"Back Door Man" is a blues song written by American musician Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960.

[1] Dixon's lyrics include: When everybody trying to sleep I'm somewhere making my midnight creep Every morning the rooster crow He's telling me you got to go ...

Accompanying Howlin' Wolf on vocals are Otis Spann on piano, Hubert Sumlin on guitar, Willie Dixon on double bass, and Fred Below on drums.

[5] Chess Records issued the song as the B-side to "Wang Dang Doodle" and included it on his second compilation album Howlin' Wolf (1962).

[12] Morrison provides the vocal, backed by Ray Manzarek on keyboards and piano,[13] Krieger on guitar, and Densmore on drums.