"When the Music's Over" is an epic song[3][4] by the American rock band the Doors, which appears on their second album Strange Days, released in 1967.
Like several other tracks from their second album Strange Days, the song was composed before the group had a record contract, being performed and elaborated in the middle of 1966 at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles.
Rolling Stone magazine quoted Doors member John Densmore as saying, "playing that song was intense.
Jim Morrison wanted the song to be recorded live in the studio without overdubs.
"[8] Manzarek has stated, that he was inspired by Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man", while composing the organ intro.