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"Light My Fire" is a song by the American rock band the Doors. Although it was principally written by the band's guitarist, Robby Krieger, [6] songwriting was credited to the entire band. Recognized as one of the earliest examples of psychedelic rock, [7] it was recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967 on their eponymous debut album.
In 1967, Robby Krieger, the guitarist for L.A. band the Doors, wrote the hit single "Light My Fire" in the living room of his parents' Pacific Palisades home.
The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger (left foreground) wrote the lyrics to the band’s hit “Light My Fire” in 1966 in his parents’ Alma Real Drive home in Pacific Palisades — a property that ...
"The Crystal Ship" is a song by American rock band the Doors, from their 1967 debut album The Doors, and the B-side of the number-one hit single "Light My Fire". It was composed as a love song to Jim Morrison's first serious girlfriend, Mary Werbelow, shortly after their relationship ended. The song borrows from elements from baroque music. [5]
In 2000, the Doors were ranked number 32 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists, [175] and "Light My Fire" was ranked number seven on VH1's Greatest Rock Songs. [ 176 ] In 2002, their self-titled album ' was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame under the category Rock (Album).
Although Morrison was the Doors' primary songwriter, Krieger wrote several of the group's hit singles, with his first composition being "Light My Fire". His bluesy "Love Me Two Times" was about a soldier/sailor on his last day with his girlfriend before shipping out, ostensibly to war. [19]
The Doors made a steady climb up the Billboard 200, ultimately becoming a huge success in the US once the edited single version of "Light My Fire" scaled the charts to become No. 1, with the album peaking at No. 2 on the chart in September 1967 (kept off the top stop by the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) and going on to achieve ...
"People Are Strange" is a song by the American rock band the Doors. It appears on the band's second studio album, Strange Days, released in September 1967.The song was written by the Doors' vocalist Jim Morrison and guitarist Robby Krieger, although all of the band are credited on the sleeve notes.