ray davies wrote the song you really got me.
ray davies wrote the song you really got me.
who wrote the song you really got me?
ray davies
"you really got me" was released as the band's third single on 4 august 1964, backed with "it's alright". within three days of the single's release, "you really got me" began to appear on local charts. eventually, the song climbed to the top of the british charts, the band's first single to do so. ray davies later claimed that, due to the single's high demand, pye records put all their other records on hold to solely produce copies of "you really got me". due to the high level of success the single achieved in the uk, a rush-release of "you really got me" was put out in the us on 2 september 1964, despite being delayed from its initial release date of 26 august. although it did not enter the charts until 26 september, the record rose to number seven on the "billboard" hot 100. the song later appeared on the band's debut album, "kinks", with the title of the american release of the album being changed to "you really got me". plans for ray to sing versions of the song in french, german, spanish, and japanese for their respective markets were proposed by shel talmy, but they never materialized.
you really got me
the kinks continued to perform successfully for over 30 years through many musical styles, but "you really got me" remained a mainstay in concert. during some shows, the song was played in a medley with its follow-up single "all day and all of the night," while in 1977, a performance on "saturday night live" featured a four song medley of "you really got me", "all day and all of the night", "a well respected man", and "lola". in a live performance on the "don lane show" in 1982, "you really got me" was featured in a medley with the band's 1981 song, "destroyer." in 1984, dave davies claimed that, even after twenty years of performing "you really got me," the track was "still fun to play live."
you really got me