Released in Australia in 1999, after the massive success of 'Believe,' The Greatest Hits is a 19-track collection that samples the biggest hits from throughout Chers career (including her time with Sonny), but concentrates the heaviest on her 80s/early-90s material.This emphasis on latter-day material is emphasized by the reverse-chronological sequencing, as it begins with 'Believe' and. 21,313 talking about this. The biggest songs of the 70s, 80s and 90s played by presenters you know and love.

The groups massive influence on the course of rock music may been overshadowed by decades of lionization of their late lead singer Jim Morrison, whose early death wound up being a pivotal part of their legacy.Jim had been writing all the songs and then one day we realized we didnвЂ™t have enough tunes, so he said, 'Hey, why donвЂ™t you guys try and write songs?' I wrote 'Light My Fire' that night and brought it to the next rehearsal. The Doors mark the moment when the American rock underground of the 1960s came crashing into the mainstream. The lean, spidery guitar and organ riffs interweave with a hypnotic menace, providing a seductive backdrop for Jim Morrison's captivating vocals and probing prose. 'Light My Fire' was the cut that topped the charts and established the group as stars, but most of the rest of the album is just as impressive, including some of their best songs: the propulsive 'Break on Through' (their first single), the beguiling mystery of 'The Crystal Ship,' the mysterious 'End of the Night,' 'Take It as It Comes' (one of several tunes besides 'Light My Fire' that also had hit potential), and the stomping rock of 'Soul Kitchen' and 'Twentieth Century Fox.' The 11-minute Oedipal drama 'The End' was the group at its most daring and, some would contend, overambitious.

When the Doors performed the song at live concerts, Manzarek played the song's bass line with his left hand on a Fender Rhodes Piano Bass, while performing the main keyboard lines on a Vox Continental using his right hand. Vox Continental organ was played by Ray Manzarek for the song's recordingThe band started playing the song in performances in April 1966, and extended it with a jazzy improvisation. The extended solo arrangement was inspired by John Coltrane's cover version of ' My Favorite Things', with some parts of it containing polyrhythm vogue. On taking his initial composition to the band, John Densmore suggested that it should have more of a Latin rhythm, Jim Morrison wrote the second verse, while Ray Manzarek added the Bach-influenced introductory organ motif Densmore also suggested that it should open with a single snare drum hit. 'Light My Fire' originated in early 1966 as a composition by Robby Krieger, who said that he was inspired by the melody of ' Hey Joe' and the lyrics of the Rolling Stones' ' Play with Fire'. 'Riders on the Storm'Side two.вЂ“ Robby Krieger discussing the song's writing during an interview.

Although the album version was just over seven minutes long, it was widely requested for radio play, notably by Los Angeles DJ Dave Diamond, and Elektra Records owner Jac Holzman asked that a shorter version be released as a single. Rothchild also suggested that the recording repeat the introductory motif at the end of the track. Rothchild brought in session musician Larry Knechtel to overdub a Fender Precision Bass guitar to double the keyboard bass line.

However, during the live performance, the band's lead singer Jim Morrison sang the original, unaltered lyrics. The band agreed to do so, and did a rehearsal using the amended lyrics, 'girl, we couldn't get much better'. However, the meaning of the line was confirmed to be literal, as in 'high in the sky'. The Doors were asked by producer Bob Precht, Sullivan's son-in-law, to change the line 'girl, we couldn't get much higher', as the sponsors were uncomfortable with the possible reference to drugs. However, 'Light My Fire' was performed live by the Doors on The Ed Sullivan Show broadcast on September 17, 1967. The Ed Sullivan ShowThe band appeared on various TV shows, such as American Bandstand, miming to a playback of the single.

Buick TV commercialDrummer John Densmore recalled that Buick offered $75,000 in October 1968 to adapt the song for use in a Buick TV commercial ('Come on, Buick, light my fire'). We just did the Sullivan show.' This performance was portrayed in the 1991 Oliver Stone film The Doors, but with Morrison singing 'higher' more emphatically and without his subsequent retort to Sullivan and the show's producer. Morrison's response was 'Hey man. The band had been negotiating a multi-episode deal with the producers however, after violating the agreement not to perform the offending line, they were informed they would never perform on the show again.

The speed discrepancy (being about 3.5% slow) was brought to Bruce Botnick's attention by Brigham Young University professor Michael Hicks, who noted that all video and audio live performances of the Doors performing the song, the sheet music, and statements of band members show the song in a key almost a half step higher (key of A) than the stereo LP release (key of Aв™/Gв™Ї). Speed discrepancyThe 40th Anniversary mix of the debut album presents a stereo version of 'Light My Fire' in speed-corrected form for the first time. As the band had agreed in 1965 to both equal splits and everyone having veto power in decisions, Morrison consequently called Buick and threatened to personally smash a Buick with a sledgehammer on television, should the commercial be aired.

As of December 1971, it was the band's best-selling single with over 927,000 copies sold. The reissue occurred due to revived interest in the band following Oliver Stone's film biopic The Doors.The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in September 1967 for exceeding one million units shipped. This reissue was more successful in Ireland, peaking atop the IRMA chart for two weeks in June. 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 seven. 'Light My Fire' achieved modest success in Australia, where it peaked at number 22 on the ARIA chart. LegacyA live version was released in 1983 on their live album Alive, She Cried, the first of several live albums released in subsequent decades to include the song.

Feliciano's cover won the 1969 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, the same year he also won the Grammy for Best New Artist. NME cited it as the second greatest song of all time. It was included in RIAA's Songs of the Century list, ranking number 52. The song is ranked at number 35 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Billboard described the single as a 'top discotheque offering' with an 'infectious beat' that 'really grooves from start to finish.' 'Light My Fire' has since been widely viewed as among the Doors' greatest songs, and one of the quintessential works for the psychedelic rock genre.

His version became the bigger hit in Australia and also in Canada, where it reached number one. Billboard Hot 100 charts, only a year after the original had been a number-one hit on the same chart. It is perhaps the best known cover of this song, reaching number 3 on the U.S. Ray Manzarek вЂ“ Vox Continental organ, piano bass Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.' Hi-Heel Sneakers' / 'Hitchcock Railway'Puerto Rican vocalist and guitarist JosГ© Feliciano enjoyed significant international success when he released his version of 'Light My Fire' in 1968 as a single on the RCA Victor label.

Songwriter Robby Krieger said in an interview about the cover: 'It's really a great feeling to have written a classic. Feliciano's arrangement of 'Light My Fire' has influenced several subsequent versions, including that by Will Young. The single helped to spur the worldwide success of its album, Feliciano!, which was nominated for multiple Grammy Awards in 1969. He also said that ' California Dreamin'' was the original A-side of the single. In a 1969 interview, Feliciano said that he liked the song when he first heard it, but felt that he should wait a year before releasing the song. It contains proto- Latin rock stylings, and a slower tempo than the Doors original version.

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