We Gotta Get Out of This Place

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Written by: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
Produced by: Mickie Most
Released: Aug. '65 on MGM
Charts: 11 weeks
Top spot: No. 13

Born in the Brill Building song factory, it got a harsh white-blues treatment from the Animals. As singer Eric Burdon put it, "Whatever suited our attitude, we just bent to our own shape." No surprise: It's a hit with coalition forces in Iraq.

Appears on: Best of the Animals (Raven)

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