Discover the story of the song > Hotel California – Eagles

Hotel California by the Eagles was released in 1977. The Eagles were on tour and were at the Hotel California. They heard rumors that the hotel was haunted and that people had died there. The Eagles decided to do a song about the hotel and tried to develop a story about what was happening at the hotel. The song is about a man who arrives at the hotel and is greeted by the people in the hotel. The man looks like he is rich and he looks like he is very happy. He starts drinking and partying with the people in the hotel. In the middle of the night, the man hears noises and people screaming. The man realizes that the people in the hotel are killing him. The man dies and goes to hell.