Van Halen - You Really Got Me - About the song
This is a cover of the 1964 song by The Kinks. It was the first hit for The Kinks, and became famous for its distorted guitar sound, which many bands began to copy.
Van Halen learned a bunch of Kinks songs when they were just starting out (in part because David Lee Roth had one of their greatest hits albums), and often played them at their shows when they were still a bar band. "They sounded good and they were great to dance to," David Lee Roth said. When it came time for Van Halen to record their first single, they chose "You Really Got Me," since they had refined it after years performing it. In 1982, they released another Kinks kover, "Where Have All The Good Times Gone?," which appears on their album Diver Down.
You Really Got Me - Lyrics
Girl, you really got me now You got me so I don't know what I'm doin' Girl, you really got me now You got me so I can't sleep at night Girl, you really got me now You got me so I don't know where I'm goin', yeah Oh Girl, you really got me now You got me so I can't sleep at night You really got me You really got me You really got me Please, don't ever let me be I only wanna be by your side Please, don't ever let me be I only wanna be by your side Girl, you really got me now You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', yeah Oh yeah, you really got me now Got me so I can't sleep at night You really got me You really got me You really got me Oh no, no, ah Girl, you really got me now You got me so I don't know what I'm doin' Ah girl, you really got me now You got me so I can't sleep at night Girl, you really got me now You got me so I don't know where I'm goin', yeah Oh yeah, you really got me now Got me so I can't sleep at night You really got me You really got me You really got me Oh Oh Oh
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