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Hotel California

song written and composed by Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey; originally recorded by Eagles in 1976 and released in 1977
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q780394
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Hotel California is a visualartwork associated with the genres of rock music and soft rock.

Hotel California

Summary

Hotel California is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.17% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,780 views/month, #32 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hotel California's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Hotel California's composer is recorded as Don Felder[4].
  • Hotel California's genre is rock music[5].
  • Hotel California's genre is soft rock[6].
  • Hotel California followed New Kid in Town[7].
  • Hotel California was followed by Life in the Fast Lane[8].
  • Hotel California was produced by Bill Szymczyk[9].
  • Among the performers on Hotel California was Eagles[10].
  • Hotel California's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Hotel California's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • 1976 marks the founding of Hotel California[13].
  • Hotel California was published on February 22, 1977[14].
  • Hotel California's lyricist is recorded as Glenn Frey[15].
  • Hotel California's lyricist is recorded as Don Henley[16].
  • Hotel California's lyricist is recorded as Don Felder[17].
  • Hotel California's main subject is California[18].
  • Hotel California's described at URL is recorded as https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-08-25/hotel-california-eagles-lyrics-alleged-stolen-don-henley?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB[19].
  • Hotel California's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hotel California'}[20].
  • Hotel California's different from is recorded as Hotel California[21].
  • Hotel California's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+6.5'}[22].
  • Hotel California's form of creative work is recorded as song[23].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[24]

  • Community tags: ripped off[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 22457dc0-ecbf-38f5-9056-11c858530a50[26]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Hotel California was Eagles[10]. It was produced by Bill Szymczyk[9].

Publication

Hotel California was released on February 22, 1977[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include rock music[5] and soft rock[6].

Subject and Themes

Hotel California's main subject is California[18].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Hotel California followed New Kid in Town[7]. It was followed by Life in the Fast Lane[8].

Why It Matters

Hotel California ranks in the top 0.17% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,780 views/month, #32 of 19,375).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

California Don Henley Eagles Glenn Frey United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SecondHandSongs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . latimes.com. Retrieved . latimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Hotel California. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hotel-california
MLA “Hotel California.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hotel-california.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hotel-california_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Hotel California}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hotel-california}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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