Your favourite songs about someone being at the door

How is 'The Visitors' a quasi outlier? The titular visitors are literally ringing the bell and trying the knob. I don't know how it's possible to be more 'at the door'.

― On the Wingers of Love: The Kip & Debra Story (Old Lunch), Monday, June 4, 2018 1:42 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I was just about to say this, but I think dog latin needs a break from me nit-picking at his posts. I know I do!

It’s All Over Now Baby Blue:

The vagabond who's rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9PNoJuP-mk

xxp it's only cos people were calling Visitors into question. I agree, while the song's about a bit more than just being at the door, it describes enough door-based action to warrant it appearing in the canon of 'being at the door' songs

Van der Graaf, "Door"

They're a blind man crouching by the pavement,
only seeing with his third eye,
and clutching at the astral shadow
of the door of a room
called 'I'

there are now 34 songs in the Spotify playlist, not including things that I couldn't find on there, this is sterling work lads

Werewolves of London: you hear them howling around your kitchen door; better not let them in.

The Congos - Can't Come In

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwoZcX92Lnk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqdWv_Ij2J8

good shout on the congos - can't believe i forgot that one

The Cramps - Green Door

TS - Cramps vs Shakin' Stevens

Turrican, my apologies earlier. I actually enjoy your reading more tbh

Hiding in plain sight: Tubeway Army, “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”

Does "Tossin' and Turnin'" (Bobby Lewis) count -- "I heard the milkman at the door..."? If so, that.

the Stones - Midnight Rambler

Them - Gloria. She knocks on the door.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtXoHC9210s

Yochanan - Hot Skillet Momma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OplL0qdkzGk

Kate Bush - Get Out Of My House

John Lee Hooker - Let’s Go Out Tonight

Hear the screen door slam, Mary's dress waves...

Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking

Arctic monkeys - ultracheese

“Get freaked out by a knock at the door”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMATnqyVMZM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtllPBWMAog

and-ah-I would walk 500 miles and-ah-I would walk 500 more just to be tha man who walks a thousand miles
to fall down at your door

I'm up to 50 songs on Spotify now. Even I didn't realise there'd be so many amazing songs about someone being at the door

https://open.spotify.com/user/1153731601/playlist/7kqiCbf7fB27DuvIu7fDao?si=ssamMlQ3TJmMStLL-Wmc4w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At5pMQ15iTY

Paul Kelly - To Her Door

SHE SAID "SHOVE IT JACK I'M WALKIN' OUT YOUR FUCKIN' DOOR"

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Fright Night

Knock knock on the door three times
And you knock knock on the door
Said you used to talk to demons with my ouija board
But not anymore

Was (Not Was) - Walk the Dinosaur

Open the door, get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur

Like, I think it's implied that the dinosaur shows up at his door while he's watching Miami Vice even though it all took place 40 million years ago? I think it might just barely qualify?

And you wake from your dream with a wolf at the door, reaching out for Veronica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSZyezEhRhs

Shouldn't we include also The Doors "Break on Through to the Other Side" here?

Made the scene
Week to week
Day to day
Hour to hour
The gate is strait
Deep and wide

"I was surprised to see your suitcase at the door" might be tenuous but I always assume the person is at the door ready to leave in that line, taken from First Choice "Let No Man Put Asunder" and then sampled in Rhythm On The Loose "Break Of Dawn"

also lol I made the mistake of turning on noticfcations for that that thread on Facebook and my phone has been blowing up, what happened to your exile from it anyway?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4xJvxSZ9aI

Talk about anti-climactic.

Ween, "So Many People in the Neighborhood"

"How's about a piece of pie? (ding dong ding dong)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnGq69ey5tw

boxedjoy - about a week after I left I got offered to put on a regular night which I had to promote and basically it's impossible to do that, at least to start with, if you don't have Facebook. That, and it's very addictive. It was a very good relaxing week though I must say

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwkW27Xapzc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqwvJoO2ZYE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyuF-eUdiSE

John Martyn - Dealer

Let me in let me in let me in

'The Day Before You Came' is more vague, and possibly more menacing as a result, but that's another thread.

― Le Baton Rose (Turrican)

saying "the day before you came" is "sinister" is one step away from saying "in the air tonight" was about that time phil collins saw somebody get murdered

anyway. barnacle bill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hegAcCMnEnw

The Ghouls - Dracula's Theme

fwiw quite keen to not include metaphorical doors or vague references to doors or door-like entranceways here peeps. the song has to be about somebody being at the door

Death, "Keep On Knocking"

I linked to Uncle Sam a little ways upthread.

'here they come again, hop scotching up to my door'

Deep Purple - Knockin' At Your Back Door
Zep - Nobody's Fault But Mine ("Somebody open that DINGDONGDINGDONG)

Now, who is that knocking?
Who's knocking at my chamber door?
Now could it be the police?
They come and take me for a ride-ride
Oh, but I haven't got the time-time
Hey, hey, hey, she's busy sucking on my ding-dong

Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep