The Crystal Ship

"The Crystal Ship"
Side B of the original US single
Single by the Doors
from the album The Doors
A-side	"Light My Fire"
Released	April 1967 (1967-04)
Recorded	August 1966
Genre	Baroque pop psychedelia[1]
Length	2:30
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Jim Morrison
Producer(s)	Paul A. Rothchild
The Doors singles chronology
"Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (1967) "The Crystal Ship" (1967) "People Are Strange" (1967)

"The Crystal Ship" is a song by American rock band the Doors, from their 1967 debut album The Doors, and the B-side of the number-one hit single "Light My Fire". It was composed as a love song to Jim Morrison's first serious girlfriend, Mary Werbelow, shortly after their relationship ended.

The song borrows from elements from baroque music.^[2] The lyrics in the opening verse resemble a conventional love song, while the later verses are vague in intention and contain more challenging imagery. A music video was later compiled from footage of the band performing on American Bandstand, coupled with film of Morrison and Pamela Courson at Kern River, near Bakersfield, California.