<Tr> <Td> "Bring It On Home to Me" (1965) </Td> <Td> "We Gotta Get out of This Place" (1965) </Td> <Td> "It's My Life" (1965) </Td> </Tr> <P> "We Gotta Get out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get out of This Place", is a rock song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by The Animals . It has become an iconic song of its type and was immensely popular with United States Armed Forces GIs during the Vietnam War . </P> <P> In 2004 it was ranked number 233 on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list; it is also in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list . </P> <P> Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil were husband and wife (and future Hall of Fame) songwriters associated with the 1960s Brill Building scene in New York City . </P>

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