Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
~ Recording by The Animals
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood / Club‐A‐Gogo | The Animals | Single |
| Columbia Records (EMI‐owned 1931–1990, worldwide except US, CA, MX, ES, & JP; largely defunct since Jan 1973) | DB 7445 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | Animal Tracks | The Animals | Album |
| MGM Records | SE 4305 |
| 1.11 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | The Best of The Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| MGM Records | SE-4324 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | Best of the Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | AB-4226 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | The Best of the Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | ACT 4324 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | The Best of the Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | 43242 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | The Best of The Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | 43242 |
| 1.7 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:21 | The Animals | The Singles Plus | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | CDP 7 46605 2 |
| 1.3 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:19 | The Animals | House of the Rising Sun | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| Carnaby (compilations) | CD 552003 |
| 1.14 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:23 | The Animals | The E.P. Collection | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| See for Miles Records | SEE CD 244 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | The Most of the Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| Raven Records (Australian mainly reissue) | RVCD-05 |
| 2.2 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:30 | The Animals | The Complete Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7946132, CD EM 1367, CDP 79 4613 2, CDS 79 4613 2 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | The Best of The Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | 43242 |
| 2.2 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:30 | The Animals | The Complete Animals (Parlophone) | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | CD EM 1367, CDS 79 4613 2, CDS 7946132 |
| 1.1 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:19 | The Animals | The Spirit of the 60s: 1965: The Beat Goes On | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 531/09 |
| 1.13 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:30 | The Animals | The Most of the Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | CD-MFP 5218 |
| 1.1 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:31 | The Animals | Animal Tracks (mono) | The Animals | Album |
| EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo) | TOCP-7546 |
| 1.16 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | The Most of The Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | |
| 1.3 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:19 | The Animals | The Sounds of the Sixties: 20 Swinging Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (US, mostly budget compilations) | |
| 1.4 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | Boom Boom | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| Zounds | CD 27200583B |
| 1.4 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:30 | The Animals | Children of the Revolution | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Teledisc | TELCD 51 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | House of the Rising Sun: Original Hit Recordings | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| BR Music (NL-based reissue label) | BX 420-2 |
| 1.5 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | The Singles Plus | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| BR Music (NL-based reissue label) | 8112 |
| 1.5 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | The Singles+ | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| BR Music (NL-based reissue label) | BS 8112-2 |
| 1.3 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | Original Hits | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BA 860072 |
| 1.13 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:30 | The Animals | The Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| LaserLight Digital | 16 137 |
| 2.9 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | Goodnight Saigon | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DC 864282, DC 864312, DC 864332, HR 864252 |
| 2.1 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:31 | The Animals | Hits From the 60s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 8 59827 2 9, CDTR BOX 308 |
| 2.11 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:27 | The Animals | The Best Sixties Album in the World… Ever! III | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK), Virgin TV | 7243 8 44777 2 1, VTDCD 160 |
| 4.3 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:27 | The Animals | 100 Non Stop Party Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | HR 877362 |
| 1.6 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | Años 60 IX | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Planeta (imprint of Spanish publisher Editorial Planeta, S.A.) | CCI 19 |
| 1.13 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:30 | The Animals | The Best of the Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | The Best of the Sixties 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson (UK budget comps; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMCD117 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:31 | The Animals | The Story of the Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| BR Music (NL-based reissue label) | BS 8112-2 |
| 5.1 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | Wow That Was the 60’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 883352 |
| 1.10 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | Best of the 60’s | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | SI 250722 |
| 2.9 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | Flower Power & Woodstock Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universe (compilations – attention, some releases may be bootlegs) | 44027 |
| 2.3 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:27 | The Animals | Greatest Hits of the 60’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 990852 |
| 1.2 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | The Best of The Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 27084 2 0 |
| 1.2 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | The Best of The Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| Gala Records (Russian label, for releases issued by S.B.A./GALA Records, Inc.) | 0946343505 2 5 |
| 1.3 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | Original Hits | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.26 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | Simply the Best 60s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | 6548396832 |
| 1.8 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | The Animals Story | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| Magic Records (France), MAM | 3930600, MAM 113 |
| 3.2 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:31 | The Animals | The Greatest Sixties Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 33855 2 1, 7243 5 33856 2 0 |
| 1.2 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | The Best of The Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.13 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:30 | The Animals | The Most of the Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 538 2962, 7243 5 38296 2 9 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | Up the Junction | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB904089 |
| 1.12 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | Animal Tracks (mono) | The Animals | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | TOCP-67102 |
| 2.16 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | Capital Gold: Sixties Legends | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | VTDCD485 |
| 4.10 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | Las 100 canciones más Rolling de la historia | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 8431588804322 |
