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"We Gotta Get Out of This Place" has been recorded or performed in concert by numerous artists, including the Savages (1966), the Cryan' Shames (1966), the American Breed (1967), the Frost (1970), the Partridge Family (1972), Bruce Springsteen (performed only a handful of times in his career, but acknowledged by him as one of his primary ...
Other Animals hits to come out of this Brill Building call were "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "Don't Bring Me Down." [3]) "It's My Life" has become D'Errico and Atkins' best-known work. [4] The Animals' recording is propelled by a bass guitar riff from Chas Chandler, soon joined by an electric twelve-string guitar riff from Hilton Valentine.
Rowberry was on hand for the hit songs "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "It's My Life". The Animals assembled a big band to play at the fifth annual British Jazz and Blues Festival in Richmond. The Animals Big Band made their one public appearance on 5 August 1965.
On Live It Up, Johansen performs The Foundations' classic, "Build Me Up Buttercup", the Cadets' "Stranded in the Jungle" (which was also covered by the New York Dolls [2]) and an Animals medley, which included "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "Don't Bring Me Down" and "It's My Life".
Best of the Animals (Springboard 4025, 1973) Best of the Animals (ABKCO 4324, 1975, 1-LP --- first U.S. compilation to feature the UK "correct" version of "We Gotta Get Out of This Place") The Best of the Animals (ABKCO, 1988) The Complete Animals (EMI, 1990) The Best of Eric Burdon and the Animals 1966–1968 (Polygram, 1991) E; Original Hits ...
In 1995, Burdon made a guest appearance with Bon Jovi, singing "It's My Life"/"We Gotta Get out of This Place" medley at the Hall of Fame. He also released the album Lost Within the Halls of Fame, with past tracks and re-recordings of some songs from I Used to Be an Animal. In October 1996, Aynsley Dunbar replaced Craney on drums.
"Don't Bring Me Down" was one of a series of Animals renditions of Brill Building material, following the 1965 hits "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "It's My Life". According to one account, all three came out of one call in 1965 that the Animals' then-producer Mickie Most made for songs.
It was composed by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, who co-authored the Animals' earlier hit "We Gotta Get Out of This Place." "The Biggest Bundle of Them All" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie of the same name , with an alternate version of the song in the film.