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Heart Hotels

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"Heart Hotels"
Single by Dan Fogelberg
from the album Phoenix
B-side"Beggar's Game"
ReleasedMarch 1980[1]
RecordedOctober 1979
GenreSoft rock
Length
  • 4:15 (album version)
  • 3:20 (7" version)
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Dan Fogelberg
Producer(s)Dan Fogelberg, Norbert Putnam, Morty Lewis
Dan Fogelberg singles chronology
"Longer"
(1979)
"Heart Hotels"
(1980)
"Same Old Lang Syne"
(1980)

"Heart Hotels" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg. The song appears on Fogelberg's 1979 album Phoenix. It was the second of two single releases from the LP.

Background

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"Heart Hotels" is a metaphor for protracted loneliness, bordering on despair. The song features a Lyricon solo by acclaimed session musician Tom Scott.

Personnel

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Weekly charts

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In the spring of 1980, the song peaked at #21 in the U.S. and #3 on Billboard magazine's Adult Contemporary chart. It was a lesser hit in Canada.

Chart (1980) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 21
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[2] 3
Canada RPM 100 81

References

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  1. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 95.
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