The track had already been available on the album of the same name since December 1976, but its arrival as a standalone single set an unstoppable push into pop culture in motion. Written by Don Felder, who developed the original instrumental demo on a four-track recorder in his rented Malibu beach house, the song came to life lyrically through Don Henley and Glenn Frey. Its now-iconic opening guitar gave way to one of the most debated sets of lyrics in rock history.
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The guitar work has become its own part of rock lore. The song closes with a 2-minute, 12-second dual solo by Felder and Joe Walsh. They trade leads, then harmonize into the fade. Readers of Guitarist magazine voted it the best guitar solo of all time in 1998. Rolling Stone ranked the song No. 49 on its 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included it among its 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.
Henley and Frey reportedly drew inspiration partly from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho while writing it. Fitting, given how thoroughly the song has creeped its way into the cultural imagination the way a great thriller does.
Forty-nine years in, 'Hotel California' continues to be a foundational song in rock. You may want to check out from the song, but it will never leave.
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