Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong (Official Music Video)

Nearly four decades later, this song still holds up beautifully. The lyrics are imaginative and original, and the rhyme scheme manages to include couplets like "distracted" and "refracted" instead of overused pairs like you-blue or self-shelf. Instrumentally, I've always loved the guitar riff at 2:17.

Timeless classic. When I first heard this one in the early 2000s I thought it was a new song! That's the brilliance of Pretenders.

I was in Walgreens today, and heard this almost forgotten, gem over their speakers. Now I have been playing it on loop for the last hour. She's amazing!

takes me back way back when i was a seventh grader in a Soviet high school, in today's independent Uzbekistan. it was a summer time. was picking apples in a summer camp with friends)))) we did not know at the time what band it was. all western music was smuggled in from abroad)))), nor did we care about the name of the bank of a singer for that matter. all we cared was the music, this music, this song, very bright, from cosmos, something about this song, something majestic. this song brings back all good memories. I am 53 now but when i listen to this song, i am among all my friends again, all happy, laughing, joking, picking apples....

The Pretenders - Don’t get me Wrong. Chrissie Hynde is a class act in her own right. She’s such a talented singer/performer. Never tire of listening to this video. She’s got a delightful voice and knows how to use it too. Great one, Chrissie.

When she sings “don’t get me wrong” at the back end of the song and flutters the “wrong” with a kind of vocal pitch bend…dam…pure magnificence

This lady's voice is incredible

Pretenders ? What? CLASSIC BAND. Don't get twisted.

THIS SONG IS STILL A CLASSIC AFTER 35 YEARS.

This song is so fun to dance to, workout to or just listen to while driving in your car...love it!💕 One of my all time favorites.

I'm pushing 70 and clearly remember being a kid.😊. This is a most underrated song. Fabulous song by the great Pretenders.❤😊.

She is an icon...she has beautiful voice and lyrics.

Oh God, in the 80s there was so much magic in music and the arts, that you can go back in time watching an unforgettable classic like that.

Don't get me wrong If I'm looking kind of dazzled I see neon lights Whenever you walk by Don't get me wrong If you say hello and I take a ride Upon a sea where the mystic moon Is playing havoc with the tide Don't get me wrong Don't get me wrong If I'm acting so distracted I'm thinking about the fireworks That go off when you smile Don't get me wrong If I split like light refracted I'm only off to wander Across a moonlit mile Once in a while Two people meet Seemingly for no reason They just pass on the street Suddenly, thunder showers everywhere Who can explain the thunder and rain But there's something in the air Don't get me wrong If I come and go like fashion I might be great tomorrow But hopeless yesterday Don't get me wrong If I fall in the mode of fashion It might be unbelievable But let's not say so long It might just be fantastic Don't get me wrong

I'm only 24 and I have to say the pretenders are my favorite band

Another Classic from the best decade ever, How I would like to go back in time.

Go Chrissy. She walks her own path, doesn't take crap, and probably never has. Refreshingly original and a survivor through the decades. Love her music and talent!

This song has a joyful element to it that never makes you tire of it no matter how times you've heard it.

Best band I ever saw live. She’s a gem.

The thing I've always loved about this song is the ending: it goes from being a snappy, fun little song 99% thru, to ending in A minor, sort of shifting the mood. Love those triplets on the drums too...if I remember correctly, that was Steve Jordan...