"1964 singles" . . "Songs written by Bennie Benjamin" . . . "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" . "The Animals songs" . . "Elvis Costello songs" . "1964 songs" . "Philips Records singles" . "eng" . "false"^^ . "MGM Records singles" . "false"^^ . "New York City" . "Philips Records" . "0"^^ . . "5"^^ . . "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" . "-0.123291"^^ . "Disco songs" . "Number-one singles in Germany" . . "Songs written by Sol Marcus" . "Horace Ott" . . "Lana Del Rey songs" . "5714dede25ac0d8aee4c7b16" . "false"^^ . . "Eric Burdon songs" . "Nina Simone songs" . . "1964-06" . "Blues rock songs" . "61bf8dcc-5362-4947-ae4d-3a6ac3345486" . "1964-06" . "%22Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood%22 is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, and Sol Marcus for the jazz singer and pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964. %22Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood%22 has been covered by many artists, including a 1965 blues rock hit by The Animals. A 1977 disco-flamenco and Latin rearrangement by Santa Esmeralda was also a hit. In September 2015, a cover of the song appeared on Lana Del Rey's fourth studio album Honeymoon." . "Song recordings produced by Mickie Most" . "Bennie Benjamin" . . "-0.161539"^^ . "english" . "1965 singles" . "Columbia Graphophone Company singles" . "Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one singles" . "1977 singles" . .