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The Doors Songs - Five To One
The Doors - Five To One


The Doors - Five To One Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Waiting For The Sun
Released: 1968

Five To One Lyrics


Five To One Song Chart
  • "Five to one" was the approximate ratio of whites to blacks, young to old, and non-pot smokers to pot smokers in the US in 1967. It was also the amount of Vietnamese to American soldiers in Vietnam, although Jim Morrison said the lyrics were not political. (thanks, Coleman - Richmond, VA)
  • Jim Morrison was so drunk when he recorded this song, he needed help from the studio staff on when to begin singing. If you listen closely, you can hear someone in the background say "One more time" before Jim starts his first verse. (thanks, Jeff - wyckoff, NJ)
  • Morrison got the idea for this while waiting in the audience before performing a concert in 1967.
  • On bootlegs of live recordings, Morrison included the phrase "f--ked up" in the spoken word section at the end. He swore a lot at live shows, but the studio albums were always curse-free.
  • The part of the song about "Shadows of the evening" is an adaptation of the Victorian-era hymn "Shadows of the Evening," whose first verse is:

    Now the day is over
    Night is drawing nigh
    Shadows of the evening
    Steal across the sky     (thanks, Jamie - Perth, Australia)
  • Robby Krieger recorded a version of this with Marilyn Manson for the 2000 Doors tribute album Stoned Immaculate .
  • In 2000, the surviving members of the Doors taped a VH1 Storytellers episode with guest vocalists filling in for Morrison. Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland sang on this track.
  • Jay-Z sampled this on his 2000 song "Takeover." The track was produced by Kanye West, who often uses old rock or R&B songs in rap records.
  • The lyrics, "No one here gets out alive" were used for a Jim Morrison biography by Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman. (thanks, bob - Laguna Beach, CA)
  • Mos Def sampled this track on his 2004 release "The Rape Over" from his album The New Danger. Mos Def's song contains the bass line and drums with Jim Morrison's "Come On!" at the beginning of the track. Though "Five to One" is not a political statement per say; Mos Def's "The Rape Over" directly hits the capitalist blows against the minorities of the US. (thanks, Kay - Costa Mesa, CA)

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    The Doors Songs - Hello I Love You
    The Doors - Hello I Love You


    The Doors - Hello I Love You Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

    Album: Waiting For The Sun
    Released: 1968

    Hello I Love You Lyrics


    Hello I Love You Song Chart
  • Jim Morrison wrote this in 1965 after seeing a beautiful woman walking on the beach. He thought up the song and wrote it that night. The song was not recorded until three years later.
  • Many fans considered this a sellout to Top 40 music. It was very radio-friendly, and not as deep or offensive as previous Doors songs.
  • This was one of six songs recorded for a demo the Doors recorded in 1965. Robby Krieger had not yet joined the band.
  • The music is similar to The Kinks' song "All Day And All Of The Night." So similar, that The Doors paid royalties from the British single to The Kinks after the threat of legal action.

    Looking back, Ray Davies was philosophical about the episode, recalling to Mojo magazine September 2012: "The funniest thing was when my publisher came to me on tour and said The Doors had used the riff for 'All Day And All Of The Night' for 'Hello, I Love You.' I said rather than sue them, can't we just get them to own up? My publisher said, 'They have, that's why we should sue them!' (laughs) Jim Morrison admitted it, which to me was the most important thing. The most important thing, actually, is to take (the idea) somewhere else."
  • Robby Krieger ran his guitar through a fuzz box to get a distorted effect like Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love."
  • The line "Queen of the angels" refers to Los Angeles, the "City of Angels." The Doors were from LA.
  • This was the first Doors song that was successful in Europe.
  • The R.E.M. song "Pop Song '89" is a play on this. Instead of talking about sex, they talk to the girl about politics and the weather.
  • This song was used both in the movies Platoon and Casualties of War. (thanks, Lance - Malibu, CA)

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