Signature
key confidence high · relative C major · tempo confidence medium · half-time 77.0 · low end 32% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
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Lineage
- Written by[traditional]source
- Sampled byCacola, Sally Can Waitsource
- CoveredCat Powersource
- Remixed byDJ Matt Black, House of the Rising Sun (remix)source
- Remixed byDJ Matt Black, House of the Rising Sun (remix)source
- CoveredEric Burdonsource
- CoveredFranz Lambertsource
- CoveredGeorge Melly & John Chilton's Feetwarmerssource
- CoveredMary Hopkinsource
- CoveredNat Stuckeysource
- CoveredPeter Hofmannsource
- CoveredRobby Krieger & Eric Burdonsource
- Remixed bySaka, RISING SUN FLIPsource
- CoveredTaigaHolicsource
- CoveredThe Thunderbeatssource
- CoveredWhispering Gallerysource
Why it is here
- The Animals recorded their arrangement in a single take on May 18, 1964, opening with Hilton Valentine's now-famous A minor chord arpeggio. source
- The performance—Burdon's gravelly lead vocal and Alan Price's pulsating Vox Continental organ—has been called the first folk-rock hit, credited with changing the face of modern music. source
- Hearing this recording on his car radio reportedly made Bob Dylan pull over and jump out of his car, an experience he said inspired him to go electric. source
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