
3. My Sharona
The Economics of Everyday Things
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My Sirona by Doug Feiger
My Sirona was one of the first songs that Doug and I wrote together when we started playing the troubadour. The band soon gained a cult following for their high-energy shows at clubs in West Hollywood. They signed with capital records for an advance of around a hundred thousand dollars, which was pretty sizable at the time. After recording My Shirona and the 11 other songs that went on to their debut album Get the Knack, the band was left with more than $82,000 from the advance.
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