The Unknown Soldier (song)

"The Unknown Soldier"
Single by the Doors
from the album Waiting for the Sun
B-side"We Could Be So Good Together"
ReleasedMarch 1968 (1968-03)
RecordedNovember 1967
StudioTTG Studios, Hollywood, California
GenrePsychedelia
Length3:22
LabelElektra
SongwriterThe Doors
ProducerPaul A. Rothchild
The Doors singles chronology
"Love Me Two Times"
(1967)
"The Unknown Soldier"
(1968)
"Hello, I Love You"
(1968)

"The Unknown Soldier" is a song by the American rock band the Doors. It is the first single from their 1968 album Waiting for the Sun released in March of the same year by Elektra Records. An accompanying 16mm publicity film for the song featuring the band was directed and produced by Edward Dephoure and Mark Abramson. The song became the band's fourth Top 40 hit in the US, peaking at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained upon the Billboard Hot 100 list for eight weeks.