| 1.8 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:30 | The Animals | Wintertijd | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.5 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:27 | The Animals | Absolute Animals 1964–1968 | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| Raven Records (Australian mainly reissue) | RVCD-178 |
| 1.5 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:27 | The Animals | Absolute Animals 1964–1968 | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| Raven Records (Australian mainly reissue) | RVCD-178 |
| 2.3 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | Greatest Hits of the 60’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DB 905538 |
| 3.3 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:27 | The Animals | The Complete French CD EP 1964/1967 | The Animals | EP + Compilation |
| Magic Records (France) | 3930295 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:31 | The Animals | Retrospective | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | 93252 |
| 1.21 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:25 | The Animals | The Best Sixties Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 645 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:31 | The Animals | Retrospective | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | 93252 |
| 2.17 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:27 | The Animals | I Love Music 1965–1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB 902950 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:31 | The Animals | Retrospective | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | The Best of The Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | The Most of the Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | |
| 1.16 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | The Most Of | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | The Essential | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | 00946 3 85254 2 4 |
| 4.20 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | 101 Sixties Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCDX 866 |
| 1.4 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | Top of the Pops 1965 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | UK 515 5282 |
| 2.4 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | Top of the Pops: Year by Year Collection 1964‒2006 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | The Best of the Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation | ABKCO | ||
| 2.18 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:27 | The Animals | Die Hit-Giganten: Cover-Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 88697374492 |
| 3.21 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | The Swingin' Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 932 |
| 1.3 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | This Is… 1965 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 5099922779120 |
| 3.5 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | Original Hits: Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | |
| 2.2 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:30 | The Animals | The Complete Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | TOCP 53613-14 |
| 1.14 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:27 | The Animals | British Beat 1963–1970 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| TOCP-70871, TOCP-70872 | |
| 3.20 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | 101 Sixties Party Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI TV | VTDCDX 1019 |
| 3.11 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | Massive Hits! Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 50999 0 94519 2 6 |
| 1.6 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:31 | The Animals | The Very Best of The Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | |
| 1.6 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:31 | The Animals | The Very Best of The Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | 8899-2 |
| 4.5 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | The Mickie Most Years and More | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
| ABKCO | 8996-2 |
| 1.12 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | ?:?? | The Animals | Animal Tracks | The Animals | Album |
| Parlophone | WPCR-15414 |
| 5.16 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:27 | The Animals | De topcollectie: Rock klassiekers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 5099995848921 |
| 1.3 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | Best of British: 50 Years of Great British Pop & Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 0825646012435 |
| 2.9 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | 60s: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 0190295971991 |
| 1.29 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | 60s: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.5 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | Animal Tracks | The Animals | Album | ABKCO | ||
| 1.5 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | Animal Tracks | The Animals | Album |
| ABKCO | |
| 1.8 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:27 | The Animals | The Greatest Sixties Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 0190295665258 |
| 1.96 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:25 | The Animals | 100 Greatest Karaoke Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 0190295314682 |
| 1.94 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | 100 Greatest Singalong Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.5 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:29 | The Animals | Animal Tracks | The Animals | Album |
| ABKCO | 9977-2 |
| 1.18 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:26 | The Animals | Sounds of the 60’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music (global imprint of Warner Music Group, ‘W’ logo either with “Warner Music” or no text), X5 Music Group | |
| 1.1 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | 60 tals klassiker | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 3.8 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:25 | The Animals | Coletânea Som Livre – Anos 60 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Som Livre | |
| 2.17 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:27 | The Animals | I Love Music 1965–1969: Good Vibrations | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.3 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | Ready Steady Go! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.11 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:25 | The Animals | El ABC del Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 7.36 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:28 | The Animals | Bacobens Rock Top 500 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:30 | The Animals | The Ultimate Best of the Animals | The Animals | Album + Compilation |
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| Withdrawn | |||||||||
| 1.15 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:25 | The Animals | 100 Greatest: Covers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.3 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | 2:19 | The Animals | House of the Rising Sun | The Animals | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| part of: | Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 315) (order: 314) |
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| recording of: | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (cover) |
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Related works
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
| writer: | Bennie Benjamin Gloria Caldwell Sol Marcus Horace Ott |
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| publisher: | Bennie Benjamin Music Inc. Carlin Music Corporation Chris-n-Jen Music WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1981) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Studio 54 (order: 5) |
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| later translated versions: | Et kai ymmärrä minua väärin Missförstå mej inte 悲しき願い 衝破萬重浪 |
| later versions: | Misunderstood |
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