<P> `` Do n't Let Me Be Misunderstood '' is a song written by Bennie Benjamin , Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the jazz singer and pianist Nina Simone , who first recorded it in 1964 . `` Do n't Let Me Be Misunderstood '' has been covered by many artists , most notably by The Animals , whose blues rock version of the song became a transatlantic hit in 1965 . A 1977 four - on - the - floor disco rearrangement by disco group Santa Esmeralda was also a hit . </P>
<P> `` Do n't Let Me Be Misunderstood '' is a song written by Bennie Benjamin , Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the jazz singer and pianist Nina Simone , who first recorded it in 1964 . `` Do n't Let Me Be Misunderstood '' has been covered by many artists , most notably by The Animals , whose blues rock version of the song became a transatlantic hit in 1965 . A 1977 four - on - the - floor disco rearrangement by disco group Santa Esmeralda was also a hit . </P>
who sang the original do n 't let me be misunderstood
who sang the original do n 't let me be misunderstood
Nina Simone
Nina Simone