"The House of the Rising Sun" is a folk song from the United States.








Alan Lomax, Hally Wood and Pete Seeger all agreed THOTRS was a Brothel and was in female interpretation of a girl forced to be a sex server by terrible circumstances. 5





Arranging credit went only to Alan Price. For years, it was rumored incorrectly that the Animals got their next single, "House of the Rising Sun," from Bob Dylan's first album, but it has been revealed that, like "Baby Let Me Take You Home," the song came to them courtesy of Josh White. The MGM Golden Circle reissue (KGC 179) featured the unedited 4:29 version, although the record label gives the edited playing time of 2:58.

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It was the Orleans Parish women's prison".Not everyone believes that the house actually existed. Although it is generally assumed that the singer is referring to a brothel, there is actually nothing in the lyrics that indicate that the "house" is a brothel. Time zone:





6 According to Burdon, this was simply because there was insufficient room to name all five band members on the record label, and Alan Price's first name was first alphabetically.



















I have made a study of the history of prostitution in New Orleans and have often confronted the perennial question, "Where is the House of the Rising Sun?"







The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by British rock group The Animals, was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and also in the United States and France. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. As a traditional folk song recorded by an electric rock band, it has been des











The Animals version was played in 6/8 meter, unlike the 4/4 of most earlier versions.