Song Details
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| Header ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Song Title | Hotel California |
| Artist | Eagles |
| Image Artist |  |
| Origin | USA |
| Album | Hotel California |
| Image Album |  |
| Basics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 6:31 |
| Dur Grp | 6:00+ |
| Year | 1977 |
| Decade | 1970-1979 |
| Content | Secular |
| BPM | 74 BPM Spotify BPM YouTube |
| BPM Grp | 070-074 |
| Umbrella | 000-079 |
| Key | D |
| Time | 4/4 |
| MajMin | Major |
Play| Recording Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Rec Tag 1 | GEO related songs |
| Rec Tag 2 | No 1st inversion |
| Rec Tag 3 | Without a Bridge |
| Rec Tag 4 | Ending Fade out |
| Vocal Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Voc Info 1 | With BGV lyrics |
| Voc Info 2 | Lead (male) |
| Voc Info 3 | TTB |
| Voc Info 4 | 2nd voice add (male) |
| Modulations ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mod (Perm) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) 1 | ❌ |
| Mod (Perm) | ❌ |
| Mod (Temp) | ❌ |
| Solo Info ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Info 1 | Has no odds (time/key) |
| YT Solo Start | https://youtu.be/dLl4PZtxia8?t=259 |
| Solo Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Solo Instrument 1 | Guitar (Electric) |
| Instruments ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Instr 1 | AG |
| Instr 2 | PERCUSSION |
| Instr 3 | EG |
| Strings | Strings are not included |
| Qualification ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Awards 1 | Grammy - Record of the Year |
| Nominations 1 | Grammy - Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal |
| Chart Type | Billboard Hot 100 |
| Premium | 🥇🥇🥇 |
| Certification | RIAA - Gold |
| Lyrics ▾ | |
|---|---|
| LyricsLink | https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/eagles/hotelcalifornia.html |
| Profane | 🆗 |
| Improper | 🆗 |
| Anti-Chr | 🆗 |
| Author 1 | Glenn Frey |
| Author 2 | Don Felder |
| Author 3 | Donald Henley |
| Meta Tags ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Lyrics Metaphor | ✱ This could be Heaven or this could be Hell |
| Explanation | ✱ Frames a physical location or a state of mind as a moral extreme, either paradise or a prison. |
| MTag 1 | Society:Built:Structures |
| MTag 2 | Religion |
| MTag 3 | Dualism |
| Chords ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Prog V | vi-III-V-II, IV-I-ii-III |
| Ch Prog PC | ❌ |
| Ch Prog C | IV-I-III-vi, IV-I-ii-III |
| Ch Prog B | ❌ |
| Used Chords# Fam | 7 |
| Chord Fam Prog | I, II, ii, III, IV, V, vi |
| CHORD C = V | Different |
| Modes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Mode 1 | Ionian No7 |
| Mode 1 Chrds | i - Minor, IV - Major |
| Mode Mixture | No |
| Mode 1 Link | https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5iWy9061MNd9aXX6QIjZ9y?si=4PThOQ1wS4GBxsPWOkh3RQ |
| YT Mode 1 Link | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd6Ov6WracDM |
| Visual |  |
| HookTheory ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Ch Complex | 81 |
| Mel Cmplx | 15 |
| Ch Mel Tens | 26 |
| Ch Prog Nov | 69 |
| Ch-Bs Mel | 91 |
| Ch Complex Grp | 80-89 |
| Mel Cmplx Grp | 10-19 |
| Ch Mel Tens Grp | 20-29 |
| Ch Prog Nov Grp | 60-69 |
| Ch-Bs Mel Grp | 90+ |
| Spotify Attributes ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Spot-Dance | 58 |
| Spot-Energy | 51 |
| Spot-Valance | 61 |
| Spot-Dance Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Energy Grp | 50-59 |
| Spot-Valance Grp | 60-69 |
| Songbooks ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Songbook 1 | 100 Great Pop Songs (Various Artists) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 1) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bTknWctgVfijFo4xnslfSBDeKNYfbmgR/view?usp=drive_link |
| Songbook 2 | The New Eagles Complete (Eagles) |
| Songbook URL (Songbook 2) | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o2om5gPjiwvkC9if1QkVb-ianXnjwnpP/view?usp=drive_link |
| SB Page 1 | 138 (100 Great Pop Songs) |
| SB Page 2 | 200 (The New Eagles Complete) |
| Genre ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Genre 1 | Rock |
| Style ▾ | |
|---|---|
| Style 1 | Classic Rock |
| Style 2 | Country Rock |