Good Girls Don't

Album: Get The Knack (1979)
Charted: 66 11
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Songfacts®:

  • This was the follow-up to the chart-topping single "My Sharona," and it scored huge among horny teenage boys, helping it reach #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is about an easy girl and how the high school boys want to be with her and score. The hook, "Good girls don't, but I do" made quite an impact, and the racy lyrics stirred up controversy. >>>
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    Mike - Santa Barbara, CA
  • This was written by The Knack's lead singer Doug Fieger and produced by Mike Chapman. Some of the hits Chapman wrote include "Ballroom Blitz," "Better Be Good To Me" and "Mickey."

Comments: 3

  • George from Vancouver BcPlaying to every teenage boy's fantasies. The only way this could've been a bigger seller was if the Church tried to ban it! Everybody knew, if you were at the discotheque dancing with a hot girl & she was looking right into your eyes while singing along with the lyrics: WINNER! WINNER! CHICKEN DINNER! Found a hot one! Coming out at the height of the ending of the disco era ensured this song was a big winner! I was a bit young to really cash in on this song, as I could only dance at the community dance for minors (no booze, but most of us always had a quarter ounce or more of of BC bud in our jacket pocket for emergencies--decades before it was officially legalized.)
  • George from Vancouver, CanadaI met this girl so many times wsehn young & fell in love every time only to be hurt, of course. . . This dumbass figured it out, finally.
  • Dave from Easton, PaRIP Doug Fieger. At one time the Knack were reviled because of the lyrics to this song and a seemingly Beatle-esque album cover, but the songs were really just well crafted pop rock songs. Great moments in my life corresponded to these songs. Thanks, Doug.
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