| The House Of The Rising Sun / Talkin' 'Bout You | |||
| B-Side: Talkin' 'Bout You | |||
| Credited to: The Animals | |||
| Producer: Mickie Most | |||
| UK: Columbia DB 7301 June 1964 #1 | |||
| USA: MGM K-13264 August 1964 #1 (featured an edited version of "The House Of The Rising Sun") | |||
| Pop: #1 | |||
| "The House Of The Rising Sun" was from a traditional song that had also ben recorded by Bob Dylan. | |||
| "Talkin' 'Bout You" was a cover of a song made famous by Eric Burdon's hero Ray Charles. | |||
| "The House Of The Rising Sun" became the first ever #1 USA hit for a British group that had not been written by Lennon & McCartney. | |||
| The original hit single re-entered the UK charts for 6 weeks and went to #25 in 1972 and again re-entered the charts for 12 weeks in 1980 and went to #11. | |||
| Along with "We've Gotta Get out Of This Place", "The House Of The Rising Sun" has been included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's PERMANENT COLLECTION (The 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll). | |||
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USA 1964 |
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England 1964 |
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| Columbia SCMQ 1802 | Odeon 7 I 3086 | Columbia SCMQ 1802 | Columbia DB 7301 |
| Italy 1964 | Brazil 1964 | Italy 1964 | Sweden 1964 |
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| Odeon OR-1146 | Columbia C 22 791 | Columbia C 22 791 | Parlaphone PAL-60230 |
| Japan 1964 | Germany 1964 | Germany 1964 | Philipines 1965 |
| (picture sleeve) | (art cover - yellow) | (art cover - orange) | (plain cover) |
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| Capitol 72171 | MGM K-13264 | ||
| Canada Year? | USA 1964 | ||
| (plain cover) | (disk jockey - plain cover) | ||
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