Naw the lead singer didnt write any of their songs. He was on heroin in the early 90's and back then their writer was the member who wrote the majority of their songs (literally like 98% of them through the years) Martin Gore. Dave (the lead singer) barely got to start writing on Playing The...
They were both headed by Eric Burdon so thats why it's confusing. That dude was a busy mofo. ANd some other well-known songs by the ANIMALS are "WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE" "HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN".