 "Stereogum" reviewed cover versions of the song in 2015; these included renditions by Joe Cocker, Yusuf Islam, and Lana Del Rey.A version by Cocker for his "With a Little Help from My Friends" album is "a thoroughly '60s rock reading, [...] even if it dispenses with the organ intro the Animals introduced into the equation, it does have a big organ solo section and that crying blues guitar intro".Cat Stevens converted to Islam and changed his name to Yusuf Islam; when he returned to popular music, he recorded an allusion to controversies in his life by way of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", as featured on his 2006 album "An Other Cup".