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The Doors' third studio album Waiting for the Sun (1968), was commercially very successful, reaching No. 1 in the US and France, and produced their second No. 1 single, "Hello, I Love You". Waiting for the Sun was the first Doors album to chart in the United Kingdom, where it peaked inside the Top 20.
The Doors has been numerously cited as the group's finest record. [2] [75] [95] In 2000, the album was voted number 46 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. [96] 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]
The Doors scored their first #1 hit with "Light My Fire" in 1967. These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1967. That year, 8 acts hit number one for the first time, such as The Buckinghams , The Turtles , Aretha Franklin , The Doors , Bobbie Gentry , The Box Tops , Lulu , and Strawberry Alarm Clock .
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. This week, nearly six decades later ...
His version became the bigger hit in Australia and also in Canada, where it reached number one. [77] Feliciano's remake blended Latin influences, including a mixture of classic Spanish guitar, and soul, with American pop. [72] It contains "proto-Latin rock" stylings, [78] and a slower tempo than the Doors original version. [51]
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 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. [2]
The Doors achieved national recognition in 1967 after signing with Elektra Records. [63] The single "Light My Fire" spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in July/August 1967, a far cry from the Doors opening for Simon and Garfunkel or playing at a high school as they did in Connecticut that same year. [64]