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"Hello, I Love You" is a song recorded by American rock band the Doors for their 1968 album Waiting for the Sun. Elektra Records released it as a single that same year, which topped the charts in the U.S. and Canada. Although the Doors are credited as the songwriters, songs by other artists have been identified as likely sources.
Billboard described the single as having "all the drive and rhythm of their No. 1 winner 'Hello, I Love You'," stating that "the Doors have a smash follow -up here." [7] Cash Box described it as "a marvelous track" in which the Doors "add a helping of beat to their hard-hitting style." [8]
The Doors started recording Waiting for the Sun in late 1967 at Sunset Sound Studios, [a] with early versions of "The Unknown Soldier" and "Spanish Caravan". The group soon moved at TTG Studios in Hollywood, California, where the majority of the album's recording took place; the same time Frank Zappa was recording. [7]
The song is notated in the key of A Major with Jim Morrison's vocal range spanning from E 4 to A 5. [5] It has a Dorian alternation of i and IV. [6] Like the other songs from their debut album, the songwriting credit was given to each members of the Doors; [3] the performance rights organization ASCAP list the song as a group composition.
The chorus from the album's single "People Are Strange" inspired the name of the 2009 documentary of the Doors, When You're Strange. [ 23 ] Although session musician Larry Knechtel had occasionally contributed bass on the band's debut album, [ 52 ] Strange Days was the first Doors album recorded with a studio musician, playing bass on the ...
Similarities between the song and the Doors' 1968 song, "Hello, I Love You" have been pointed out. Ray Davies said on the topic: "My publisher wanted to sue. I was unwilling to do that. I think they cut a deal somewhere, but I don't know the details." [12] Dave Davies added: "That one is the most irritating of all of them ... I did a show where ...
"Love Street" is a song performed by the American rock band the Doors. Sequenced as the second album track on Waiting for the Sun (1968), its lyrics were written by lead singer Jim Morrison and as with other songs, it was dedicated to his girlfriend Pamela Courson .
"Love Her Madly" is a song by American rock band the Doors. It was released in March 1971 and was the first single from L.A. Woman, their final album with singer Jim Morrison. "Love Her Madly" became one of the highest-charting hits for the Doors; it peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and reached number three in Canada.