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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' 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.
Both Krieger and Densmore believe that the Doors’ debut album from 1967 and their fast, loose last record with Jim Morrison, 1971’s “L.A. Woman,” were their band’s finest recordings.
By mid-1968, the Doors had established themselves as one of the most popular groups in the US. The band's third studio album, Waiting for the Sun, released in July of the same year, became the Doors' only number one hit on the Billboard 200 while also spawning "Hello, I Love You", their second number one single.
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 ...
Upon release, Morrison reported that he preferred "Love Street" over its A-side, "Hello, I Love You", which he said was surely not "one of our best". [8] " Love Street" has been praised by many critics for its conventional style, with The Guardian ranking it as the 27th greatest Doors song. [ 1 ]
The collection was released in several formats: a vinyl box set containing 20 7-inch singles in packaging replicating the original singles; a double CD version containing four bonus mono radio tracks; and a three-disc deluxe edition containing the double CD version plus a bonus Blu-ray disc containing the quadraphonic mix of the 1973 album The ...