Heart Hotels Explained

Heart Hotels
Cover:	Heart_Hotels_-_Dan_Fogelberg.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Dan Fogelberg
Album:	Phoenix
B-Side:	Beggar's Game
Released:	March 1980^[1]
Recorded:	October 1979
Genre:	Soft rock
Length:	(album version) (7" version)
Label:	Epic
Producer:	Dan Fogelberg, Norbert Putnam, Morty Lewis
Prev Title:	Longer
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Same Old Lang Syne
Next Year:	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

Notes and References

1. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 95.