Only about a month ago I remembered this song and tried to find the origin of it. It's old, and looking for the origin led me down all sorts of paths, it has many areas where people suspect it originated from but no definite source. I ended up realizing how good The Animals were and what a great voice Eric Burdon had, and he was such a young guy at the time! Really, no one else has done that song as well. Interesting thing about Eric Burdon from Wikipedia: "In 1967, Burdon married Angela "Angie" King, an Anglo-Indian hippie connected to the music scene. The next year she left him for Jimi Hendrix, and she and Burdon were subsequently divorced in 1969. She was murdered in 1996 by an estranged boyfriend". And from https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/animals-guitarist-hilton-valentine-dies-aged-77/ar-BB1dfBgb Animals singer Eric Burdon paid tribute to Valentine on Instagram, writing: "The opening opus of Rising Sun will never sound the same!... You didn't just play it, you lived it! Heartbroken by the sudden news of Hilton's passing. RIP Hilton Valentine.
