Heart Hotels

1980 single by Dan Fogelberg

"Heart Hotels"

Single by Dan Fogelberg

from the album Phoenix

B-side

"Beggar's Game"

Released

March 1980^[1]

Recorded

October 1979

Genre

Soft rock

Length

4:15 (album version)
3:20 (7" version)

Label

Epic

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

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

Personnel

Dan Fogelberg – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, Prophet 5, electric and acoustic pianos, orchestral arrangements
Russ Kunkel – congas
Jody Linscott – conductor
Andy Newmark – drums
Norbert Putnam – bass guitar
Tom Scott – saxophone, lyricon
Sid Sharp – concertmaster
Glen Spreen – orchestral arrangements

Weekly charts

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

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