What are The Doors' biggest songs?

3 July 2026, 12:00

Jim Morrison died on 3rd July 1971. Since then his words and music have reached new generations and new audiences. How does the LA rock band's back catalogue fare in the digital era?

By Radio X

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• Formed: Los Angeles, California, USA, 1965
• Members: Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Robby Kreiger
• First Single: Break On Through (To The Other Side) (January 1967)
• Album Discography: The Doors (January 1967); Strange Days (September 1967); Waiting For The Sun (July 1968); The Soft Parade (July 1969); Morrison Hotel (February 1970); LA Woman (April 1971); Other Voices (October 1971); Full Circle (August 1972); An American Prayer (November 1978).

1. The Doors - Riders On The Storm: release date 20th August 1971 (UK)

   This dark tale was apparently the final song Jim Morrison recorded before his death, and it was the last track on the last Doors album to feature the singer, L.A. Woman. By the time Riders On The Storm was released as a single in the UK, Morrison had been dead a month, having been found in his bath at a Paris hotel, aged just 27. In the 21st Century, the song remains The Doors' most popular song, having been streamed on Spotify over 535 million times and on YouTube over 73 million times.

   

   Riders on the Storm

2. The Doors - People Are Strange: release date 29th September 1967 (UK)

   Jim Morrison's hymn to outsider life is taken from the band's second album Strange Days. Later memorably covered by Echo & The Bunnymen for the Lost Boys soundtrack, the song made Number 12 in the UK charts. In the digital age, the track has had over 514 million streams on Spotify and over 28 million views on YouTube.

   

   The Doors - People Are Strange (Official Audio)

3. The Doors - Break On Through (To The Other Side): release date 3rd March 1967 (UK)

   The band's debut single didn't chart until 1991, thanks to Oliver Stone's controversial biopic, but has since racked up over 438 million streams and over 41 million views.

   

   Break on Through (To the Other Side)

4. The Doors - Light My Fire: release date 7th July 1967 (UK)

   The first UK chart hit for The Doors, peaking at Number 7 in the summer of '67. It reached the same position in 1991 after the appearance of the Oliver Stone film and has since enjoyed over 394 million streams and over 43 million views.

   

   The Doors - Light My Fire

5. The Doors - Roadhouse Blues: release date 19th June 1970 (UK)

   This raucous track from the Morrison Hotel album was originally issued as the B-side to You Make Me Real in America in March 1970. It didn't break the Top 40, but it remains a popular Doors tune in the 21st Century, with over 400 million streams and over 20 million YouTube views.

   

   The Doors - Roadhouse Blues (Official Video)

6. The Doors - L.A. Woman: release date 19th April 1971

   The title track to the final album to feature singer Jim Morrisonl the album incredibly only made it to Number 28 on first release in the UK. Nevertheless, the song itself has racked up over 191 million streams and over 85 million views.

   

   L.A. Woman

7. The Doors - Love Her Madly: release date 30th April 1971 (UK)

   The first single to be taken from the L.A. Woman album incredibly failed to chart in the UK - something even more surprising, given the band's high profile in this country, as they'd performed at the Isle Of Wight festival the previous summer. In the US, the track made Number 11, and since then it's had over 228 million Spotify streams and over 19 million YouTube views.

   

   The Doors - Love Her Madly

8. The Doors - Love Me Two Times: released December 1967 (UK)

   This passionate blues was the second single to be taken from the Strange Days album and made Number 25 in the States. Love Me Two Times has enhoyed over 167 million streams and over 42 million video views.

   

   Love Me Two Times

9. The Doors - Touch Me: release date 24th January 1969 (UK)

   The lead single from the controversial album The Soft Parade was the band's last Top 10 hit in their native America, making Number 3. It failed to chart in this country, but the track has had over 164 million Spotify streams and over 17 million YouTube views.

   

   The Doors - Touch Me (Live)

10. The Doors - Soul Kitchen: release date 4th January 1967

    Written about a restaurant in California that Jim Morrison frequented called Oliva's, this was the second track on The Doors' iconic self-titled debut album, arriving hot on the heels after the opener Break On Through (To The Other Side). The song has been streamed over 140 million times on Spotify and the audio played on YouTube over 28 million times.

    

    Soul Kitchen

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