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You Really Got Me
The Kinks
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- Album
- Kinks (Deluxe Edition)
- Released
- 1964
- Genres
- proto-punk, baroque pop
- Length
- 2:14
- Tempo
- 137 BPM
- Label
- Castle Communications
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About this song
"You Really Got Me" is one of The Kinks' signature songs and has been part of the band's live act since its inception, and it continues to be played in Ray Davies and Dave Davies' solo shows. It was the third single from the band's first album, Kinks, released after the Little Richard cover "Long Tall Sally" and Ray Davies' original "You Still Want Me." Pete Townshend was taken with the song and played a track by his band, then called The High Numbers, over the telephone to producer Shel Talmy, who went on to produce The Who's first album, My Generation.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 5 other songs, like “Большое удовольствие (Great Pleasure) by Коммунизм (Communism)”.
- Covered 28 times, including “You Really Got Me by Boy Howdy”.
- Written by Ray Davies.
- Produced by Shel Talmy.
- Recorded at IBC Studios.