who did the song we gotta get out of this place
The Animals
title: We Gotta Get out of This Place text: We Gotta Get out of This Place "We Gotta Get out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get out of This Place", is a rock song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by The Animals. It has become an iconic song of its type and was immensely popular with United States Armed Forces GIs during the Vietnam War. In 2004 it was ranked number 233 on "Rolling Stone"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list; it is also in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped title: We Gotta Get out of This Place text: the chorus). We Gotta Get out of This Place "We Gotta Get out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get out of This Place", is a rock song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by The Animals. It has become an iconic song of its type and was immensely popular with United States Armed Forces GIs during the Vietnam War. In 2004 it was ranked number 233 on "Rolling Stone"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list; it is also in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs title: We Gotta Get out of This Place text: (1988), Jello Biafra and D.O.A. (1989), Randy Stonehill (1990), Bon Jovi (1992, again as part of an Animals medley for an MTV special), Midnight Oil (1993, for "MTV Unplugged"), Space (1998), Southside Johnny (concerts in the 2000s), Overkill (2000), Widespread Panic (2005), Ann Wilson with Wynonna Judd (2007), Alice Cooper (2011), and many others. In 1990 Eric Burdon joined Katrina and the Waves for a recording of it for use on "China Beach". In 2000 Barry Mann revisited the song, performing it with Bryan Adams on Mann's retrospective solo album "Soul & Inspiration". When Suzi Quatro was on a German title: We Gotta Get out of This Place text: Rock and Roll list. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil were husband and wife (and future Hall of Fame) songwriters associated with the 1960s Brill Building scene in New York City. Mann and Weil wrote and recorded "We Gotta Get out of This Place" as a demo, with Mann singing and playing piano. It was intended for The Righteous Brothers, for whom they had written the number one hit "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" but then Mann gained a recording contract for himself, and his label Red Bird Records wanted him to release it instead. Meanwhile, record executive Allen Klein had title: We Gotta Get out of This Place text: songs in 1965, by artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan, that ushered in a new role for rock music as a vehicle for common perception and as a force for social consciousness. Writer Craig Werner sees the song as reflecting the desire of people to take a hard look at their own lives and the community they come from. Burdon later said, "The song became an anthem for different people – everybody at some time wants to get out of the situation they're in." The song was very popular with United States Armed Forces members