| “Don't let me be Misunderstood” | |||||
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| Single by Nina Simone | |||||
| Album | Broadway, Blues, Ballads | ||||
| Released | 1964 | ||||
| Recorded | New York City | ||||
| Genre | Soul, Jazz | ||||
| Label | Philips Records | ||||
| Writer | Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus | ||||
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| Broadway, Blues, Ballads track listing | |||||
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"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the singer/pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964. Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her Stage name Nina Simone ( IPA: ninɐ sʌmɞnɑ (February 21 1933 – April 21 2003 was a fifteen-time An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Broadway-Blues-Ballads is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003 A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Philips Records is a Record label that was founded by Dutch electronics giant Philips. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Claude A ("Bennie" Benjamin was a Songwriter, often teaming with George David Weiss. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. Santa Esmeralda is a US / French Disco group formed in the 1970s which earned a #1 club hit in 1977 with a Cover version Broadway-Blues-Ballads is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003 Claude A ("Bennie" Benjamin was a Songwriter, often teaming with George David Weiss. Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her Stage name Nina Simone ( IPA: ninɐ sʌmɞnɑ (February 21 1933 – April 21 2003 was a fifteen-time "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" has been recorded or performed by many artists, and is best known to most people by the 1965 blues rock hit recording from The Animals. The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. A 1977 disco/Latin rendition by Santa Esmeralda was also a hit. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Latin music, includes the music of all countries in Latin America (and the Caribbean) and comes in many varieties Santa Esmeralda is a US / French Disco group formed in the 1970s which earned a #1 club hit in 1977 with a Cover version
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Nina Simone original
The beginnings of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" came with composer and arranger Horace Ott, who came up with the melody and chorus lyric line after a temporary falling out with his girlfriend (and wife-to-be), Gloria Caldwell. [1] He then brought it to writing partners Bennie Benjamin and Sol Marcus to complete. Claude A ("Bennie" Benjamin was a Songwriter, often teaming with George David Weiss. However, when it came time for songwriting credits, rules of the time prevented BMI writers (Ott) from officially collaborating with ASCAP members (the other two), so Ott instead listed Caldwell's name on the credits. Broadcast Music Incorporated ( BMI) is a US Performing rights organization. The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers ( ASCAP) is a non-profit Performance rights organization that protects its [1][2]
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" was one of five songs involving the writing of Benjamin and Marcus, presented for Nina Simone's 1964 album Broadway-Blues-Ballads. Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her Stage name Nina Simone ( IPA: ninɐ sʌmɞnɑ (February 21 1933 – April 21 2003 was a fifteen-time Broadway-Blues-Ballads is an album by singer/pianist/songwriter Nina Simone (1933-2003 There, it is taken at a very slow tempo and arranged around harp and other orchestral elements; a backing choir appears at several points. The harp is a Stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. Simone sings it in her usual hard-to-categorize style. Horace Ott's involvement did not end with his initial songwriting; he was the arranger and orchestral conductor for the entire album. Backed with "A Monster", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" was released as a single in 1964, but failed to chart.
To some writers, this "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" carried the subtext of the American Civil Rights Movement that concerned much of Simone's work of the time;[2] while to others, this was more personal, and was the song, and phrase, that best exemplified Simone's career and life. The American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968 refers to the reform movements in the United States aimed at abolishing racial discrimination against African [3]
Decades later, a commercial for Christian Dior's perfume J'Adore, starring Charlize Theron, featured Simone's version of the song. Christian Dior ( January 21, 1905 &ndash October 23, 1957) was an influential French Fashion designer, best known as the j'Adore Traditional Chinese: 崇拜 is the tenth Album of Fish Leong (Chinese 梁静茹 released on November 9, 2007 Charlize Theron ( IPA: ʃɑrˈliːz θəˈrɒn born August 7 1975 is an Academy Award -winning South African -born American actress film producer
The Animals version
| “Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood” | |||||
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| Single by The Animals | |||||
| B-side | "Club A Go-Go " | ||||
| Released | January 1965 (UK) February 1965 (U. The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s S. ) |
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| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | 1964? | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 2:28 | ||||
| Label | Columbia Graphophone (UK) MGM Records (U. A gramophone A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest Gramophone companies in the United Kingdom. MGM Records was a Record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film studio in 1946 S. ) |
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| Writer(s) | Bennie Benjamin Gloria Caldwell Sol Marcus |
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| Producer | Mickie Most | ||||
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The Animals' lead singer Eric Burdon would later say of the song, "It was never considered pop material, but it somehow got passed on to us and we fell in love with it immediately. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Claude A ("Bennie" Benjamin was a Songwriter, often teaming with George David Weiss. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Mickie Most, born Michael Peter Hayes ( 20 June 1938 – 30 May 2003 was a successful English Record producer, with a string of Number One The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. " Bring It On Home to Me " is a 1961 soul song written and recorded by R&B singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne) is the former lead singer of The Animals and War "[4] The Animals gave it one of their trademark R&B-unto-rock workups, speeding up the tempo and starting off with a memorable electric guitar-and-organ doubled riff from Hilton Valentine and Alan Price, that was picked out and expanded from an element that originally appeared in the Simone recording's outro. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each Hilton Valentine (born Hilton Stewart Paterson Valentine, 21 May 1943, North Shields, Northumberland) is a English Alan Price (born 19 April 1941 in Fatfield, County Durham, England) is a Musician, Songwriter, Record This riff immediately led into Burdon's trademark deep, impassioned vocal line:
- Baby, do you understand me now?
