THE ANIMALS We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965) [Stereo/HQ]

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The Animals
"We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
1965
Footage taken from American musical comedy film, It's a Bikini World (1967)

"We Gotta Get Out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place", is a rock song written by American songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by English band the Animals. It has become an iconic song of its type and was immensely popular with United States Armed Forces G.I.s during the Vietnam War.

In 2004 it was ranked number 233 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list; it is also in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.

In 2011, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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The Animals
- Eric Burdon – lead vocals
- Hilton Valentine – guitar, vocals
- Dave Rowberry – keyboards, vocals
- Chas Chandler – bass, vocals
- John Steel – drums