Runnin' Blue

"Runnin' Blue"
Single by the Doors
from the album The Soft Parade
B-side"Do It"
ReleasedAugust 1969 (1969-08)
Recorded1968–1969
Genre
Length2:33
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)Robby Krieger
Producer(s)Paul A. Rothchild
The Doors singles chronology
"Tell All the People"
(1969) 		"Runnin' Blue"
(1969) 		"You Make Me Real"
(1970)

"Runnin' Blue" is a song written by guitarist Robby Krieger and performed by the Doors. Elektra Records released it in August 1969 as the fourth single from the band's fourth album The Soft Parade, backed with "Do It". The single peaked at No. 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and at No. 40 on the Cash Box Top 100 chart.[3][4][5][6]

Robby Krieger shares vocals with Jim Morrison for the chorus of the track, the only Doors song on which Krieger had a lead vocal while Morrison was alive.[3]

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  4. ^ Gaar, Gillian G. (2015). The Doors: The Illustrated History. Voyageur Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-1627887052.
  5. ^ "The Doors The 'Hot' 100". Billboard. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  6. ^ "CashBox Top 100" (PDF). Cash Box. October 4, 1969. p. 4. Retrieved December 8, 2021.