1971Released
3:18

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Doors guitarist Robby Krieger wrote this song on a Gibson 335 acoustic 12-string guitar that he had recently purchased. The lyric is about the numerous times his girlfriend, Lynn, threatened to leave him. "Every time we had an argument, she used to get pissed off and go out the door, and she'd slam the door so loud the house would shake," Krieger said. Lynn Veres was a go-go dancer when Krieger met her at the Ondine Club in New York City. She had a fling with Jim Morrison, but ended up with Krieger - they got married in 1972 and stayed together.

The title is a twist on a phrase Duke Ellington popularized. At his concerts, he would say, "we love you madly."

"Love Her Madly" was the first single released from the LA Woman album, their last with Jim Morrison. The single was issued in March 1971, around the same time Morrison left for Paris; he died there in July. Morrison performed the song only twice: at the Dallas State Fair Music Hall on December 11, 1970, and at the New Orleans Warehouse the next day.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Love Her Madly.
EKey
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
147BPM

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Rhino/Elektra
© 1971 Elektra Entertainment for United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
℗ 1971 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States

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