• Writers: The Doors
• Producers: Bruce Botnick and the Doors
• Recorded: January 1971 at the Doors Workshop in Los Angeles
• Released: April 1971
• Players:
  Jim Morrison — vocals
  Ray Manzarek — keyboards
  Robby Krieger — guitar
  John Densmore — drums
  Jerry Scheff — bass
  Marc Benno — guitar
• Album: L.A. Woman (Elektra, 1971)
• Also On:
  Weird Scenes Inside The Goldmine (Elektra, 1972)
  The Best Of The Doors (Elektra, 1974)
  Classics (Elektra, 1985)
  and other compilations
• “Love Her Madly” was the first single the Doors released from the L.A. Woman album.
• The song, like almost all Doors material, was credited to the band, but guitarist Robby Krieger was the principal writer. He said it was drawn from his personal life: “I guess the idea for that was my girlfriend, who later became my wife, Lynn — who I’m still married to, by the way. We used to have some fights, you know? Still do, I guess. She’d slam the door and leave — ‘Don’t you love her as she’s walking out the door.’”
• L.A. Woman was one of the easiest albums the Doors ever recorded. Sessions took about 10 days in January 1971, and Jim Morrison sang almost everything live as the other musicians played their parts.
• The band produced the album with engineer Bruce Botnick, after longtime producer Paul Rothchild opted out, saying he was unhappy with the material.
• Jerry Scheff, who played bass in the sessions, was a veteran of Elvis Presley‘s bands.
• The song was never performed by the Doors — with Morrison — in concert.
• L.A. Woman, the last album under the Doors’ original contract with Elektra Records, peaked at Number Nine on the Billboard 200.

FAST FORWARD:

• Morrison died of mysterious causes on July 3rd, 1971, in Paris.
• The three surviving members recorded two more albums before breaking up in 1973.
• Interest in Morrison and the Doors was revived by Oliver Stone‘s 1991 film The Doors. The movie set the groundwork for all sorts of Doors merchandise, including books, album reissues, and live recordings.
• The Doors were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. At the ceremony, the band reunited and did two songs with Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder on vocals.
• Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and drummer John Densmore have both written memoirs about their days in the group, which has caused a fair amount of friction between the two. For his part, Krieger has stayed above the fray and remains friendly with both men.
• The Doors vaults have proved to be a rich source for both new releases and repackagings. The band has started up its own label, Bright Midnight Records, which releases rare concert recordings and other artifacts, while Elektra continues to release various greatest-hits and boxed-set collections.
• Krieger and Manzarek reunited in 2002 under the Doors banner, with Police drummer Stewart Copeland and Cult singer Ian Astbury. Copeland and Astbury have both since departed, and vocals are being handled by Fuel singer Brett Scallions.

Densmore and Morrison’s parents and in-laws filed suit over the use of the name, Morrison’s likeness, and other Doors-related issues. As a result, the group had to change its name once again. Krieger and Manzarek now bill themselves as Riders On The Storm.