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Writer(s): John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison (see lyrics here) Released: June 11, 1968 First Charted: June 21, 1968 Peak: 12 BB, 11 CB, 11 GR, 11 HR, 1 CL, 15 UK, 11 CN, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 1.0 US Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 28.9 video, 90.53 streaming |
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About the Song:In 1968, the Doors were falling victim to what guitarist Robbie Krieger called “the third album syndrome” in which a group have exhausted the repertoire they started with as a band and are then “they go on tour and they don’t have time to write any more stuff. By the third album you find yourself trying to write stuff in the studio and it shows.” FB In an effort to find material for their third album, Waiting for the Sun, the Doors went through some old poems written by lead singer Jim Morrison the summer after he graduated from UCLA film school. He wrote it in Venice one afternoon when he and keyboardist Ray Manzarek saw a young black girl walking down the beach. FB Morrison, Manzarek, and drummer John Densmore actually first recorded the song in 1965 when they were members of Rick & the Ravens. WK By the end of that year, they joined forces with Krieger to form The Doors. The latter band’s recording finds them “riding a riff that the early Kinks could have conjured, the Doors rock like a garage band.” DT Krieger created the effect by running his guitar through a fuzz box, which created a distorted effect similar to what Cream had done with “Sunshine of Your Love.” RC Krieger would also state that the song’s drum beat was taken from “Sunshine of Your Love” while denying that the song’s overall musical structure was taken from the Kinks’ “All Day and All of the Night.” WK According to the Kinks’ lead singer Ray Davies, Morrison admitted that the Doors had used the riff from “All Day and All of the Night.” WK Resources:
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