Hello, I Love You

This article is about the song by The Doors. For the similarly-named song by Roger Waters, see Hello (I Love You).

"Hello, I Love You"
Song
B-side	"Love Street"

"Hello, I Love You" is a song by The Doors from their 1968 album Waiting for the Sun (Although a demo recorded in 1965 can be found on the Essential Rarities album). It was released as a single that same year, reaching #1 in the United States, and selling over a million copies in the U.S. alone. This song, along with the album, were considered more commercial than the Doors' previous efforts, leading many to believe that the band had sold out.

In the liner notes to The Doors Box set, Robbie 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 song "All Day and All of the Night". Instead, he said the song's vibe was taken from Cream's song "Sunshine of Your Love".

The last verse was written by Jim Morrison, three years earlier, while he was observing an attractive girl at Venice Beach.

"Sidewalk crutches at her feet,
like a dog who begs for something sweet,
do you hope to make her see you, fool,
do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel"

The song has been covered by Alex Naumik, Buddy Rich, Missing Persons, The Cure (on the compilation Rubáiyát, 1990), Eurythmics, Simple Minds, Anal Cunt, Adam Ant, Adam Freeland, and just recently Siouxsie Sioux.