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| "The Crystal Ship" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Side B of the original US single | ||||
| Single by the Doors | ||||
| from the album The Doors | ||||
| A-side | "Light My Fire" | |||
| Released | April 1967 | |||
| Recorded | August 1966 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:30 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jim Morrison | |||
| Producer(s) | Paul A. Rothchild | |||
| The Doors singles chronology | ||||
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"The Crystal Ship" is a song by American rock band the Doors, from their 1967 debut album The Doors, and the B-side of the number-one hit single "Light My Fire". It was composed as a love song to Jim Morrison's first serious girlfriend, Mary Werbelow, shortly after their relationship ended.
The song borrows from elements from baroque music.[2] The lyrics in the opening verse resemble a conventional love song, while the later verses are vague in intention and contain more challenging imagery. A music video was later compiled from footage of the band performing on American Bandstand, coupled with film of Morrison and Pamela Courson at Kern River, near Bakersfield, California.
- ^ Womack 2009, p. 93.
- ^ Jones 2015, p. 52.