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"Don't Get Me Wrong" is a song released by the pop-rock group The Pretenders. It was the first single taken from the group's 1986 album, Get Close. It can also be found on the band's The Singles album, released in 1987. Chrissie Hynde said she was inspired to write the song for her friend John McEnroe.[1]

"Don't Get Me Wrong"
Artwork for UK and European vinyl releases
Single by The Pretenders
from the album Get Close
B-side	"Dance!"
Released	August 5, 1986 (UK) September 23, 1986 (US)
Recorded	October 1985
Genre	Pop rock indie rock new wave
Length	3:49
Label	Real Records (UK) Sire (US)
Songwriter(s)	Chrissie Hynde
Producer(s)	Jimmy Iovine Bob Clearmountain
The Pretenders singles chronology
"Thin Line Between Love and Hate" (1984) "Don't Get Me Wrong" (1986) "Hymn to Her" (1986)
Music video
"Don't Get Me Wrong" on YouTube

Background

The song features a jangly guitar sound and an emphasis on melody. Hynde's lyrics contain literary references in addition to the more relationship-based subject matter typical for pop music.

Reception

Billboard said that although Hynde is the only original Pretender remaining, this song represents "a pretty upbeat, strutting, confident Pretenders."[2] Cash Box praised Hynde's "sultry vocal" and "powerful songwriting."[3]

Music video

The music video for the song is a tribute to the British 1960s TV spy series The Avengers, with Chrissie Hynde playing Emma Peel searching for John Steed, while being diverted by body doubles and rival agents. She drives a 1983 Reliant Scimitar SS1. Steed actor Patrick Macnee appears in the original series' footage, with Hynde electronically inserted. Two edits to the video were made, the second edit adds alternate shots (including a scene of one of the body doubles being revealed to be a woman) and inserts footage of the band performing in a studio.

Personnel

• Chrissie Hynde – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Robbie McIntosh – guitars
• T. M. Stevens – bass guitar

Additional Personnel

• Chucho Merchán – bass guitar
• Steve Jordan – drums, percussion
• Paul "Wix" Wickens – synthesizer, piano

Charts

In the US, "Don't Get Me Wrong" became the group's second Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 10.[4] Their first Top 10 pop hit, "Back on the Chain Gang", had reached No. 5 in 1983. "Don't Get Me Wrong" also spent three weeks atop the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in November 1986.[4] It also reached No. 5 on the Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay Chart on December 12, 1986 staying on that position for a week and remaining on the chart for eleven weeks.[5] In the UK, the song also peaked at #10 in the UK Singles Chart.[6] It was most successful in Australia, where it reached No. 8.[7]

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[21]	Silver	200,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Covers

• British pop singer Lily Allen covered the song for BBC Radio 1's 40th-anniversary celebrations in 2007 and was released on the subsequent compilation album.
• Leigh Nash released a version in 2018.[22]
• Hale Appleman covered the song in musical episode "All That Hard Glossy Armor" (Season 4, Episode 10) of The Magicians[23]

Feature

The song was also featured in the 1997 movie Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, but this and a few other songs were omitted from the movie's soundtrack album due to copyright issues.

References

На других языках

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[de] Don’t Get Me Wrong

Don’t Get Me Wrong ist ein Lied der Pretenders aus dem Jahr 1986, das von Chrissie Hynde geschrieben wurde. Es erschien auf dem Album Get Close (1986) und der Hit-Zusammenstellung The Singles (1987).

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- [en] Don't Get Me Wrong

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[es] Don't Get Me Wrong

«Don't Get Me Wrong» es una canción lanzada por el grupo pop-rock The Pretenders. Fue el primer sencillo tomado del álbum del grupo en 1986, Get Close. También se puede encontrar en el álbum The Singles de la banda, lanzado en 1987.

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