Hello, I Love You
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| Single by The Doors | ||||||||||
| from the album Waiting for the Sun | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Love Street" | |||||||||
| Released | June 1968 | |||||||||
| Recorded | February–May 1968 | |||||||||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||||||||
| Length | 2:22 | |||||||||
| Label | Elektra | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Jim Morrison Robby Krieger Ray Manzarek John Densmore |
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| Producer | Paul Rothchild | |||||||||
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"Hello, I Love You" is a song by The Doors from their 1968 album Waiting for the Sun. It was released as a single that same year, reaching number one in the United States and selling over a million copies in the U.S. alone. In Canada, it hit number one as well.[1] The single also became the band's first big UK hit, peaking at number fifteen on the chart.
This was one of the six songs performed by The Doors on the demo for Aura Records in 1965.
Sometimes the title is listed as "Hello, I Love You (Won't You Tell Me Your Name?)" or "Hello, I Love You, Won't You Tell Me Your Name?" The title that is printed depends on how early of a pressing the record is.
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[edit] Members
- Robby Krieger - guitar
- Jim Morrison - vocals
- Ray Manzarek - organ, keyboard bass, backing vocals
- John Densmore - drums
[edit] Allegations of plagiarism
In the liner notes to The Doors Box set, Robby Krieger has denied the allegations that the song's musical structure was stolen from Ray Davies, where a riff similar to it is featured in the Kinks "All Day and All of the Night". Instead, he said the song's vibe was taken from Cream's song "Sunshine of Your Love".
[edit] Real life influences
The last verse was written by Jim Morrison three years prior to the album recordings, reportedly about a girl he dreamed about while living on Venice Beach with long flowing red hair.
"Sidewalk crouches at her feet
Like a dog that begs for something sweet.
Do you hope to make her see you, fool?
Do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel?"
[edit] Cover versions
The song has been covered by Oleander, Buddy Rich, Missing Persons, The Cure (on the compilation Rubáiyát, 1990), Eurythmics, Simple Minds, Anal Cunt, Neil Young, Adam Ant, Adam Freeland, Siouxsie Sioux, Kiyoharu, the Lithuanian postmodernist rock band Antis, and the Persian alternative singer Mohsen Namjoo.
It is also referenced in The Dresden Dolls' song "The Perfect Fit" and Pulp's "Dogs Are Everywhere". Hip Hop artist Necro mixed and released this tune as "You Ho".
Cory Monteith performs a cover of the song in an episode of the hit American TV series Glee.
[edit] Chart performance (U.S.)
The song not only spent two weeks at #1 (see below), but was also in the Top 5 at the same time as Jose Feliciano's version of "Light My Fire", giving The Doors two songs, written by the group, simultaneously in the Top 5.
[edit] References
- ^ "Top Singles - Volume 9, No. 23_24, August 19 1968". Collections Canada. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
| Preceded by "Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela |
US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single August 3, 1968 (two weeks) |
Succeeded by "People Got to Be Free" by The Rascals |
| Preceded by "Lady Willpower" by Gary Puckett & the Union Gap |
Canadian RPM 100 number-one single August 19, 1968 (one week) |
Succeeded by "People Got To Be Free" by The Rascals |
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