Don't get me wrong

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Singles
Don't get me wrong
  DE 45 01/12/1987 (8 weeks)
  UK 10 10/11/1986 (9 weeks)
  US 10 10/11/1986 (18 weeks)

Do not Get Me Wrong is a song of the Pretenders from the year 1986 , that of Chrissie Hynde was written. It appeared on the album Get Close (1986) and the hit compilation The Singles (1987).

history

The track was produced by Bob Clearmountain and Jimmy Iovine . After its release in the UK in September 1986 , the song became a hit, reaching number 10 on the UK charts. Subsequently, the song was released in the United States and a hit there too, the song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 . In the United States, it was the Pretenders' second Top 10 success after reaching number 5 with Back on the Chain Gang in early 1983 .

Don't Get Me Wrong became more pop and commercial than the previous releases, with an acoustic guitar and a pop melody. However, the text was more serious than its previous material.

The song was heard in the 1986 intro to Gung Ho and in 1997 in Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion . In 2010 the song appeared on the soundtrack album for the film Going the Distance .

Music video

The music video pays homage to the British television series With Umbrella, Charm and Bowler Hat from the 1960s. Chrissie Hynde plays Emma Peel and is looking for John Steed .

Cover versions

There are several cover versions of the song.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Don't Get Me Wrong in the German charts on Officialcharts.de
  2. ↑ a b Don't Get Me Wrong on the US Billboard Hot 100
  3. ↑ a b Do not Get Me Wrong in the Official UK Charts (English)
  4. ↑ a b Don 'Get Me Wrong on Whosampled.com
  5. ↑ Date of publication on 45cat.com
  6. ^ A b Whitburn, Joel : The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits , 8th Edition, 2004, Billboard Publications, p. 505.
  7. ↑ Back On the Chain Gang in the US Billboard Hot 100