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You Really Got Me

1964 single by The Kinks
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You Really Got Me

Summary

You Really Got Me is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,533 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • You Really Got Me's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • You Really Got Me's instance of is recorded as song[4].
  • You Really Got Me's composer is recorded as Ray Davies[5].
  • You Really Got Me's genre is hard rock[6].
  • You Really Got Me's genre is rock music[7].
  • You Really Got Me followed You Still Want Me[8].
  • You Really Got Me was followed by All Day and All of the Night[9].
  • You Really Got Me was produced by Ted Templeman[10].
  • You Really Got Me was performed by The Kinks[11].
  • You Really Got Me's record label is recorded as Elektra[12].
  • You Really Got Me is part of Kinks[13].
  • You Really Got Me's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • You Really Got Me was released on August 4, 1964[15].
  • You Really Got Me's lyricist is recorded as Ray Davies[16].
  • You Really Got Me's has characteristic is recorded as debut single[17].
  • You Really Got Me's different from is recorded as All Day and All of the Night[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[19]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, pop rock, rock, rock and roll[20]

  • Community tags: hard rock, pop rock, rock, rock and roll[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d757ab79-30ea-3de7-9d69-c4cd2d89e630[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

You Really Got Me was performed by The Kinks[11]. It was produced by Ted Templeman[10].

Publication

You Really Got Me was released on August 4, 1964[15]. Genres include hard rock[6] and rock music[7]. It is part of Kinks[13].

Adaptations and Inspiration

You Really Got Me followed You Still Want Me[8]. It was followed by All Day and All of the Night[9].

Why It Matters

You Really Got Me ranks in the top 1% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,533 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

Elektra The Kinks United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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