Platinum
1964 single by The Kinks
Matthew Gelbart, musicologist
*Pye *Reprise
Canção de The Kinks
Lied von The Kinks
Spain
キンクスのシングル
The Kinks US
*Garage rock *proto-punk *hard rock
chanson des Kinks
IBC, London
– Shel Talmy, producer of "You Really Got Me"
Every aspect of the song's construction is governed by the riff, a rapid alteration of bass notes a whole tone apart... this element probably accounts almost single-handedly for the song's popularity.
[The original demo version of 'You Really Got Me'] had very way-out words and a funny sort of ending that didn't. We did it differently on the record because [this original version] was really rather uncommercial.
You Really Got Me
Dutch single sleeve
Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Massachusetts
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July 1964
Italy
canción de The Kinks de 1964
Atomic Punk
single
September–October 1977
It's All Right
– Ray Davies
Kinks
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single van The Kinks
песня The Kinks
singolo dei The Kinks del 1964
cantar de The Kinks
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When I first heard ["You Really Got Me"], I said, "Shit, it doesn't matter what you do with this, it's a number one song". It could have been done in waltz time and it would have been a hit.
United Kingdom
تک‌آهنگی از کینکس
Ray Davies
*Hard rock *heavy metal
We were really surprised when 'You Really Got Me' was a hit. Why wasn't our last disc, 'You Still Want Me'? Because it wasn't any good. We didn't like it much ... We write for ourselves now.
Gold
The Kinks UK singles
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סינגל מאת הקינקס
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