īoth the single and Waiting for the Sun liner notes list the song as a group composition the performance rights organization ASCAP shows the writers as each of the individual Doors members. The majority of the track's structure is notated in the key of A Major.
It was one of six songs recorded by Rick & the Ravens (a forerunner of the Doors) at World Pacific Jazz studios that the group used to try to secure a record deal. 'Hello, I Love You' was written and first recorded in 1965.
