About Hotel California "Hotel California" is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. Commercially, "Hotel California" reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top ten of several international charts.Get instant explanation for any lyrics that hits you anywhere on the web!Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web!
Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics).
Writing credits for the song are shared by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics).
Written by: Glenn Lewis Frey, Don Felder, Donald Hugh HenleyLyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group The song is considered the most famous recording by the band, and its long guitar coda has been voted the best guitar solo of all time by readers of Guitarist in 1998. The word "colitas" means "little buds" or "little tails" in Spanish. The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1971 by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner.
"Hotel California" is the title track from the album and it was released as a single in February 1977. "Hotel California" is the title track from the Eagles' album of the same name and was released as a single in February 1977. 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. Eagles decided to make this song a single though its length and format were completely unlike the radio-friendly singles those days: the song is more than six minutes long, it's hard to dance to it, it has a long introduction and a long guitar solo. The song reached number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year (1977). The lyrics of the song have been given various interpretations by fans and critics alike, the Eagles themselves describing the song as their "interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles".
Lyrics to 'Hotel California' by Eagles: On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night "Hotel California" is the title track from the album and it was released as a single in February 1977.
Julia Phillips proposed adapting the song into a film, but the members of the Eagles disliked the idea and it never came to fruition. FirstEnergy Stadium, Home of the Cleveland Browns, Cleveland, OH The song was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1978.
In the 2013 documentary History of the Eagles, Henley said that the song was about "a journey from innocence to experience... that's all..."Since its release, "Hotel California" has been covered by a number of artists and has become a part of international popular culture.