The Mosquito (song)

"The Mosquito"
Single by the Doors
from the album Full Circle
B-side"It Slipped My Mind"
Released1972 (1972)
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)
  • John Densmore
  • Robby Krieger
  • Ray Manzarek
The Doors singles chronology
"Ships with Sails"
(1971) 		"The Mosquito"
(1972) 		"Get Up and Dance"
(1972)
"Le Moustique" redirects here. For the Belgian magazine, see Moustique.

"The Mosquito" is a song by American rock band the Doors from their 1972 album Full Circle. In the same year it was released as a single. Billboard called it an "unusual off beat disc" with a "clever Latin beat".[1] Record World called it an "infectious ditty with calypso feel."[2] The vocal is by Robby Krieger.[3]

Charts

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 15
Finland (Suomen Virallinen)[5] 15
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 17
West Germany (GfK)[7] 25
  1. ^ "Radio Action and Pick Singles" (PDF). Billboard. September 16, 1972. p. 21. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  2. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. September 9, 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  3. ^ "The Doors: Other Voices and Full Circle, PopMatters". 13 February 2012.
  4. ^ "The Doors – The Mosquito" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  5. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 127. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  6. ^ "The Doors – The Mosquito" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  7. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Doors – The Mosquito" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON The Doors"