The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (Cover)

I thought i would give this Animals number a try, a blast from the past...a real good beat to this one. -Kenny Some information on the track: WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE - 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.[2]

"We Gotta Get out of This Place" was written and recorded as a demo by Mann and Weil, with Mann singing and playing piano. It was intended for The Righteous Brothers (for whom they had written the epic hit "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"), and indeed the demo almost sounds like a Righteous Brothers recording, with the piano supplying the easily-recognized bass line and both a pop and blue-eyed soul feeling accompanying the foreboding lyrics.[3] But then Mann gained a recording contract for himself, and his label Redbird Records wanted him to release it instead. Meanwhile, record executive Allen Klein had heard it and given the demo to Mickie Most, the producer for The Animals. Most already had a call out to Brill Building songwriters for material for the group's next recording session (the Animals hits "It's My Life" and "Don't Bring Me Down" came from the same call[4]), and The Animals recorded it before Mann could.[3]

In The Animals' rendition, the lyrics were slightly reordered and reworded from the demo, and opened with what seemed to be a reference to their industrial, working class Northern England origins:

In this dirty old part of the city
Where the sun refused to shine
People tell me, there ain't no use in tryin'
Next comes a verse about the singer's father at the end of his life with little to show for it, followed by one of The Animals' call-and-response buildups, finally leading through delayed tension to the well-known chorus:

We gotta get out of this place!
If it's the last thing we ever do ...
We gotta get out of this place,
'cause girl, there's a better life ... for me and you

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[joyenriquez]

better than the original! had to post on facebook! nice ones! :D

[totethatgun]

@joyenriquez Thank you my friend.....You are very kind indeed...Much appreciated! -Kenny

[angrygrunt]

the internet is serious business guys

[boffinme80]

@TBeanIV You're the reason why canes should be brought back to schools. Teach smarmy little brats like you a lesson. So what if he can't sing like The Animals? Who fucking cares? He did his best and made a good video to go with it and all you can say is "You suck"?? How about if YOU made a video and someone said "You suck!" I just bet your reaction would be EXACTLY the same.

And calling a man "a piece of shit"? Wow you really DON'T have a life! Can you sing better? I think not!

[totethatgun]

@TBeanIV You were finished after your first childish comment kid, now run along like a good litle man before you get made to look even more stupid than you already do here. ;)

[TBeanIV]

@totethatgun you learm to spell. your just a silly old man who can't get up anymore. I'm finished with you your not worth the time.

[totethatgun]

@TBeanIV learm to spell and type you moron. Silly little boy. :-)

[TBeanIV]

@totethatgun thats nice coming from a middle aged man posting videos on youtube. Learn to sing you piec of shit.

[totethatgun]

@TBeanIV I suck? That's nice, coming from Mr Eager To Please himself.....They tell me you had to have your jaws wired shut to stop you from blowing complete strangers in the street. Take a hike little boy.

[TBeanIV]

you suck!