AUGUST 1965 (49 YEARS AGO) The Animals: We Gotta Get Out Of This Place b/w I Cant Believe It (MGM K 13382) 45 single is released in the US. We Gotta Get out of This Place, occasionally written Weve Gotta Get out of This Place, is a song recorded and released as a 1965 hit single by The Animals. It has become an iconic song of its type and was immensely popular among United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. In 2004 it was ranked number 233 on Rolling Stones The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list; it is also in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fames 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list. We Gotta Get out of This Place was written and recorded as a demo by Mann and Weil, with Mann singing and playing piano. It was intended for The Righteous Brothers, for whom they had written the number one hit Youve Lost That Lovin Feelin. But then Mann gained a recording contract for himself, and his label Redbird Records wanted him to release it instead. Meanwhile, record executive Allen Klein had heard it and given the demo to Mickie Most, producer for The Animals. Most already had a call out to Brill Building songwriters for material for the groups next recording session (the Animals hits Its My Life and Dont Bring Me Down came from the same call), and The Animals recorded it before Mann could. The Animals...
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 06:52:50 +0000
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