Tell All the People

"Tell All the People"
Single by the Doors
from the album The Soft Parade
B-side"Easy Ride"
ReleasedJune 1969 (1969-06)
RecordedNovember 12 & 20, 1968
GenrePop[1]
Length
  • 3:25 (single version)[2]
  • 3:24 (album version)[3]
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)Robby Krieger
Producer(s)Paul A. Rothchild
The Doors singles chronology
"Wishful Sinful"
(1969) 		"Tell All the People"
(1969) 		"Runnin' Blue"
(1969)

"Tell All the People" is a song by American rock band the Doors and was written by band guitarist Robby Krieger. It was the A-side backed with "Easy Ride" – an outtake from Waiting for the Sun recorded in March 1968 – and was released in June 1969. Also known as "Follow Me Down" due to the use of the phrase,[4] it was the third single from the Doors' fourth album The Soft Parade. The song's instrumentation incorporates brass instruments and other orchestral instruments.[5]

In the US, "Tell All the People" reached No. 57 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and No. 33 on the Cash Box Top 100 chart.[6][7] The US single release of the song contains a longer fade-out and runs few seconds longer than the album version as a result.[2][3]

  1. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (January 2008). "The Doors". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 255. ISBN 978-1439109397.
  2. ^ a b "Tell All the People" (Single notes). The Doors. New York City: Elektra Records. 1969. Side A label. EK-45663-A.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ a b The Soft Parade (Album notes). The Doors. New York City: Elektra Records. 1969. Back cover. EKS-75005.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  6. ^ "The Doors Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard.com. 2019. Archived from the original on May 7, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "CashBox Top 100" (PDF). Cash Box. July 26, 1969. p. 4. Retrieved December 8, 2021.