"1964 singles" . . "4172f69a-3c48-4f86-ba5c-c012420b5108" . "334840"^^ . . "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" . "145000.0"^^ . . "false"^^ . "Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one singles" . "Horace Ott" . "1977 singles" . "1992-02-24"^^ . "111.0"^^ . "1964 songs" . . "true"^^ . "Lana Del Rey songs" . "Elvis Costello songs" . "false"^^ . "-0.346679"^^ . . "english" . . . "MGM Records singles" . . "eng" . . "Columbia Graphophone Company singles" . . "Songs written by Sol Marcus" . . "GBAYE6500156" . "0"^^ . "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" . "Philips Records singles" . "-13.1"^^ . "2"^^ . . "5714dee625ac0d8aee5340dc" . "-0.256505"^^ . "New York City" . "Bennie Benjamin" . "The Animals songs" . "Eric Burdon songs" . . "Number-one singles in Germany" . "1965 singles" . "Song recordings produced by Mickie Most" . "Disco songs" . "TRTNJHH128F932A4DC" . "Blues rock songs" . . "3350" . "Songs written by Bennie Benjamin" . "Philips Records" . "%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." . "3099470" . "Nina Simone songs" . . .