There is no denying that “Hotel California” is one of the most iconic rock songs of all time
Released in 1977, it was the second single off their album of the same name and is best known for its two-minute and 12-second electric guitar solo played between Don Felder and Joe Walsh.
However, “Hotel California” was almost named something completely different due to its influences from Latin and reggae music. Felder, who wrote all the music for the song, explained the creative process to MusicRadar in 2012.
“I would write track ideas — introductions, verses, choruses, solos — and I’d put them on a cassette and give them to Don and Glenn. I did this with the songs for ‘Hotel California,’ and I said, ‘If there’s anything you like on these cassettes and you want to finish writing, let’s do that,’ he shared. “Henley said, ‘I like that song that sounds like a Mexican reggae or Bolero.’ So he liked the one that became ‘Hotel California.'”
So, the first working title for “Hotel California” was actually “Mexican Reggae.” They went on to name the song after the album, which was inspired by the band’s drive into The Golden State.
“Nobody was from California, and if you drive into L.A. at night […] you can just see this glow on the horizon of lights, and the images that start running through your head of Hollywood and all the dreams that you have, and so it was kind of about that […] what we started writing the song about,” Felder added.
The song went on to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, win the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1978, and is widely regarded as one of the best rock songs of all time.
Don Henley, who wrote the lyrics for “Hotel California,” opened up about the song’s true meaning in an interview with CBS News in 2016.
“Well, I always say, it’s a journey from innocence to experience. It’s not really about California; it’s about America,” Henley explained. “It’s about the dark underbelly of the American dream. It’s about excess, it’s about narcissism. It’s about the music business. It’s about a lot of different…. It can have a million interpretations.”
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