One of the Doors first songs, written primarily by the band’s guitarist, Robby Krieger, (who also wrote three other big hits – “Touch Me”, “Love Me Two Times” and “Love Her Madly”).
Light My Fire was their first top charting hit, succeeding first as an LP track, then shortened by more than 4 minute...
[Organ Intro]
[Verse 1]
You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher
[Chorus]
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
[Verse 2]
The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now, we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre
[Chorus]
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah
[Instrumental Break]
[Organ Solo]
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now, we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre
[Chorus]
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah
[Verse 4]
You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher
[Chorus]
Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
[Organ Outro]
Light My Fire was written by Jim Morrison & John Densmore & Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger.
Light My Fire was produced by Paul A. Rothchild.
The Doors released Light My Fire on Sat Apr 01 1967.
Lyricist Robby Kreiger via Rolling Stone:
It’s like I’d saved up all [these ideas] in my mind and got them out all at once… Jim had this idea of the band being a shooting star.
He did indeed, as higher was deemed as a cannabis smoking reference, the Doors said they would comply, and they didn’t! The rest is history!!
Robby Krieger via Guitar World:
That always bothered me…We never wanted to cut it, but our first single, ‘Break On Through,’ flopped and radio stations told us that ‘Light My Fire’ would be a hit if we cut it down. We didn’t have much choice because AM radio ruled everything, and if you wanted to g...