Written by: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
Produced by: Mickie Most
Released: Aug. '65 on MGM
Charts: 11 weeks
Top spot: No. 13
Born in the Brill Building song factory, it got a harsh white-blues treatment from the Animals. As singer Eric Burdon put it, "Whatever suited our attitude, we just bent to our own shape." No surprise: It's a hit with coalition forces in Iraq.
Appears on: Best of the Animals (Raven)