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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood is een popnummer, dat op naam staat van Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus en Gloria Caldwell. Het nummer is in 1964 voor het eerst op de plaat gezet door Nina Simone. In 1965 maakten The Animals een nieuwe versie, die veel bekender werd. In 1977 werd een discoversie door Santa Esmeralda ook een hit.

"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Horace Ott and Sol Marcus for American singer-songwriter and pianist Nina Simone, who recorded the first version in 1964 for her album Broadway-Blues-Ballads. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" has been covered by many artists. Two of the covers were transatlantic hits, the first in 1965 by the Animals on their album Animal Tracks, which was a blues rock version; and in 1977 by the disco group Santa Esmeralda on their album Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, which was a four-on-the-floor rearrangement. A 1986 cover by new wave musician Elvis Costello found success in Britain and Ireland.