" We Got ta Get out of This Place " was also used in Dennis Potter 's 1965 television play '' Stand Up , Nigel Barton '' and the BBC 's 1996 Newcastle-set '' Our Friends in the North '' , which partially took place in the 1960s . In America it was used as the title credits song in some episodes of the Vietnam War-set television series '' China Beach '' . It was then applied to the Bin Laden family , having to leave the United States in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks , in Michael Moore 's 2004 '' Fahrenheit 9/11 '' . It also was featured in the soundtrack to the 1987 movie '' Hamburger Hill '' . It was used in a third-season episode of the 2000s television series '' Heroes '' . It was used as the theme song for 2002 BBC comedy '' TLC '' and the 2013 BBC series '' Privates '' . The song was also featured humorously in the '' Kong : Skull Island '' trailer In a 2012 keynote speech to an audience at the South by Southwest music festival , Bruce Springsteen performed an abbreviated version of The Animals ' version on acoustic guitar and then said , " That 's every song I 've ever written . That 's all of them . I 'm not kidding , either . That 's ' Born to Run ' , ' Born in the U.S.A. ' " The song 's title and theme have become a common cultural phrase over the years
September 11th terrorist attacks
September 11 attacks
We Gotta Get out of This Place