- Sometimes I feel a little mad . . .
- But don't you know that no one alive -
- Can always be an angel -
- When things go wrong, I seem to be bad.
- (group harmony) But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good:
- (just Burdon) Oh Lord! Please don't let me be misunderstood . . .
The group gained a trans-Atlantic hit in early 1965 from their rendition, rising to number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and number 15 on the U.S. pop singles chart. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry
This single was ranked by Rolling Stone at #315 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published
In Animals concerts at the time, the group maintained the recorded arrangement, but Burdon sometimes slowed the vocal line down to an almost spoken part, recapturing a bit of the Simone flavor.
Santa Esmeralda version
A disco version of the song by Santa Esmeralda featuring Leroy Gomez, which took The Animals' arrangement and added some disco, flamenco, salsa, and other Latin rhythm and ornamentation elements to it, also became a hit in the 1970s. Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define Santa Esmeralda is a US / French Disco group formed in the 1970s which earned a #1 club hit in 1977 with a Cover version Flamenco is a Spanish term that refers both to a musical genre known for its intricate rapid passages and a dance genre characterized by its audible footwork Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Latin American Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad Latin music, includes the music of all countries in Latin America (and the Caribbean) and comes in many varieties This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. First released in summer 1977 as a 16-minute epic that took up an entire side of their Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood album, it was picked up for more worldwide distribution by the label of the time, Casablanca Records. This article is about Casablanca the record label For other uses please see Casablanca (disambiguation. A 12-inch club remix was extremely popular, hitting number one on the U. S. Billboard Club Play Singles chart and in some European countries as well. Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco Released as a pop single late in the year, it did well as well, reaching number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 by early 1978.
Santa Esmeralda's rendition then became widely popular with a later generation after its inclusion in the 2003 film Kill Bill Vol. 1, where its instrumental passage plays over the Bride-O-Ren Ishii duel, and the accompanying Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack, where it is incorporated in a full vocal form that runs over 10 minutes. Kill Bill is the fourth film by Writer - director Quentin Tarantino. Beatrix Kiddo, (played by Uma Thurman) also known as The Bride, is a Fictional character in Quentin Tarantino 's movie Kill Bill The following is a list of characters from the film Kill Bill. Kill Bill Volume 1 OST is the soundtrack to the first volume of the two-part Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill.
The Santa "Don't Let" was also used as the opening theme to the pilot for the U. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. S. game show Bullseye. Not to be confused with an entirely different British game show also called Bullseye.
Other versions
A version by Joe Cocker played over the ending credits of the 2004 film Layer Cake. Joe Cocker OBE (born 20 May 1944 is an English rock / Blues Singer who came to popularity in the 1960s and is most known for his gritty "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Layer Cake is a 2004 British Gangster thriller, directed by Matthew Vaughn. Other artists who have covered the song include The Moody Blues, Elvis Costello, Cyndi Lauper, Place of Skulls, Uthanda, John Legend, No Mercy, Alabina (retitled "Lolole"), Gary Moore, Robben Ford, OffBeat, and New Buffalo. The Moody Blues are an English psychedelic rock band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper (born June 22 1953 is an American Grammy - and Emmy award winning Singer-songwriter and Place of Skulls is a Doom metal band from Knoxville Tennessee. John Stephens (born December 28, 1978) better known by his Stage name John Legend, is a Grammy Award winning American soul No Mercy is a pop and Dance music group formed by Frank Farian in Florida in 1995 consisting of twin brothers Ariel and Gabriel Hernández Gary Moore (born Robert William Gary Moore, 4 April 1952, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish Guitarist. Robben Ford (born December 16 1951, Woodlake, California) is an American Blues, Jazz and rock New Buffalo is Melbourne-based singer songwriter and performer Sally Seltmann (born 1975 - otherwise known as Sally Russell before her marriage to Darren Seltmann of The Avalanches
In American Gods by Neil Gaiman, an intoxicated Shadow sings this song at a karaoke bar. American Gods is a Novel by Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, Fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and (kɑːrɑːˌoʊkɛ in Japanese karaoke) is a form of Entertainment in which Amateur Singers sing along with recorded Music (and/or a
Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, features this song with some lyrics changed on his album titled An Other Cup, released in November 2006. Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948 best known by his former Stage name Cat Stevens, is a British Musician An Other Cup is an Album by Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens)
Rapper Common's song "Misunderstood" sampled Nina Simone's original version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr (born March 13 1972) better known by his Stage name Common (and previously known as Common Sense) is an The song is featured on his 2007 album Finding Forever. Finding Forever is the Grammy Award Winning seventh album by Common, released on July 31 2007 on G
The song was also sampled by will.i.am for Lil' Wayne's 2008 album, Tha Carter III. William James Adams Jr (born March 15, 1975 in Los Angeles California, USA) better known by his Stage name will Tha Carter III is the sixth Studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne, released on June 10 2008
| Preceded by "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer |
United World Chart number one single (Santa Esmeralda version) December 3, 1977 – December 17, 1977 |
Succeeded by "How Deep Is Your Love" by Bee Gees |
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