"Break On Through (To the Other Side)" is a song by The Doors from their debut album, The Doors. It was the first single released by the band and was relatively unsuccessful compared to later hits, reaching only #106 in the United States.
[edit] OverviewThe band played this song amongst five others in a demo for Aura Records in 1965. The song also appears on track one of the bands first album. Elektra Records censors objected to the use of the word "high" in the middle section of the song (after "everybody loves my baby") due to its drug connotations. The original album version has the line "she gets" repeated before a grunt at the end. Live versions and later releases of the song have the uncensored version with "high" restored. [edit] Musical structureThe song is in 4/4 time and quite fast paced, the tune being similar to that of blues guitarist Elmore James' "Stranger Blues". The piece begins with a disjointed quirky solo on the organ quite similar to introduction of Ray Charles' "What I'd Say", which has a few intentional misplaced notes in it, while the bass-line, similar to a typical bass line used in salsa music, continues almost unhindered all of the way through the song. [edit] Other performancesStone Temple Pilots covered the song for The Doors tribute album Stoned Immaculate. Mexican hard rock band La Cuca has done a cover as a hidden track in their album La Racha. When the Doors were featured on an episode of VH1 Storytellers, various guest singers filled in for Jim Morrison. Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots filled in and sang "Break on Through", along with the song he said inspired him to rock, "Five to One". [edit] Appearances in Media
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