Hotel Yorba

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'''"Hotel Yorba"''' is a song by The White Stripes. It was the lead single off their third album, ''[[White Blood Cells]]'', and their first single to be released commercially. The single was released in November 2001.
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==Releases==
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* ''[[White Blood Cells]]'' (2001)
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==Track listing==
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* ''[[Hotel Yorba (single)|Hotel Yorba]]'' (2001)
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''All songs by The White Stripes unless otherwise noted''
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* ''[[Live in Mississippi]]'' (2011)
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===7"===
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==Other Appearances==
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#"Hotel Yorba" (Live at the Hotel Yorba)
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* 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.
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#"Rated X" (Live at the Hotel Yorba) ([[Loretta Lynn]])
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==Credits==
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===CD===
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===Performers===
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#"Hotel Yorba"
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* [[Jack White]]: acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals
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#"Rated X" (Live at the Hotel Yorba)
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* [[Meg White]]: drums
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#"Hotel Yorba" (Live at the Hotel Yorba)
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===Production===
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#"Hotel Yorba" Video (QuickTime movie)
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* Originally recorded by [[The White Stripes]].
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* Written by Jack White and Meg White.
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* Produced by Jack White.
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* Mixed by Jack White and [[Stewart Sikes]].
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* Engineered by Stewart Sikes.
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* Mastered by [[Fred Kevorkian]] at Absolute Audio.
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* Recorded February 2001 at [[Easley-McCain Recording]], [[Memphis, Tennessee]].
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==Meaning==
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==Band Quotes==
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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* 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.
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* Built in 1926, the Hotel Yorba is a former hotel in southwest Detroit that can be seen along I-75 near the Ambassador Bridge to Canada. The band was banned from the hotel shortly after recording the [[Hotel Yorba (single)|"Hotel Yorba" single]] there in room 206 of the hotel. The building is now used as government subsidized housing.
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* Hotel Yorba is a real hotel in Detroit, Michigan. The song was recorded in one of its rooms. Some that's why Jack and Meg are now banned from the hotel, but Jack claims "I don't know why we are banned from the hotel."
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==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
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I was watching with one eye on the other side. I had fifteen people telling me to move; I got moving on my mind. I found shelter in some thoughts turnin' wheels around. I said thirty-nine times that I love you to the beauty I had found. Well, it's 1-2-3-4, take the elevator at the Hotel Yorba. I'll be glad to see you later; all they got inside is vacancy. I've been thinking of a little place down by the lake; they got a dirty little road leading up to the house. I wonder how long it will take till we're alone, sitting on the front porch of that home, stomping our feet on the wooden boards; never gonna worry about locking the door. Well, it's 1-2-3-4, take the elevator at the Hotel Yorba. I'll be glad to see you later; all they got inside is vacancy. It might sound silly for me to think childish thoughts like these, but I'm so tired of acting tough and I'm gonna do what I please. Let's get married in a big cathedral by a priest, 'cause if I'm the man that you love the most, you could say "I do" at least. Well, it's 1-2-3-4, take the elevator at the Hotel Yorba. I'll be glad to see you later; all they got inside is vacancy. And it's 4-5-6-7, grab your umbrella. Grab hold of me cause I'm your favorite fella. All they got inside is vacancy.
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I was watching with one eye on the other side
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I had fifteen people telling me to move
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I got moving on my mind
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I found shelter in some thoughts turning wheels around
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I said 39 times that I love you to the beauty I had found
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Well it's 1, 2, 3, 4
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Take the elevator at the Hotel Yorba
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I'll be glad to see you later
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All they got inside is vacancy
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I been thinking of a little place down by the lake
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They got a dirty little road leading up to the house
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I wonder how long it will take till we're alone
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Sitting on the front porch of that home
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stomping our feet on the wooden boards
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never gonna worry about locking the door
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Well it's 1, 2, 3, 4
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Take the elevator at the Hotel Yorba
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I'll be glad to see you later
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All they got inside is vacancy
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It might sound silly for me to think childish thoughts like these
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But I'm so tired of acting tough and I'm gonna do what I please
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Let's get married in a big cathedral by a priest
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Cause if I'm the man that you love the most, you can say "I do" at least
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Well it's 1, 2, 3, 4
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Take the elevator at the Hotel Yorba
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I'll be glad to see you later
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All they got inside is vacancy
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And it's 4, 5, 6, 7
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Grab your umbrella
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Grab hold of me cause I'm your favorite fella
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All they got inside is vacancy
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==Video==
==Video==
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Contrary to popular rumors, the video was actually not shot at the actual Hotel Yorba. "They wouldn't let us in.", [[Jack White]] said. "They thought we were from the IRS or something. It's a really seedy hotel, so I guess we just looked a little too respectable to get a room there. The funniest thing was we were sitting out in the van saying 'Man, we can't get in, I can't believe this', and just then NPR did a review of our new album saying, 'Here's the new song Hotel Yorba.' They started playing, and we were just laughing." [[Meg White]] later said about the video : "When we made "Hotel Yorba" we didn't think that it would get played or anything like that. I love that video as well. What we were doing at that time, it was like really low budget. The director did a good job for that."
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The music video for "Hotel Yorba" was directed by [[Anthony Garth]] and [[Dan Miller]]. It stars Jack, Meg, and [[Tracee Mae Miller]].
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{{#ev:youtube|NXmF3an6kYI}}
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The video was directed by Anthony Garth as well as Dan Miller, guitarist/singer of [[Blanche]] and former member of [[Goober and the Peas]] and [[2 Star Tabernacle]]. The video also stars Miller's wife and Blanche bassist Tracee Jae Miller.
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Contrary to popular belief, the video was actually ''not'' shot at the actual Hotel Yorba. "They wouldn't let us in.", [[Jack White]] said. "They thought we were from the IRS or something. It's a really seedy hotel, so I guess we just looked a little too respectable to get a room there. The funniest thing was we were sitting out in the van saying 'Man, we can't get in, I can't believe this', and just then NPR did a review of our new album saying, 'Here's the new song "Hotel Yorba".' They started playing, and we were just laughing."  
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There are versions of Rated X and Hotel Yorba on the Hotel Yorba single that were recorded at the hotel in room 286 by [[Brendan Benson]].
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[[Meg White]] later said about the video, "When we made "Hotel Yorba", we didn't think that it would get played or anything like that. I love that video. What we were doing at that time was, like, really low-budget. The director did a good job for that."
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==External Links==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Yorba Wikipedia: "Hotel Yorba"]
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==External links==
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[[Category:The White Stripes songs]]

