You Really Got Me – The Kinks
Ray Davies is the one you should thank for penning this 1964 song. He said, “When I came up with [‘You Really Got Me’] I hadn’t been writing songs very long at all. It was one of the first five I ever came up with.”
Hey Jude – The Beatles
Can you believe that this timeless song came out in 1968? It was famously written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney for Julian, the former’s son, who was dealing with his parents’ divorce at the age of 5. The frontman of the band was splitting up with his then-wife Cynthia after his affair with Yoko Ono.