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Night"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Break_On_Through_To_the_Other_Side.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/27/Break_On_Through_To_the_Other_Side.jpg/220px-Break_On_Through_To_the_Other_Side.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Break_On_Through_To_the_Other_Side.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/The_Doors" title="The Doors">the Doors</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/The_Doors_(album)" title="The Doors (album)">The Doors</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">A-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"<a href="/wiki/Break_On_Through_(To_the_Other_Side)" title="Break On Through (To the Other Side)">Break On Through (To the Other Side)</a>"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">January 1, 1967<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1967-01-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">August 1966<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1966-08</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">Studio</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Sunset_Sound_Recorders" title="Sunset Sound Recorders">Sunset Sound Recorders</a> Hollywood, California</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_music" title="Psychedelic music">Psychedelia</a><sup id="cite_ref-Bamyasi_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bamyasi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">2</span>:<span class="s">49</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Liner_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Liner-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">The Doors<sup id="cite_ref-Liner_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Liner-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Paul_A._Rothchild" title="Paul A. Rothchild">Paul A. Rothchild</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/The_Doors" title="The Doors">The Doors</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;"> </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>End of the Night</b>" <br />(1967) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Light_My_Fire" title="Light My Fire">Light My Fire</a>" <br />(1967) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>End of the Night</b>" is a song by the American <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/The_Doors" title="The Doors">the Doors</a>. It was featured on the band's <a href="/wiki/The_Doors_(album)" title="The Doors (album)">debut album</a> and then released as the B-side to the album's first single, "<a href="/wiki/Break_On_Through_(To_the_Other_Side)" title="Break On Through (To the Other Side)">Break On Through (To the Other Side)</a>" in January 1967. </p><p>After the band's rise to fame the song was rarely played live in concert; it has since been included in box sets released over the years by the band. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition_and_lyrics">Composition and lyrics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=End_of_the_Night&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Composition and lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"End of the Night" is essentially a <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_music" title="Psychedelic music">psychedelic</a> track,<sup id="cite_ref-Bamyasi_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bamyasi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> notated in the key of <a href="/wiki/E_Minor" class="mw-redirect" title="E Minor">E Minor</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Jim_Morrison" title="Jim Morrison">Jim Morrison</a>'s vocal range spanning from D<sub>4</sub> to G<sub>5</sub>. It is also performed throughout in <a href="/wiki/4/4_time" class="mw-redirect" title="4/4 time">4/4 time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sheet_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sheet-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song was written in the band's early days, before guitarist <a href="/wiki/Robby_Krieger" title="Robby Krieger">Robby Krieger</a> had joined the group. It was recorded in 1965 by the band in an attempt to land a deal with Aura Records; however the band failed to get signed. In 1966, when they were signed to <a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra Records</a>, the song was recorded for their self-titled debut album.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the album recording, Krieger provided a distinct <a href="/wiki/Slide_guitar" title="Slide guitar">slide guitar</a>, tuned in a <a href="/wiki/Minor_chord" title="Minor chord">minor tuning</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Krieger himself explained, "I'd try different tunings until one worked".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the songwriting credit was given to all four members of the Doors,<sup id="cite_ref-Liner_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Liner-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the lyrics were written by lead singer Jim Morrison.<sup id="cite_ref-Kruth_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kruth-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its title is derived from the 1932 French novel <i><a href="/wiki/Journey_to_the_End_of_the_Night" title="Journey to the End of the Night">Journey to the End of the Night</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Louis-Ferdinand_Celine" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis-Ferdinand Celine">Louis-Ferdinand Celine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The line "Some are born to sweet delight; some are born to endless night" are lifted from a <a href="/wiki/William_Blake" title="William Blake">William Blake</a> poem "<a href="/wiki/Auguries_of_Innocence" title="Auguries of Innocence">Auguries of Innocence</a>", written in 1803 and published in 1863.<sup id="cite_ref-Kruth_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kruth-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_and_reception">Release and reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=End_of_the_Night&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Release and reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1967) </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> </td> <td align="center">126<sup id="cite_ref-Whitburn_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitburn-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The song was chosen as the B-side to the album's first single, "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" and was released in January 1967. The single, however, failed to become a success and only peaked at number 126 in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-Whitburn_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whitburn-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reviewing the "Break on Through" single, <i><a href="/wiki/Cash_Box" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash Box">Cash Box</a></i> said that "End of the Night" is a "bluesy shuffler that also merits watching."<sup id="cite_ref-cb_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cb-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/PopMatters" title="PopMatters">PopMatters</a></i> critic Andy Hermann declared "End of the Night" as one of the "weirder" and moodier songs in the Doors' catalogue.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> album review of <i>The Doors</i>, critic <a href="/wiki/Richie_Unterberger" title="Richie Unterberger">Richie Unterberger</a> described the song's melody as being "mysterious", and noted that it was one of several tunes of the album besides "<a href="/wiki/Light_My_Fire" title="Light My Fire">Light My Fire</a>" that "also had hit potential".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sal Cinquemani of <i><a href="/wiki/Slant_Magazine" title="Slant Magazine">Slant Magazine</a></i> praised Krieger’s guitar solo, for being "sufficiently trippy," but he wrote that the song was "less ambitious (and less successful)" than the other album tracks.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sputnikmusic reviewer Ian Philips noted that the "dreamy, mysterious 'End of the Night<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>" highlights "the group's remarkable affinity for shrewd, poetic, profound lyrics."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=End_of_the_Night&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Personnel are taken from the 50th anniversary edition of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Doors_(album)" title="The Doors (album)">The Doors</a></i> and the 2001 book <i>The Doors – Sounds for Your Soul – Die Musik Der Doors</i>:<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Morrison" title="Jim Morrison">Jim Morrison</a> – vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Manzarek" title="Ray Manzarek">Ray Manzarek</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vox_Continental" title="Vox Continental">Vox Continental</a> organ, <a href="/wiki/Keyboard_bass" title="Keyboard bass">keyboard bass</a>, piano</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robby_Krieger" title="Robby Krieger">Robby Krieger</a> – <a href="/wiki/Slide_guitar" title="Slide guitar">slide guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Densmore" title="John Densmore">John Densmore</a> – drums</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=End_of_the_Night&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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