The Mosquito (song)

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"The Mosquito"
The Doors - El Mosquito ( The Mosquito).jpg
Argentine single sleeve
Single by the Doors
from the album Full Circle
B-side "It Slipped My Mind"
Released1972 (1972)
RecordedMay 1972 - June 1972
Studio A&M, Hollywood
Genre
Length5:16 (album version)
2:47 (single version)
Label Elektra
Songwriters
Producer The Doors
The Doors singles chronology
"Ships with Sails"
(1971)		"The Mosquito"
(1972)		"Get Up and Dance"
(1972)

"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". [2] Record World called it an "infectious ditty with calypso feel." [3] The vocal is by Robby Krieger. [4]

Contents

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [5] 15
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [6] 73
Finland (Suomen Virallinen) [7] 15
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 17
West Germany (GfK) [9] 25
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] 85

Joe Dassin version

"Le Moustique"
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Single by Joe Dassin
from the album Joe
LanguageFrench (adapted by Pierre Delanoë)
B-side
Released1973 (1973)
Label CBS Disques
Songwriters
Producer Jacques Plait
Joe Dassin singles chronology
"S'aimer sous la pluie"
(1973)		"Le Moustique"
(1973)		"Salut les amoureux"
(1973)

A French-language version was recorded by Joe Dassin as "Le Moustique") with lyrics adaptated by Pierre Delanoë. It was included on his 1972 album Joe and in 1973 released as a single. [11]

Charts

The single "Le Moustique" by Joe Dassin reached at least the top 10 in France [12] and at least the top 5 in Finland [13] [14] (according to the charts, courtesy respectively of the Centre d'Information et de Documentation du Disque and of Intro, that U.S. Billboard published in its "Hits of the World" section).

Chart (1973)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia) [15] 8
France (SNEP Streaming) [16] 10

References

  1. ↑ Greene, Andy (February 15, 2023). "50 Genuinely Horrible Albums by Brilliant Artists". Rolling Stone . Retrieved December 14, 2024. ...but they managed to record one more album, 1972's Full Circle. It's an odd mix o[f] R&B, jazz, psychedelia, and rock...
  2. ↑ "Radio Action and Pick Singles" (PDF). Billboard. September 16, 1972. p. 21. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  3. ↑ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. September 9, 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  4. ↑ "The Doors: Other Voices and Full Circle, PopMatters". 13 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "The Doors – The Mosquito" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  6. ↑ "RPM's Top 100 Singles of '72". RPM . September 9, 1972. p. 13.
  7. ↑ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 127. ISBN   951-31-2503-3.
  8. ↑ "The Doors – The Mosquito" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  9. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Doors – The Mosquito" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see peak chart position, click "TITEL VON The Doors"
  10. ↑ "The Doors Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  11. ↑ "ultratop.be - Joe Dassin - Le moustique". Ultratop . Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  12. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1973-04-28. pp. 46–. ISSN   0006-2510.
  13. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1973-05-26. pp.  60–. ISSN   0006-2510. EL MOUSTIQUE Joe Dassin.
  14. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1973-06-30. pp.  57–. ISSN   0006-2510. LE MOSQUITO Joe Dassin.
  15. ↑ "Discographie Joe Dassin". Billboard. December 23, 1972. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 17. April 28, 1973. p. 46. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
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