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"Light My Fire" is a song by the Doors, which was recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967 on their self-titled debut album. Released as an edited single in May 1967, it spent three weeks at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in late July, and one week on the Cash Box Top 100, nearly a year after its recording. A year later, it re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968 following the success of Jose Feliciano's version of the song (which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard chart), peaking at number 87. The song was largely written by the band's guitarist Robby Krieger, and credited to the entire band. The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in September 1967 for one million units shipped.〔 As of December 1971 it was the band's best-selling single, with over 927,000 copies sold. A live version was released in 1983 on their album ''Alive, She Cried'', the first of several live albums released in subsequent decades to include the song. "Light My Fire" achieved modest success in Australia, where it peaked at number 22 on the ARIA chart. The single originally reached number 49 in the UK in 1967, but experienced belated success in that country in 1991, when a reissue peaked at number 7. The reissue occurred on the back of revived interest in the band following Oliver Stone's film biopic ''The Doors''. The song is number 35 on ''Rolling Stones list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time )〕 It was included in the Songs of the Century list. José Feliciano's cover version won a 1969 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, the same year he won another Grammy for Best New Artist. ==History== The song originated as an unfinished Robby Krieger composition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Light My Fire )〕 Although the album version was just over seven minutes long, it was widely requested for radio play,〔 so a single version was edited to under three minutes with nearly all the instrumental break removed for airplay on AM radio.〔 Ray Manzarek played the song's bass line with his left hand on a Fender Rhodes Piano Bass while he performed the higher keyboard parts with his right hand. For the recording session, producer Paul A. Rothchild brought in session musician Larry Knechtel to play Fender Precision Bass guitar to double the keyboard bass line. When the Doors played the song live in concert, Manzarek used the Fender Rhodes Piano Bass without this sort of augmentation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Light My Fire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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