"The Unknown Soldier" is a song by the American rock band the Doors. It is the first single from their 1968 album Waiting for the Sun released in March of the same year by Elektra Records. An accompanying 16mm publicity film for the song featuring the band was directed and produced by Edward Dephoure and Mark Abramson. The song became the band's fourth Top 40 hit in the US, peaking at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained upon the Billboard Hot 100 list for eight weeks.