Hotel California

genre

 * soft rock

artist

 * Eagles

album

 * Hotel California

significance

 * certified platinum
 * a chart-topper

trivia

 * So I called up the captain, "Please bring me my wine". He said "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969". Don Henley was told many times that wine is not a spirit and every time said he knows. It can be said that the line refers to the Summer of '69.
 * The line "They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast" refers to a song by Steely Dan which references the Eagles.