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"You Really Got Me" was written by Ray Davies, the Kinks' vocalist and main songwriter, sometime between 9 and 12 March 1964. [4] Created on the piano in the front room of the Davies' home, the song was stylistically very different from the finished product, being much lighter and somewhat jazz-oriented. [4]
/ The silence is slowly killing me / Girl you really got me bad," he states in the lyrics. [5] The song documents the decay of a relationship, familiar territory for the band. Frontman, Levine told MTV News : "'Misery' is about the desperation of wanting someone really badly in your life but having it be very difficult.
GQ stated of the song, "You can feel the venom and how undeniably accurate it is in portraying a certain type of man that is still on the same train every time in 2020". [17] The Independent wrote, "It was the first of many acutely observed character studies, and offered hints of the music hall influence that would permeate Ray’s future work ...
An EP-single was released off the album to promote its release, "Waterloo Sunset '94", which in addition to a live take of "You Really Got Me" featured the unreleased demos "Elevator Man" and "On the Outside", both recorded in 1976. In 1996, an expanded double CD-version with 29 tracks was released in the U.S. on Guardian/Konk.
Like their previous hit "You Really Got Me", the song is based on a power chord riff. Both songs are similar in beat and structure, with similar background vocals, progressions, and guitar solos . Dave Davies claimed that the song was where he "found his voice":
The inspiration behind one of di Meola's signature songs, “Race with Devil on Spanish Highway”, came from The Kinks’ garage rock classic "You Really Got Me". It the first song he attempted to play on the guitar, when he was between eight and nine years old. [4] Elegant Gypsy won an annual award for Best Guitar Album in Guitar Player.
Guests at Trump's New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago included Elon Musk, JD Vance, Ted Cruz, Roger Stone and three of Trump's children.
Judy Garland singing "Over the Rainbow" for the film The Wizard of Oz (1939), which became her signature song. A signature song is the one song (or, in some cases, one of a few songs) that a popular and well-established recording artist or band is most closely identified with or best known for.