Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

"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.)
Recorded	16 November 1964[1]
Genre	Blues rock
Length	2:28
Label	Columbia Graphophone (UK) MGM (US)
Songwriter(s)	Bennie Benjamin Horace Ott Sol Marcus
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"
Released	December 1977
Recorded	1977
Genre	Disco flamenco
Length	16:12 (original album version)
Label	Casablanca
Songwriter(s)	Bennie Benjamin Horace Ott Sol Marcus
Producer(s)	Nicolas Skorsky Jean Manuel de Scarano

"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Single by Elvis Costello
from the album King of America
Released	January 1986 (1986-01)
Recorded	Ocean Way, Sunset Sound, & Sound Factory Studio, Los Angeles, 1985–86
Genre	Roots rock folk rock
Label	F-Beat (UK) Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)	Bennie Benjamin Horace Ott Sol Marcus
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.