THAT DAY

Written by Jim Morrison before DOORS were formed and inspired by his observation of a young woman of color strolling down Venice Beach in Los Angeles, "Hello, I love you (won't you tell me your name)" is the second and last DOORS single to take the lead in Billboard magazine's hundred greatest hits of the week, dated August 03, 1968 where it will remain there for 2 weeks.

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Available on "Waiting For The Sun", the DOORS' 3rd album, the song released as a single in June 1968 is however one of the first to have been performed during the demo sessions at the World Pacific Jazz Studios in 1965 by RICK & THE RAVENS, precursor group of what will become THE DOORS...

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"Hello, i love you" was the subject of a lawsuit for plagiarism, it was accused of the piece that one of the riffs had been stolen from Ray Davies and that its musical structure resembled that of " All Day and All of the Night" by KINKS. Robby Krieger expressed himself on this subject rather evoking that the inspiration would be found more at CREAM with the title "Sunshine of Your Love".

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However, Ray Manzarek also returned to this statement, noting all the same that the title of DOORS sounded very "Kinks"... Davis, himself, affirmed in 2014 that an amicable arrangement had been found between him and the members. DOORS around this issue.