L.A. Woman (song)

Song infobox
Name = L.A. Woman


Artist = The Doors
Album = L.A. Woman
Released = April, 1971
track_no = 5
Recorded = December 1970-January 1971
Genre = Psychedelic rock, rock
Length = 7:59
Label = Elektra
Writer = Jim Morrison Robby Krieger Ray Manzarek John Densmore
Producer = The Doors Bruce Botnick
prev = "Cars Hiss by My Window"
prev_no = 4
next = "L'America"
next_no = 6

"L.A. Woman" is a song by American rock band The Doors. The song is the title track on their 1971 album "L.A. Woman", the final album with frontman Jim Morrison before his death.

Video

In 1985, 14 years after Morrison's death, Ray Manzarek directed a music video for the song. It was aired on MTV and included in the Doors film "Dance on Fire".

Later covers

*Billy Idol covered this song on his 1990 album Charmed Life.
*Jane's Addiction covered the song as part of the "L.A. Medley" which also contained the songs "Nausea" by the L.A. based punk rock band X and "Lexicon Devil" from The Germs.
*Particle covered this song with Robby Krieger, the guitarist from The Doors, on their Transformations Live album.

Notes and references

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:tf7uak3k5mhx Allmusic entry, accessed 6/6/06]
*Total Guitar, May 1998, #43:86-96, Classic Track: LA Woman: The Doors by Joe Bennett (text) and Kit Morgan (song transcription)
*http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=276