You Really Got Me er en sang fra The Kinks' debutplade fra 1964, Kinks. Sangen er skrevet af Ray Davies og var gennembrudshittet for The Kinks. Den var deres tredje single og den første, der blev nummer et på hitlisten i England. Den blev derved kickstarten for gruppens karriere. Sangen er mange steder beskrevet som "sangen, der opfandt heavy metal". Sangen er bygget omkring et simpelt, men dog dengang originalt guitarriff, spillet med powerchords, som stort set aldrig var brugt før, samt distortion, som var en helt ny ting. Kinks-guitarist Dave Davies sagde, at han frembragte den forvrængede lyd ved at skære i sin forstærker med et barberblad.
I 2005 blev sangen valgt som "den bedste engelske rock-sang mellem 1955-65" i en lytterafstemning på den engelske radio BBC.
Kinks (1964) ·Kinda Kinks (1965) ·The Kink Kontroversy (1965) ·Face to Face (1966) ·Something Else by The Kinks (1967) ·The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) ·Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969) ·Lola Versus Poweman and the Moneygoround, Part One (1970) ·Muswell Hillbillies (1971) ·Everybody's in Show-Biz (1972) ·Preservation Act 1 (1973) ·Preservation Act 2 (1974) ·Soap Opera (1975) ·Schoolboys in Disgrace (1975) ·Sleepwalker (1977) ·Misfits (1978) ·Low Budget (1979) ·Give the People What They Want (1981) ·State of Confusion (1983) ·Word of Mouth (1984) ·Think Visual (1986) ·UK Jive (1989) ·Phobia (1993)
Koncertalbum
Live at Kelvin Hall (1968) ·One for the Road (1980) ·Live: The Road (1988) ·To the Bone (1994)
Opsamlingsalbum
The Greatest Hits! (1966) ·Sunny Afternoon (1967) ·The Great Lost Kinks Album (1973) ·Come Dancing with The Kinks (1986) ·The Kinks Are Well Respected Men (1988) ·Lost & Found (1986-1989) (1991) ·The Ultimate Collection (2002)
Centrale sange
"You Really Got Me" (1969) ·"All Day and All of the Night" (1964) ·"See My Friends" (1965) ·"A Well Respected Man" (1965) ·"Dedicated Follower of Fashion" (1966) ·"Dead End Street" (1966) ·"Waterloo Sunset" (1967) ·"Days" (1968) ·"Lola" (1970) ·"Celluloid Heroes" (1972) ·"Come Dancing" (1982) ·"Don't Forget to Dance" (1983)