Current revision as of 03:06, 24 January 2012

Contents

Releases

Other Appearances

  • 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.

Credits

Performers

Production

Meaning

Band Quotes

Trivia

  • Built in 1926, the Hotel Yorba is a former hotel in southwest Detroit that can be seen along I-75 near the Ambassador Bridge to Canada. The band was banned from the hotel shortly after recording the "Hotel Yorba" single there in room 206 of the hotel. The building is now used as government subsidized housing.

Lyrics

I was watching with one eye on the other side. I had fifteen people telling me to move; I got moving on my mind. I found shelter in some thoughts turnin' wheels around. I said thirty-nine times that I love you to the beauty I had found. Well, it's 1-2-3-4, take the elevator at the Hotel Yorba. I'll be glad to see you later; all they got inside is vacancy. I've been thinking of a little place down by the lake; they got a dirty little road leading up to the house. I wonder how long it will take till we're alone, sitting on the front porch of that home, stomping our feet on the wooden boards; never gonna worry about locking the door. Well, it's 1-2-3-4, take the elevator at the Hotel Yorba. I'll be glad to see you later; all they got inside is vacancy. It might sound silly for me to think childish thoughts like these, but I'm so tired of acting tough and I'm gonna do what I please. Let's get married in a big cathedral by a priest, 'cause if I'm the man that you love the most, you could say "I do" at least. Well, it's 1-2-3-4, take the elevator at the Hotel Yorba. I'll be glad to see you later; all they got inside is vacancy. And it's 4-5-6-7, grab your umbrella. Grab hold of me cause I'm your favorite fella. All they got inside is vacancy.

Video

The music video for "Hotel Yorba" was directed by Anthony Garth and Dan Miller. It stars Jack, Meg, and Tracee Mae Miller.

Contrary to popular belief, the video was actually not shot at the actual Hotel Yorba. "They wouldn't let us in.", Jack White said. "They thought we were from the IRS or something. It's a really seedy hotel, so I guess we just looked a little too respectable to get a room there. The funniest thing was we were sitting out in the van saying 'Man, we can't get in, I can't believe this', and just then NPR did a review of our new album saying, 'Here's the new song "Hotel Yorba".' They started playing, and we were just laughing."

Meg White later said about the video, "When we made "Hotel Yorba", we didn't think that it would get played or anything like that. I love that video. What we were doing at that time was, like, really low-budget. The director did a good job for that."

External Links

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