People Are Strange

"People Are Strange"
cover art
US single picture sleeve
Single by the Doors
from the album Strange Days
B-side"Unhappy Girl"
ReleasedSeptember 4, 1967 (1967-09-04)
RecordedApril 1967
Genre
Length2:12
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Paul A. Rothchild
The Doors singles chronology
"Light My Fire"
(1967)
"People Are Strange"
(1967)
"Love Me Two Times"
(1967)

"People Are Strange" is a song by the American rock band the Doors. It appears on the band's second studio album, Strange Days, released in September 1967. The song was written by the Doors' vocalist Jim Morrison and guitarist Robby Krieger, although all of the band are credited on the sleeve notes.[2]

The track was first released with "Unhappy Girl" as the B-side. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

  1. ^ "Forty Years on, Jim Morrison Cult Thrives at Paris Cemetery". The Independent. July 1, 2011. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Strange Days (Album notes). The Doors. New York City: Elektra Records. 1967. Back cover. EKS-74014.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)