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.

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. 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. You know that it would be untrue you kno. 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.

You might need a. A year later it re entered the billboard. The doors guitarist may have had the greatest beginner s luck in rock history. We re talking about a level of awareness that ultimately involved the song being covered by people like johnny mathis and boots randolph.

It s really a great feeling to have written a classic. Light my fire lyrics. 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. The guy who played yakety sax a k a.

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. It was also covered by ripple blast singers the four kinsmen simon james ricky bee and other artists. Rothchild and released on january 4 1967. This month marks the 50th anniversary of the doors releasing their iconic single light my fire which put them on the map in a big big way.

I think i owe a big debt to jos. Like we re talking seriously big. Robby krieger the doors says in a 1990 interview about the cover.