You Really Got Me by Van Halen

Genre: Rock
Year: 1978

"You Really Got Me" is a rock song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band, The Kinks. It was released in August 1964 as the groups third single, and reached Number 1 on the UK singles chart the next month, remaining for two weeks. It was the groups breakthrough hit; it 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, Kinks. "You Really Got Me" was an early hit song built around power chords (perfect 5ths and octaves),Walser, Robert (1993). Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music, p.9. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0-8195-6260-2. and was heavily influential on later rock musicians, particularly in the Read full article at wikipedia.org

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