The Animals

The Animals Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

The Animals, known intermittently as Eric Burdon and the Animals and also as Animals and Friends (featuring original drummer John Steel), are an English rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1962. The Animals' original lineup consisted of singer Eric Burdon, guitarist Hilton Valentine, bass guitarist Chas Chandler, keyboardist Alan Price, and drummer John Steel. Known for their gritty, bluesy sound, they balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm-and-blues-oriented album material, and were part of the British Invasion of... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: We Gotta Get Out of This Place - #2: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - #3: The House of the Rising Sun - #4: It's My Life - #5: Sky Pilot

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1964

1.

Baby Let Me Take You Home
The Animals

from The Animals [US album]

27 pts

102

US

21

UK

[MGM 13242]
written by Wes Farrell & Bert Russell

2.

06/1964

#3 The House of the Rising Sun
The Animals

from The Animals [US album]

229 pts

1

US

1

UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #122]
[MGM 13264]
written by traditional

3.

12/1964

Boom Boom
The Animals

from The Animals [UK album]

10 pts

43

US

[MGM 13298]
written by John Lee Hooker

1965

4.

#2 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
The Animals

from Animal Tracks

239 pts

15

US

3

UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #315]
[MGM 13311]
written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell & Sol Marcus

5.

07/1965

#1 We Gotta Get Out of This Place
The Animals

from Animal Tracks

277 pts

13

US

2

UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #233]
[MGM 13382]
written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

6.

10/1965

#4 It's My Life
The Animals

from The Best of the Animals

166 pts

23

US

7

UK

[MGM 13414]
written by Roger Atkins & Carl D'Errico

1966

7.

Help Me Girl
The Animals

from Eric Is Here

110 pts

29

US

14

UK

as Eric Burdon and the Animals
[MGM 13636]
written by Scott English & Larry Weiss

1967

8.

When I Was Young
The Animals

from The Best of Eric Burdon and the Animals Vol. II

101 pts

15

US

45

UK

as Eric Burdon and the Animals
[MGM 13721]
written by Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins & Danny McCulloch

9.

12/1967

Monterey
The Animals

from The Twain Shall Meet

80 pts

15

US

as Eric Burdon and the Animals
[MGM 13868]
written by Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins & Danny McCulloch

1968

10.

#5 Sky Pilot
The Animals

from The Twain Shall Meet

120 pts

14

US

40

UK

as Eric Burdon and the Animals
[MGM 13939]
written by Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins & Danny McCulloch

11.

11/1968

White Houses
The Animals

from Every One of Us

15 pts

67

US

as Eric Burdon and the Animals
[MGM 14013]
written by Eric Burdon

1969

12.

Ring of Fire
The Animals

from Love Is

33 pts

35

UK

as Eric Burdon and the Animals
written by June Carter & Merle Kilgore

1972

13.

House of the Rising Sun
The Animals

56 pts

25

UK

R
written by traditional

1982

14.

House of the Rising Sun
The Animals

49 pts

11

UK

R
written by traditional

1983

15.

The Night
The Animals

from Ark

48 pts

48

US

34

rock

[I.R.S. 9920]
written by Eric Burdon, Don Evans & John Sterling

1990

16.

We Gotta Get Out of This Place
The Animals

4 pts

85

UK

R
written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

2012

17.

House of the Rising Sun
The Animals

3 pts

98

UK

R
written by traditional

See also...

Alan Price • Andy Summers • Barry Jenkins • Chas Chandler • Danny McCulloch • Dave Rowberry • Eric Burdon • Hilton Valentine • John Steel • John Steel [drummer] • John Weider • Vic Briggs • Zoot Money

US charts info based on Billboard (www.billboard.com) charts • UK charts info based on The Official UK Charts Company's charts

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