"Riders on the Storm" is a song by American rock band the Doors. It was released in June 1971, as the second single from L.A. Woman, their sixth studio album and the last with singer Jim Morrison. The song reached number 14 on the U.S Billboard Hot 100, number 22 on the UK Singles Chart, and number seven in the Netherlands. "Riders on the Storm" has been classified as a psychedelic rock, jazz-rock, and art-rock song, and a precursor of gothic music. The lyrics were written and brought to rehearsal by Morrison, of which a portion of it refers to a hitchhiker killer.

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