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"The End" is an epic song by the American rock band the Doors. Lead singer Jim Morrison initially wrote the lyrics about his break up with an ex-girlfriend, Mary Werbelow, [7] but it evolved through months of performances at the Whisky a Go Go into a much longer song.
The use of the Doors song "The End", from their debut album, in the popular Vietnam War film, Apocalypse Now in 1979 and the release of the first compilation album in seven years, Greatest Hits, released in the fall of 1980, created a resurgence in the Doors. Due to those two events, an entirely new audience, too young to have known of the band ...
The Doors was ranked No. 42 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". [97] When the list was revised in 2020, the album was repositioned at No. 86. [98] Two of the album's songs, "Light My Fire" and "The End", were also present on Rolling Stone ' s 2004 list "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". [99]
The Doors' first album, The Doors, re-entered the Billboard 200 album chart in September 1980 and Elektra Records reported the Doors' albums were selling better than in any year since their original release. [162] In response a new compilation album, Greatest Hits, was released in October 1980.
The recording of "The End" was used in the film project Feast of Friends, which was not released until November 2014. Problems with Morrison's microphone made the opening song (" When the Music's Over "), as well as three other songs (" Hello, I Love You ", "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" and "Spanish Caravan") somewhat distorted.
Easy Ride (Doors song) The End (The Doors song) End of the Night; Five to One; Get Up and Dance (The Doors song) The Ghost Song (Doors song) Gloria (Them song) Hello, I Love You; Horse Latitudes (song) Hyacinth House; I Looked At You; In the Midnight Hour; Indian Summer (The Doors song) L.A. Woman (song) Light My Fire; Love Her Madly; Love Me ...
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American rock band the Doors, released in 1980. The album, along with the film Apocalypse Now, released the previous year, created for the band an entirely new audience of the generation that did not grow up with the Doors. The album went on to become one of the highest-selling compilations of all time ...
Rolling Stone magazine quoted Doors member John Densmore as saying, "playing that song was intense. I had to take a deep breath before playing it, because it’s not a little three-minute pop ditty." [5] The final album version was recorded in 1967. Jim Morrison wanted the song to be recorded live in the studio without overdubs.