Riders on the Storm (single)



Riders on the Storm is a single by The Doors from 1971 .

The single is drawn from the studio album[http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Woman_(album) L.A. Woman], which in 1970 included. The song is one of the most characteristic intros from the pop music of the cascading rain and the very famous intro melody and chords on the Wurlitzer by Ray Manzarek . The song was written in the key of E minor .



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[ hide ]  *1 Background  ==Background [ edit] == According to The Doors guitaristRobby Krieger is the song based on the song (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend . In December 1970 Riders was recorded under the direction of a sound engineer Bruce Botnick, who eventually co- producer was. The singer of the music groupJim Morrison sang the first song and then hummed the text again, so that the echo effect was obtained. It was, according to Manzarek the last song that the band recorded with Morrison. Shortly after issuance of the single Morrison died. In the film The Doors by Oliver Stone would be seen in what mood the song is recorded. B-side was Changeling, from the same album opener; Riders was closing. The single is a highly abbreviated version of the LP track by 7:14. ==Success [ edit] == The single was successful in the United States, the United Kingdom and Netherlands . In the Netherlands it is also the highest ranked single by The Doors in the Radio 2 Top 2000 .
 * 2 Success
 * 3 Cover Versions
 * 4 Chart position
 * 4.1 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 5 Source

Riders on the Storm was used later:

==Cover Versions [ edit] == There are a number of other known versions, not as successful as that of the original artists:
 * as the title of the book written by drummerJohn Densmore ;
 * as a group of The Doors without Jim Morrison.

==Chart position [ edit] == ===Radio 2 Top 2000 [ edit] ===
 * Annabel Lamb (1983), took 27th place in a list in England;
 * Creed (2000) for the album Stoned Immaculate ;
 * Snoop Dogg (2005) for computer game Need for Speed: Underground 2, a dub over the original way.
 * Infected Mushroom made ​​a remix (2009) album Legend of the Black Shawarma ;