The Doors Light My Fire Album Cover

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.

The doors light my fire album cover. The doors guitarist may have had the greatest beginner s luck in rock history. 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. I think i owe a big debt to jos.

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. Light my fire lyrics. Like we re talking seriously big. It s really a great feeling to have written a classic.

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. The very best of the doors release date. Robby krieger the doors says in a 1990 interview about the cover. Having never completed a song the 20 year old composed light my fire the number one smash that continues.

We re talking about a level of awareness that ultimately involved the song being covered by people like johnny mathis and boots randolph. 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. Light my fire is a song by the american rock band the doors. The guy who played yakety sax a k a.

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. You might need a. The doors is the debut album by the american rock band the doors recorded in 1966 at sunset sound recorders hollywood california it was produced by paul a.