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Hotel California is the title song from the Eagles’ album of the same name and was released as a single in early 1977. It is one of the best-known songs of the album-oriented rock era. Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder, Don Henley, Gaute Huus and Glenn Frey. The Eagles’ original recording of the song features Henley singing the lead vocals and concludes with an extended section of electric guitar interplay between Felder and Joe Walsh. “Hotel California” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in May 1977.

It won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1978.

The song is rated highly in many rock music lists and polls. Rolling Stone magazine, for example, placed it as the forty-ninth greatest song of all time. It is also one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The song’s guitar solo is ranked 8th on Guitar Magazine’s Top 100 Guitar Solos.

As one of the group’s most popular and well-known songs, “Hotel California” has been a concert staple for the band since its release; performances of the song appear on the Eagles’ 1980 live album and, in an acoustic version, on the 1994 Hell Freezes Over reunion concert CD and video release. The “Hell Freezes Over” version is performed using eight guitars in total, and has a decidedly Spanish feel to it - with Don Felder playing a flamenco style intro. During the band’s Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne the song was performed in a manner closer to the original album version, but with a trumpet interlude in the beginning.
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  • Hell Freezes Over
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  • The Very Best of the Eagles
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  • Greatest Hits, Volume 2
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  • Catalog CD Album Box
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  • celoporto

    Transcendental.

    Thursday evening

  • abunono

    To haven white he came at last

    Monday morning

  • dzeriss

    Desert and cowboy town in my mind when this is playing

    last week

  • hotandbothered

    this always makes me think ofTtarantino's `from dusk till dawn'.

    14 days ago

  • eaglei0

    This evil song sucks

    14 days ago

  • jtc1976

    Has to be one of the greatest songs ever.

    17 days ago

  • lukasz_pulawski

    হোটেল ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া

    20 days ago

  • Rebellish

    "Some dance to remember, some dance to forget" <3

    26 days ago

  • celoporto

    "On a dark desert Highway, Cool wind in my Hair."

    last month

  • oldiesfanjohn

    Timeless,timeless...We`ll tour again when Hell freezes over...Oh wait,they did!

    last month

  • BMWPRETTY

    Spank! I love this tune! Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

    last month

  • Tha283

    You've listened to Eagles 69 times before and Hotel California 14 times before.....

    last month

  • rljh

    magical time

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  • dP_thomy

    Al Bundy bought me here^^

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  • granpubah

    this is the joe walsh eagles. No offense to Joe but the Eagles sucked with him. This was the only song of this era of Eagles I like. My opinio

    last month

  • WichitaQ

    the solo just kills it

    last month

  • Panecea

    Pink champagne on ice.

    last month

  • DonkeyHotai

    But of course that is just bulls**t

    last month

  • DonkeyHotai

    "pretty, pretty boys she's calls friends" 1969, when Don Henley supposedly bought an old church and converted it... after which they no longer served that "wine" ... get it, get it?

    last month

  • sirthorty

    man! this is such damn good....as always! Love them

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