This song changed rock history.

UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: (AUSTRALIA OUT) Photo of KINKS and Ray DAVIES and Dave DAVIES and Pete QUAIFE and Mick AVORY; L-R: Ray Davies, Dave Davies, Pete Quaife, Mick Avory. The Kinks' "You Really ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It wasn't meant to be that way. One of the first five songs that Dave's brother Ray ever wrote, You Really Got Me was supposed to ...

The Kinks’ breakthrough hit “You Really Got Me” arrived 60 years ago this summer. In celebration of the milestone anniversary, the legendary British Invasion band is releasing a limited-edition 7-inch ...

Some rock tracks go down in history for being trailblazers in the genre, like a 1964 rock classic by The Kinks. It's celebrated as a hit track that presaged hard rock and put power chords on the map, ...

In January 1978, Van Halen released their debut single, a cover of the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me.” The tune became a radio hit and helped launch Van Halen's career – but what did the Kinks think of it ...

The pioneers of heavy guitar riffing - at least among the first to make a full record of it - were the Kinks, who paved the way for heavy metal and punk rock. While the band was already iconic, its ...