Lyrics to
You Really Got Me

This version of You Really Got Me was released by Van Halen in 1978.

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Girl, you really got me now
You got me so I don’t know what I’m doin’
Girl, you really got me now
You got me so I can’t sleep at night
Girl, you really got me now
You got me so I don’t know where I’m goin’, yeah
Oh Girl, you really got me now
You got me so I can’t sleep at night
You really got me
You really got me
You really got me
Please, don’t ever let me be
I only wanna be by your side
Please, don’t ever let me be
I only wanna be by your side
Girl, you really got me now
You got me so I don’t know what I’m doin’, yeah
Oh yeah, you really got me now
Got me so I can’t sleep at night
You really got me
You really got me
You really got me
Oh no, no, ah
Girl, you really got me now
You got me so I don’t know what I’m doin’
Ah girl, you really got me now
You got me so I can’t sleep at night
Girl, you really got me now
You got me so I don’t know where I’m goin’, yeah
Oh yeah, you really got me now
Got me so I can’t sleep at night
You really got me
You really got me
You really got me
Oh Oh Oh

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About Lyrics and You Really Got Me by Van Halen

The lyrics to You Really Got Me are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Van Halen used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to You Really Got Me have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Van Halen and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to You Really Got Me by Van Halen. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to You Really Got Me" means the words set to the music of You Really Got Me, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Van Halen. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to You Really Got Me and the lyrics to You Really Got Me are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Van Halen who came here looking just for the lyrics to You Really Got Me, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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