"The Crystal Ship" is a song by The Doors

The Doors

The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...

 from their 1967 debut album The Doors

The Doors (album)

The Doors is the debut album by the American rock band The Doors, recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967. It was originally released in significantly different stereo and mono mixes...

. It was also the B-Side of the number-one hit single, "Light My Fire

Light My Fire

"Light My Fire" is a song by The Doors which was recorded in August 1966 and released the first week of January 1967 on the Doors' debut album. Released as a single in April, it spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and one week on the Cash Box Top 100, nearly a year after...

." It is regarded as a love song to Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison

James Douglas "Jim" Morrison was an American musician, singer, and poet, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band The Doors...

's first love, Mary Werbelow.

It has been suggested that the inspiration for the "crystal ship" image is an obscure Celtic legend from "The Book of the Dun Cow" in which the hero Connla is wooed by a fairy princess who carries him away to the land of the fairies in a crystal boat. It has also been speculated that the image may refer to Platform Holly, an oil rig off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, which glitters like a crystal ship when lit up at night.

Notable covers

• Nevermore
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   - The Obsidian Conspiracy
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  (2010)
• Duran Duran
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   - Thank You
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• George Winston
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   - Night Divides the Day - The Music of the Doors
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• Chris Whitley
  Chris Whitley
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   - Perfect Day
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  (2000) and On Air
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  (2008)
• The Joyride
• X - The X-Files: The Album
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• Joe Perry
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   - Joe Perry
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• Nicole Atkins
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   - Nicole Atkins Digs Other People's Songs
• The Hot Rats
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   - Turn Ons
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  (2010)