The 200 Best Songs of the 1960s part 3 of 10

Great gifts for upcoming holidays!

One song per band! All 1960–1969 (North American?) releases eligible! Let’s go!

160 Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood by Nina Simone (1964)

Sure, The Animals do a good cover, but not even Eric Burdon can sound as haunted as Nina Simone. And then there’s the background orchestration, led by those creepy Phantom-of-the-Opera music-box chimes including a string section more muted and tasteful than is usual for 1964. I love how the stressed syllable changes as Simone sli...