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People Are Strange by The Doors
Genre: Blues-Rock
Year: 1967
Year: 1967
"People Are Strange" is a single released by The Doors in September 1967 (see 1967 in music). It also appears on their second album Strange Days which was also released in September 1967. The single peaked at the #12 position of the U.S. Hot 100 chart and made it to the top ten in the Cash Box charts. It was written by Robby Krieger and Jim Morrison although credit was given to the The Doors evenly.
It was covered to moderate success in 1987 by Echo & the Bunnymen for The Lost Boys soundtrack. It was also covered in 2000 by Twiztid on the album Freek Show. Pianist George Winston also covered the song on his album Night Divides the Day - The Music of the Doors. Read full article at wikipedia.org
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