“The albums hadn’t been doing well. We weren’t doing great. Suddenly we kind of surprised people”: Dave Davies on how You Really Got Me saved The Kinks, those Jimmy Page rumors – and what he really thought of Van Halen’s cover
Andrew Daly
created: Aug. 18, 2025, 9:47 a.m. | updated: Aug. 23, 2025, 11:39 p.m.
It was a great song, and it remains a great song.
I came up with it one afternoon, and that sound came about.
It was The Kinks’ sound on a Kinks record.
The albums hadn’t been doing well; we weren’t doing great, really.
And we had really great success with it, so I’m happy with it.”
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