List of songs recorded by the Doors

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The Doors in 1966

This list contains virtually every officially released track by the Doors, including cover versions, outtakes, B-sides, and non-album singles. This list excludes live performances and alternate mixes.

List

Key
Indicates A-sided single release
#Indicates songs that were not written or co-written by a member of the Doors
Indicates reissues, compilations, and box sets
Name of song, songwriter(s), years of recording and release, and album debut [1] [2] [3]
SongSongwriter(s)RecordedAlbumYear
"4 Billion Souls" Robby Krieger 1972 Full Circle 1972
"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" Bertolt Brecht
Kurt Weill #
1966 The Doors 1967
"American Night" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Angels and Sailors" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Awake" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Back Door Man" Willie Dixon #1966 The Doors 1967
"Been Down So Long" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1970–1971 L.A. Woman 1971
"Black Polished Chrome" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Blue Sunday" Jim Morrison 1969 Morrison Hotel 1970
"Breakn' a Sweat" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
Skrillex
2011 Bangarang 2011
"Break On Through (To the Other Side)" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1966 The Doors 1967
"Carol" Chuck Berry #1969 Perception 2006
"Cars Hiss by My Window" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1970–1971 L.A. Woman 1971
"Celebration of the Lizard" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1968; 2003 Legacy: The Absolute Best 2003
"The Changeling" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1970 L.A. Woman 1971
"Crawling King Snake" John Lee Hooker #1970–1971 L.A. Woman 1971
"Curses, Invocations" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"The Crystal Ship" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1966 The Doors 1967
"Dawn's Highway" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Do It" Jim Morrison
Robby Krieger
1968 The Soft Parade 1969
"Down on the Farm" Robby Krieger 1971 Other Voices 1971
"Easy Ride" Jim Morrison 1968 The Soft Parade 1969
"End of the Night" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1966 The Doors 1967
"The End" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1966 The Doors 1967
"A Feast of Friends" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Five to One" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1968 Waiting for the Sun 1968
"Freedom Exists" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Get Up and Dance" Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
1972 Full Circle 1972
"Ghost Song" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Go Insane" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1965 The Doors: Box Set 1997
"Good Rockin'" Roy Brown #1972 Full Circle 1972
"Hang On to Your Life" Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
1971 Other Voices 1971
"Hardwood Floor" Robby Krieger 1972 Full Circle 1972
"Hello, I Love You" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1968 Waiting for the Sun 1968
"The Hitchhiker" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Horse Latitudes" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1967 Strange Days 1967
"Hour for Magic" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Hyacinth House" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1970–1971 L.A. Woman 1971
"I Can't See Your Face in My Mind" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1967 Strange Days 1967
"I Looked At You" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1966 The Doors 1967
"I Will Never Be Untrue" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1969 Morrison Hotel (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) 2020
"I'm Horny, I'm Stoned" Robby Krieger 1971 Other Voices 1971
"I'm Your Doctor" James Oden #1969 The Soft Parade (50th Anniversary Edition) 2019
"Indian Summer" Jim Morrison
Robby Krieger
1969 Morrison Hotel 1970
"In the Eye of the Sun" Ray Manzarek 1971 Other Voices 1971
"It Slipped My Mind" Robby Krieger 1972 Full Circle 1972
"L'America" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1970–1971 L.A. Woman 1971
"Land Ho!" Jim Morrison
Robby Krieger
1969 Morrison Hotel 1970
"L.A. Woman" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1970–1971 L.A. Woman 1971
"Lament" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Latino Chrome" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Light My Fire" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1966 The Doors 1967
"Love Her Madly" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1970–1971 L.A. Woman 1971
"Love Me Two Times" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1967 Strange Days 1967
"Love Street" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1968 Waiting for the Sun 1968
"Maggie M'Gill" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969 Morrison Hotel 1970
