The Kinks threatened legal action when they noticed how similar the guitar riffs sounded to their own “All Day and All of the Night”. The Doors agreed without a lawsuit, and Dave Davies still gets royalties every time the song is played in the UK.
Top: The Doors
Bottom: The Kinks
[Chorus]
Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
[Verse 1]
She's walking down the street
Blind to every eye she meets
Do you think you'll be the guy
To make the queen of the angels sigh?
[Chorus]
Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
[Verse 2]
She holds her head so high
Like a statue in the sky
Her arms are wicked, and her legs are long
When she moves my brain screams out this song
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?
[Outro]
Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello
I want you
Hello
I need my baby
Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello...
Hello, I Love You was written by Dave Davies & Jim Morrison.
Hello, I Love You was produced by Paul A. Rothchild.
The Doors released Hello, I Love You on Wed Jul 03 1968.