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You Really Got Me by The Kinks
Genre: Hard Rock
Year: 1964
Year: 1964
"You Really Got Me" is a rock song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band, The Kinks. It was released as the groups third single, in August 1964, and reached Number 1 on the UK singles chart the following month, staying there for two weeks. It was the groups breakthrough hit, and established them as one of the top British Invasion acts in the United States, reaching Number 7 there later in the year. It was later included on the Kinks debut album, The Kinks.
"You Really Got Me" was an early hit song built around power chords (parallel 5ths and octaves) Walser, Robert (1993). Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music, p.9. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0819562602., and was heavily influential on later rock and roll Read full article at wikipedia.org
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