Love Her Madly.......Doors Icon? April 1971

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Let's celebrate 'Love Her Madly' the Robby Krieger classic which was released here in the UK on April 30th 1971.
It was this that revived my interest in The Doors and led me to buy my first Doors LP LA Woman that year.
Radio Luxemburg's evening English service chose 'Hit Picks' and 'Power Plays' which received more than regular plays in each DJ's programme.
LHM was a hit pick and made the Luxemburg chart so I heard it a lot.
It was received reasonably well in Europe thanks in part to Radio Luxemburg which was received throughout Europe making #4 in the Netherlands Singles Chart, #10 in France and #6 in Austria but sadly not even charting in the UK.
Round the world it didn't do too bad.


US 1971

This was the bands second single to include a non album B Side and the first to include a Ray Manzarek vocal.
It's not a bad effort and probably goes back to the bands earliest club days when the band did not have a lot of material so looked to old blues standards.

Chart positions (1971)
Australian Go-Set National Top 60 #6
RPM Canada Top 100 Singles #3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #11
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 Singles #8


US 1971


US 1971


A Love Her Madly 2:45
Written-By - The Doors,
B Don't Go No Further 3:37
Written-By - W. Dixon

Don't ya love her madly
Don't ya need her badly
Don't ya love her ways
Tell me what you say

Don't ya love her madly
Wanna be her daddy
Don't ya love her face
Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door
Like she did one thousand times before

Don't ya love her ways
Tell me what you say
Don't ya love her as she's walkin' out the door

All your love
All your love
All your love
All your love

All your love is gone
So sing a lonely song
Of a deep blue dream
Seven horses seem to be on the mark

Yeah, don't you love her
Don't you love her as she's walkin' out the door

All your love
All your love
All your love

Yeah, all your love is gone
So sing a lonely song
Of a deep blue dream
Seven horses seem to be on the mark

Well, don't ya love her madly
Don't ya love her madly
Don't ya love her madly



US Promo 1971


US Promo 1971


Canada 1971

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Love Her Madly was released 40 years ago on this very day here in the UK April 30th 1971 .

Released in the US also 40 years ago this April

Happy Milestone LHM.


Love Her Madly lyric

L.A. Woman the album

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A Side



B Side



Argentinian Promo Single

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As I said LHM received a lot of airplay on Radio #1 in the UK and Radio Luxembourg across the continent.
Some places it took most sadly did not. In the UK it did not chart like so many Doors singles.
Some of the dross that passed for music here reached heady heights whilst LHM which was far superior was ignored.


UK 1971


UK Promo 1971


UK 1971
# repress with Touch Me as B Side


Sweden 1971


France 1971


West Germany 1971



Netherlands 1971



Spain 1971


Spain Promo 1971



Portugal 1971



Italy 1971

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The single spread around the world during 1971 mostly it met with indifference but others embraced it and it became a hit.
Overall LHM had been the hit single Jac Holzman had picked out for The Doors but they wanted The Changeling.
Jac triumphed because he knew the business like the back of his hand and they were idiots.
In the Philippines The Changeling was used as a B Side to LHM.




Argentina 1971


Brazil 1971


Costa Rica 1971



Mexico 1971



Philippines 1971
# The Changeling is the B Side. The Doors got their wish ...well partly


Lebanon 1971


South Africa
1971


Australia 1971


New Zealand