| Open the Door | |
| Cover: | Magnapop - Open the Door.jpg |
| Alt: | A photograph of the band is inserted on top of a red and grey version of their logo—a capital "M" written inside a star transcribed in a circle. The photograph is black-and-white and features drummer David McNair at the far left seated on the ground smiling, with vocalist Linda Hopper on a stool next to him, guitarist Ruthie Morris seated on a box holding her head in her hands, and bassist Shannon Mulvaney standing with his arms on his hips at the far right. The word "magnapop" is written in black with a white border at the top and "Open The DOOR" is written in white with a black shadow at the bottom. |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Magnapop |
| Album: | Rubbing Doesn't Help |
| A-Side: | Open the Door |
| Recorded: | November–December 1995 |
| Studio: | City Lab Recording, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genre: | Pop punk |
| Label: | Play It Again Sam |
| Producer: | Geza X |
| Prev Title: | Lay It Down |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | This Family |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
"Open the Door" is a 1996 single by Magnapop released by Play It Again Sam Records as a CD maxi-single, two-track CD and 7" on red viny . A promotional CD and 10" were released by Priority Records. Live recordings of the song appear on the German edition of 2005's Mouthfeel and the live album Magnapop Live at Maxwell's 03/09/2005. A music video was created for the song in 1996.
The song chronicle's songwriters Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris's struggle with the deaths of mutual acquaintances. The music video for the song was censored by MTV for its depiction of drug abuse.
All songs written by Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris
The single spent nine weeks on the charts, peaking on June 22, 1996, at 28.
In 2003, alternative weekly Creative Loafing listed "Open the Door" amongst their "Welcome to Atlanta" mixtape of Atlanta-based artists.[1]
The song has been covered by Eels for the single "Flyswatter"—it would later be collected on . They performed the song several times on their Electro-Shock Blues Show tour in support of Electro-Shock Blues. Karaoke versions of the song were released by Stingray Digital through the iTunes Store on January 15, 2008.