Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Single by Nina Simone
from the album Broadway-Blues-Ballads
B-side"A Monster"
Released1964
RecordedNew York City
Genre
Length2:48
LabelPhilips
Songwriter(s)
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Single by the Animals
B-side"Club a Go-Go"
Released
  • 29 January 1965 (U.K.)
  • February 1965 (U.S.)
Recorded16 November 1964[1]
GenreBlues rock
Length2:28
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Mickie Most
The Animals singles chronology
"Boom Boom"
(1964) 		"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
(1965) 		"Bring It On Home to Me"
(1965)
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Single by Santa Esmeralda
from the album Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
A-side"You're My Everything"
ReleasedDecember 1977
Recorded1977
Genre
Length16:12 (original album version)
LabelCasablanca
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Single by Elvis Costello
from the album King of America
ReleasedJanuary 1986 (1986-01)
RecordedOcean Way, Sunset Sound, & Sound Factory Studio, Los Angeles, 1985–86
Genre
LabelF-Beat (UK)
Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)T Bone Burnett
Elvis Costello singles chronology
"Green Shirt"
(1985) 		"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
(1986) 		"Lovable"
(1986)

"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Horace Ott and Sol Marcus for American singer-songwriter and pianist Nina Simone, who recorded the first version in 1964. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" has been covered by many artists. Two of the covers were transatlantic hits, the first in 1965 by the Animals, which was a blues rock version; and in 1977 by the disco group Santa Esmeralda, which was a four-on-the-floor rearrangement. A 1986 cover by new wave musician Elvis Costello found success in Britain and Ireland.

  1. ^ "Chrome Oxide - Music Collectors pages - Animals - 05/12/2018". www.chromeoxide.com. Retrieved October 24, 2019.