Love Her Madly

"Love Her Madly"
Single by the Doors
from the album L.A. Woman
B-side"(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further"
ReleasedMarch 1971 (1971-03)
RecordedDecember 1970 – January 1971
StudioThe Doors' Workshop, Los Angeles
Genre
Length
  • 3:20 (album version)[2]
  • 2:45 (single version)
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)The Doors[a]
Producer(s)
The Doors singles chronology
"You Make Me Real"
(1970)
"Love Her Madly"
(1971)
"Riders on the Storm"
(1971)

"Love Her Madly" is a song by American rock band the Doors. It was released in March 1971 and was the first single from L.A. Woman, their final album with singer Jim Morrison. "Love Her Madly" became one of the highest-charting hits for the Doors; it peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and reached number three in Canada. Session musician Jerry Scheff played bass guitar on the song.[4]

Cash Box described the song as being "a precision combination of FM and top forty potentials."[5] Record World called it a "terrific new rocker."[6]

In 2000, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and drummer John Densmore recorded a new version of "Love Her Madly" with Bo Diddley for the Doors tribute album Stoned Immaculate.

  1. ^ Bell, Max (April 19, 2021). "The Doors' 'Love Her Madly' – The Story Behind the Song". Louder Sound. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Rhino was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Bell, Max (April 23, 2014). "The Story Behind the Doors' 'Love Her Madly'". Classic Rock. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Planer, Lindsay. "The Doors: Love Her Madly – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. March 27, 1971. p. 24. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Picks of the Week" (PDF). Record World. March 27, 1971. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-04-22.


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