Doors' landmark song released 50 years ago
Members of the Doors pose for an undated publicity photo. From left: John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison.
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Today's Morning Edition music is from "Light My Fire" from the Doors' self-titled album released 50 years ago.
The song was a breakthrough hit. It would ultimately spend three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard charts.
The album version is over seven minutes long, making it a tough pick for the radio. But it still got lots of requests, so the Doors released a shorter version as a single, cutting out most of the instrumental breaks.
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