You Still Want Me

"You Still Want Me"
UK A-side label
Single by the Kinks
B-side	"You Do Something to Me"
Released	17 April 1964[1]
Recorded	20 January 1964[1]
Studio	Pye, London
Genre	Merseybeat[2][3]
Label	Pye
Songwriter(s)	Ray Davies
Producer(s)	Shel Talmy
The Kinks UK singles chronology
"Long Tall Sally" (1964) "You Still Want Me" (1964) "You Really Got Me" (1964)

"You Still Want Me" is a single by the Kinks released in 1964. It was their second record, and (like its predecessor) failed to chart upon release, threatening the band's deal with Pye Records.^[4][5] However, the massive success of the band's next single, "You Really Got Me", ensured their tenure with Pye would continue until 1971, when they shifted to RCA.

"You Do Something to Me"

The B-side "You Do Something to Me" was one of the first five songs the Kinks ever recorded, before sessions for their first album had begun in earnest.^[6] The song has been described as "proto-punk".^[7] It was later released on an album with the 1998 reissue of Kinks.

Personnel

According to band researcher Doug Hinman:^[1]

The Kinks

• Ray Davies – lead vocal, rhythm guitar
• Dave Davies – backing vocal, lead guitar
• Pete Quaife – backing vocal, bass

Additional musician

• Bobby Graham – drums

References

1. Hinman 2004, p. 26.
2. "Kinks in Mono". Pitchfork. 19 January 2012.
3. Harrington, Jon (2015). "The Kinks - "You Really Got Me". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 145.
4. Kitts, Thomas M. (23 January 2008). Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-86795-9.
5. Rogan, Johnny (5 March 2015). Ray Davies: A Complicated Life. Random House. ISBN 978-1-84792-331-8.
6. Jovanovic, Rob (3 June 2013). God Save The Kinks: A Biography. Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1-78131-137-0.
7. Campbell, Michael (2 June 2020). Rock and Roll: An Introduction. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-0-357-61503-4.

Sources

• Hinman, Doug (2004). The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day by Day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961–1996. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-765-3.