"Money Beats Soul" Jim Morrison 1970 Perception 2006
"Money (That's What I Want)" Janie Bradford
Berry Gordy #
1969 Morrison Hotel (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) 2020
"Moonlight Drive" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1967 Strange Days 1967
"The Mosquito" Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1972 Full Circle 1972
"The Movie" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"My Eyes Have Seen You" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1967 Strange Days 1967
"My Wild Love" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1968 Waiting for the Sun 1968
"Newborn Awakening" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Not to Touch the Earth" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1968 Waiting for the Sun 1968
"Orange County Suite" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1969; 1997 The Doors: Box Set 1997
"Peace Frog" Jim Morrison
Robby Krieger
1969 Morrison Hotel 1970
"The Peking King and the New York Queen" Ray Manzarek 1972 Full Circle 1972
"People Are Strange" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1967 Strange Days 1967
"The Piano Bird" John Densmore
Jack Conrad
1972 Full Circle 1972
"The Poets Dream" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Push Push" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1969 Perception 2006
"Queen of the Highway" Jim Morrison
Robby Krieger
1969 Morrison Hotel 1970
"Riders on the Storm" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1970–1971 L.A. Woman 1971
"Roadhouse Blues" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1970 Morrison Hotel 1970
"Rock Is Dead" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1969 The Soft Parade (50th Anniversary Edition) 2019
"Rock Me" Joe Josea
B. B. King #
1970–1971 L.A. Woman (40th Anniversary Edition) 2012
"Runnin' Blue" Robby Krieger 1968–1969 The Soft Parade 1969
"Shaman's Blues" Robby Krieger 1968 The Soft Parade 1969
"She Smells So Nice" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1970–1971 L.A. Woman (40th Anniversary Edition) 2012
"Ship of Fools" Jim Morrison
Robby Krieger
1969 Morrison Hotel 1970
"Ships w/ Sails" Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1971 Other Voices 1971
"The Soft Parade" Jim Morrison 1969 The Soft Parade 1969
"Soul Kitchen" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1966 The Doors 1967
"Spanish Caravan" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1968 Waiting for the Sun 1968
"The Spy" Jim Morrison 1969 Morrison Hotel 1970
"Stoned Immaculate" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Strange Days" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1967 Strange Days 1967
"Summer's Almost Gone" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1968 Waiting for the Sun 1968
"Take It as It Comes" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1966 The Doors 1967
"Tell All the People" Robby Krieger 1968 The Soft Parade 1969
"Tightrope Ride" Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
1971 Other Voices 1971
"To Come of Age" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Touch Me" Robby Krieger 1968 The Soft Parade 1969
"Treetrunk" Robby Krieger 1972Non-album single1972
"Twentieth Century Fox" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1966 The Doors 1967
"Unhappy Girl" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1967 Strange Days 1967
"The Unknown Soldier" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1967 Waiting for the Sun 1968
"Variety Is the Spice of Life" Robby Krieger 1971 Other Voices 1971
"Verdilac" Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
1972 Full Circle 1972
"Waiting for the Sun" Jim Morrison 1969 Morrison Hotel 1970
"Wandering Musician" Robby Krieger 1971 Other Voices 1971
"The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1970–1971 L.A. Woman 1971
"We Could Be So Good Together" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1968 Waiting for the Sun 1968
"When the Music's Over" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1967 Strange Days 1967
"Whiskey, Mystics and Men" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1969 Essential Rarities 1999
"Who Scared You" Jim Morrison
Robby Krieger
1968Non-album single1969
"Wild Child" Jim Morrison 1968 The Soft Parade 1969
"Wintertime Love" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1968 Waiting for the Sun 1968
"Wishful Sinful" Robby Krieger 1968 The Soft Parade 1969
"Woman Is a Devil" Robert Johnson #1968 Essential Rarities 1999
"The World on Fire" Jim Morrison (lyrics)1969–1970; 1978 An American Prayer 1978
"Yes, the River Knows" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1968 Waiting for the Sun 1968
"You Make Me Real" Jim Morrison 1969 Morrison Hotel 1970
"(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" Willie Dixon #1970–1971Non-album single1971
"You're Lost Little Girl" Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger
John Densmore
1967 Strange Days 1967

References

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