Hotel Yorba

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"Hotel Yorba"
"Hotel Yorba" cover
Single by The White Stripes
from the album White Blood Cells
Released November 2001
Format CD, 7"
Recorded  ???
Genre Alternative
Length 2 min 10 s
Label XL Recordings
Producer(s) Jack White
Chart positions
  • #26 (UK)
The White Stripes singles chronology
"Party of Special Things to Do"
(2000)
"Hotel Yorba"
(2001)
"Fell in Love with a Girl"
(2002)

"Hotel Yorba" is the lead single from White Blood Cells, by the White Stripes, and their first single to be released commercially. It was released in November 2001. It mixed popular rock music with a country feel and an upbeat vibe. Hotel Yorba is an actual hotel located in Detroit. The single version was recorded live in room 286 at the Hotel Yorba.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by The White Stripes unless otherwise noted

[edit] 7"

  1. "Hotel Yorba" (Live at the Hotel Yorba)
  2. "Rated X" (Live at the Hotel Yorba) (Loretta Lynn)

[edit] CD

  1. "Hotel Yorba"
  2. "Rated X" (Live at the Hotel Yorba)
  3. "Hotel Yorba" (Live at the Hotel Yorba)
  4. "Hotel Yorba" Video (QuickTime movie)

[edit] Trivia

  • According to the audio commentary of the "Extended Pilot" episode of Arrested Development, this song was to be heard when the Funkes were leaving their Beverly Hills hotel without paying their bill, but it was decided that it would be too costly to obtain permission.

[edit] References

The White Stripes
Jack White | Meg White
Discography
Albums and extended plays: The White Stripes | De Stijl | White Blood Cells | Elephant | Get Behind Me Satan | Walking with a Ghost | Icky Thump
Singles: "Let's Shake Hands" | "Lafayette Blues" | "The Big Three Killed My Baby" | "Hand Springs" | "Hello Operator" | "Lord, Send Me an Angel" | "Party of Special Things to Do" | "Hotel Yorba" | "Fell in Love with a Girl" | "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" | "We're Going to Be Friends" | "Red Death at 6:14" | "Candy Cane Children" | "Seven Nation Army" | "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" | "The Hardest Button to Button" | "There's No Home for You Here" | "Jolene (Live Under Blackpool Lights)" | "Blue Orchid" | "My Doorbell" | "The Denial Twist"
DVDs: Candy Coloured Blues (unofficial) | Under Blackpool Lights
Other projects: Aluminium | The Go
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