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Dorian Mode Songs
Here's a list of Dorian mode songs. It includes "The End" by the Doors, often erroneously reported as being in the Mixolydian mode.
Dorian mode (minor scale with natural 6th, e.g. D to D, white piano keys only)
- “The End”; "Riders On the Storm" (The Doors)
- “What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor” (traditional)
- “Scarborough Fair” (folk song popularized by Simon and Garfunkel)
- “Smoke On the Water” (Deep Purple)
- “Green Onions” (Booker T & the MG’s)
- “Oye Como Va,” “Evil Ways,” and numerous others as performed by Carlos Santana (“King of the Dorian Mode”)