Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Site

Simone’s interpretation transformed a standard apology into something much larger.

While many associate the track with the rock-and-roll energy of , it was originally written for Simone in 1964 by Bennie Benjamin, Horace Ott, and Sol Marcus. Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Horace Ott first conceived the melody and chorus after a heated argument with his then-girlfriend (and later wife), Gloria Caldwell. Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood