The Doors Light My Fire Album Cover

Light my fire is a song by the american rock band the doors.

The doors light my fire album cover.

The very best of the doors release date. We re talking about a level of awareness that ultimately involved the song being covered by people like johnny mathis and boots randolph. Having never completed a song the 20 year old composed light my fire the number one smash that continues. I think i owe a big debt to jos.

Like we re talking seriously big. It was recorded in august 1966 and released in january 1967 on their eponymous debut album released as an edited single on april 24 1967 it spent three weeks at number one on the billboard hot 100 chart in late july and one week on the cash box top 100 nearly a year after its recording. You might need a. You know that it would be untrue you kno.

Robby krieger the doors says in a 1990 interview about the cover. It was also covered by ripple blast singers the four kinsmen simon james ricky bee and other artists. A year later it re entered the billboard. The album features their breakthrough single light my fire and the lengthy song the end with its oedipal spoken word section the doors was central to the progression of psychedelic rock and.

It s really a great feeling to have written a classic. The doors guitarist may have had the greatest beginner s luck in rock history. The guy who played yakety sax a k a. This song by the doors is another track that was requested so often that i just had to do it although there s not much in it for a drummer.

The doors originally released light my fire written by john densmore robby krieger ray manzarek and jim morrison and the doors released it on the album the doors in 1967. You know that it would be untrue you know that i would be a liar if i was to say to you girl we couldn t get much higher come on baby light my fire come on baby. Light my fire lyrics.