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A1.2·rock·2:14

You Really Got Me

The Kinks · 1964

You Really Got Me by The Kinks (1964) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • You really got me
  • You really got me
  • You really got me
  • See, don't ever set me free

Sing it again — final chorus

  • You really got me
  • You really got me
  • You really got me
  • Ohh no
reallydon'tcan't

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Girl, yougot me goin'

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

You got me so I can'tat night

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Iwant to be by your side

Exercise 4

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Girl, you really got me goin'

Exercise 5

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Yeah, you really got me now

Exercise 6

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh yeah, you really got me now

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I always want to be by your side

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Girl, you really got me now

Exercise 9

Choose the missing word:

Girl, you ? got me goin'

Exercise 10

Choose the missing word:

You got me so I ? sleep at night

Exercise 11

Choose the missing word:

You got me so I can't ? at night

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

See, ? ever set me free

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

See, don't ? set me free

Exercise 14

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 15

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 16

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

How many times do you hear the word "really" in the whole song?

"really"

Exercise 20

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 21

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Girl, you really got me goin'
  • See, don't ever set me free
  • You really got me

Exercise 22

If you could ask The Kinks one question about "You Really Got Me", what would it be and why?

reallydon'tcan'tsleep

Exercise 23

Rewrite the chorus of "You Really Got Me" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

reallydon'tcan'tsleep

Exercise 24

If you had to summarize "You Really Got Me" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

reallydon'tcan'tsleep

Exercise 25

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • i'm→
  • can't→

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "You Really Got Me" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

reallydon'tcan'tsleep

Exercise 27

Imagine you are making a short film with "You Really Got Me" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

reallydon'tcan'tsleep

Exercise 28

Who in your life would you dedicate "You Really Got Me" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

reallydon'tcan'tsleep

Exercise 29

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

reallydon'tcan'tsleep

Exercise 30

Compare "You Really Got Me" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

reallydon'tcan'tsleep