Love Her Madly

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"Love Her Madly"
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Single by the Doors
from the album L.A. Woman
B-side"(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further"
ReleasedMarch 1971 (1971-03)
RecordedDecember 1970 – January 1971
StudioThe Doors' Workshop, Los Angeles
GenrePop[1]
Length
  • 3:20 (album version)[2]
  • 2:45 (single version)
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)The Doors[a]
Producer(s)
The Doors singles chronology
"Roadhouse Blues"
(1970) 		"Love Her Madly"
(1971) 		"Riders on the Storm"
(1971)

"Love Her Madly" is a song by American rock band the Doors. It was released in March 1971 and was the first single from L.A. Woman, their final album with singer Jim Morrison. "Love Her Madly" became one of the highest-charting hits for the Doors; it peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and reached number three in Canada. Session musician Jerry Scheff played bass guitar on the song.[4]

In 2000, Krieger, Manzarek and drummer John Densmore recorded a new version of "Love Her Madly" with Bo Diddley for the Doors tribute album Stoned Immaculate.

Background[]

Band guitarist Robby Krieger composed the music of "Love Her Madly" on a twelve string guitar, and wrote the lyrics which were inspired by his troubles and fights with his then girlfriend and later wife Lynn.[5][6] The song's title was taken by Duke Ellington's line "We love you madly", a phrase that he interpreted to the audience at the end of his concerts.[5]

According to longtime Doors producer Paul A. Rothchild, "Love Her Madly" was the song that instigated his departure from the original L.A. Woman sessions, with Rothchild dismissing the song as "cocktail music."[7][8] Conversely, Krieger has claimed that "Riders on the Storm" was the song to which Rothchild was referring.[9][10] Following Rothchild's departure from the project, the Doors opted to self-produce the album, in association with longtime engineer Bruce Botnick.

The B-side of the single, "You Need Meat (Don't Go No Further)," is the only studio recording released by the Doors during Jim Morrison's tenure with the group to feature a lead vocal by keyboardist Ray Manzarek.[11] It is also one of only three non-album B-sides by the Doors, the other two being "Who Scared You?" (B-side of "Wishful Sinful") and the relatively rare post-Morrison track "Treetrunk" (B-side of "Get Up and Dance"). "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" met its first official album release on the Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine compilation, and was subsequently included in the 2006 Perception box and as a bonus track on the 2007 reissue of L.A. Woman.[12][13]

Personnel[]

The Doors

Additional musicians

Chart history[]

Chart (1971) Peak position
Australian Go-Set National Top 60[14] 6
Netherlands[15] 4
Canada RPM Top 100 Singles[16] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[17] 11
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[18] 29
U.S. Cashbox Top 100 Singles[19] 7

References[]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Although the album liner notes list the songwriters as each of the individual Doors members,[2] guitarist Robby Krieger has been identified as the song's songwriter.[3] Lindsay Planer of AllMusic suggests Morrison was responsible for the lyrics ("Morrison’s poetic imagery holds up").[4]

Citations

  1. ^ Bamyasi, Eddy (October 7, 2020). "Log #102–4 Doors Albums. Were the Doors Just a Phase One Went". Medium. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Botnick, Bruce (2007). L.A. Woman (40th Anniversary edition CD booklet). The Doors. Rhino Records. R2-101155.
  3. ^ Bell, Max (April 23, 2014). "The Story Behind the Doors' 'Love Her Madly'". Classic Rock. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Planer, Lindsay. "The Doors: Love Her Madly – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c The Doors (2011). Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman. Eagle Rock Entertainment. Event occurs at 22:15, 23:20–25:04.
  6. ^ Weiss, Jeff (January 19, 2012). "L.A. Woman: Track List". LA Weekly. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  7. ^ Riordan & Prochnicky 2006, pp. 420–423.
  8. ^ "Bam Interview - Paul Rothchild". archives.waiting-forthe-sun.net.
  9. ^ "The Making of … the Doors' Riders On The Storm". Uncut. September 18, 2014.
  10. ^ Giles, Jeff (April 19, 2015). "Revisiting the Doors' Last Album with Jim Morrison, L.A. Woman". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  11. ^ Blake, Mark (May 20, 2014). "Archive: Ray Manzarek RIP". Classic Rock. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  12. ^ Thomas, Fred. "Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine". AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  13. ^ "Perception". AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  14. ^ "21 August 1971 Singles". Go-Set Magazine (Go-Set Charts, compiled by Barry McKay, at PopArchives.com.au). Retrieved 2010-02-29.
  15. ^ Hung, Steffen. "The Doors - Love Her Madly". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  16. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 15, No. 15, May 29 1971" Archived 2012-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. RPM (Library and Archives Canada). Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  17. ^ "The Doors Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  18. ^ "The Doors Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  19. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles" Archived 2010-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. Cashbox Magazine Retrieved 2010-02-28.

Sources

  • Riordan, James; Prochnicky, Jerry (2006). Break On Through: the Life and Death of Jim. First Harper. ISBN 978-0-688-11915-7.
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