"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" | |||
Released | March 1971 | |||
Format | 7" 45 RPM | |||
Genre | Psychedelic rock, blues rock | |||
Length | 3:20 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Writer(s) | Robby Krieger | |||
Producer | Bruce Botnick | |||
The Doors singles chronology | ||||
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"Love Her Madly" is a song by The Doors, which was released in March 1971. Composed by guitarist Robby Krieger, it served as the lead single from L.A. Woman, their final album with frontman Jim Morrison. Session musician and Elvis Presley TCB Band touring member Jerry Scheff, played bass guitar on the song. "Love Her Madly" became one of the highest charting hits for The Doors. It peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and reached No. 3 in Canada.
In 2000, Krieger, John Densmore, and Ray Manzarek recorded a new version of "Love Her Madly" with Bo Diddley for the Doors tribute album Stoned Immaculate.
The song was used in the 1994 period film Forrest Gump.
The song was covered by pianist George Winston on his album Night Divides the Day - The Music of the Doors.
The song was also covered in 2001, in a reggae/ska style, by The Long Beach Dub Allstars, for their second album Wonders of the world
The B-side of the single is one of only three non-album B-sides by The Doors, the other two being "Who Scared You?" (B-side to "Wishful, Sinful") and the relatively rare "Tree Trunk" (B-side to "Get Up and Dance"). "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" had its first official album release on the Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine compilation. The song is also included as a bonus track on the 2007 re-issue of L.A. Woman.
Chart (1971) | Peak position |
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Australian Go-Set National Top 60[1] | 6 |
The Veronica Top 40[2] | 4 |
RPM Top 100 Singles[3] | 3 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] | 11 |
U.S. Cashbox Top 100 Singles[5] | 7 |
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"Love Her" is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil which was first a song for the American singing duo The Everly Brothers in 1963 as the b-side to "The Girl Sang the Blues" and was later recorded and released by the American pop group The Walker Brothers as their second single in 1965.
The Walker Brother's version is notable as it is the first single the group recorded with Scott Walker as the lead singer. Previously John Walker has been the dominant vocalist. The song was produced by Nick Venet and arranged by the Phil Spector collaborator Jack Nitzsche, who gave the song a Wall of Sound treatment. "Love Her" became the group's first hit spending thirteen weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at #20 in June.
LOVE HER MADLY
The Doors
Don't ya love her madly
Don't ya need her badly
Don't ya love her ways
Tell me what you say
Don't ya love her madly
Wanna be her daddy
Don't ya love her face
Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door
Like she did one thousand times before
Don't ya love her ways
Tell me what you say
Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door
All your love
All your love
All your love
All your love
All your love is gone
So sing a lonely song
Of a deep blue dream
Seven horses seem to be on the mark
Yeah, don't you love her
Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door
All your love
All your love
All your love
Yeah, all your love is gone
So sing a lonely song
Of a deep blue dream
Seven horses seem to be on the mark
Well, don't ya love her madly
Don't ya love her madly
Don't ya love her madly