Hotels inspire stories and tend to often feature in popular music, whether this is about specific hotels, fictitious hotels, working in hotels or just experiencing the ups and downs of life whilst staying in hotels.

Some songs come to mind immediately, whilst others are more obscure and take a little finding.

Just for fun to start 2023, here are a few of our favourite songs involving hotels. If you have a favourite, let us know via the comments section.

Hotel California – The Eagles

Blue Hotel – Chris Issak

Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis Presley

Hotel Room – Richard Hawley

Hot Rod Hotel – Billy Bragg/Wilco

Hotel Room Service – Pitbull

Copacabana – Barry Manilow

Chelsea Hotel #2 – Leonard Cohen

This Hotel Room – Jimmy Buffett

A Hotel Song – The Howl & The Hum

Holiday Inn – Elton John