | — | |
| Round Trip |
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93 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Serious Fun | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Zoom |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Normal as the Next Guy |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Rock & Roll Is Good for You: The Fieger/Averre Demos |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live from the Rock n Roll Funhouse |
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| Havin' a Rave-Up! Live in Los Angeles, 1978 |
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| Live at the House of Blues (September 25, 2001) |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| My Sharona |
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| Retrospective – The Best of the Knack |
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| My Sharona |
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| Proof – The Very Best of the Knack |
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| The Best of the Knack |
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Video albums
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
AUS [2][15] |
BE (FL) [16] |
CAN [17] |
GER [4] |
IT [5] |
NZ [18] |
SPA [19] |
SWI [20] |
UK [10] | ||||
| "My Sharona" | 1979 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | Get the Knack | |
| "Good Girls Don't" | 11 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 20 | — | — | 66 |
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| "Baby Talks Dirty" | 1980 | 38 | — | — | 13 | — | — | 40 | 19 | — | — | ...But the Little Girls Understand | |
| "I Want Ya" (Germany and Australia-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Can't Put a Price on Love" | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "It's You" (UK and Spain-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mr. Handleman" (Netherlands-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Africa" (Germany-only release) | 1981 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Round Trip | |
| "Just Wait and See" (Japan-only release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Pay the Devil (Ooo, Baby, Ooo)" | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Boys Go Crazy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Rocket O' Love" | 1991 | —[A] | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Serious Fun | |
| "My Sharona" (re-release) | 1994 | 91 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Reality Bites soundtrack | |
| "Midnight Misogynist" | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "That's What the Little Girls Do" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Live at the House of Blues | |
| "Harder on You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Notes
- "Rocket O' Love" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but it peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.