This Place Hotel
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| "This Place Hotel" | ||
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| Single by The Jacksons | ||
| from the album Triumph | ||
| Released | 1980 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | 1980 | |
| Genre | R&B/soul | |
| Label | Epic | |
| Writer(s) | Michael Jackson | |
| Producer(s) | The Jacksons | |
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| The Jacksons singles chronology | ||
| "Lovely One" (1980) |
"This Place Hotel" (1980) |
"Can You Feel It" (1981) |
Originally named "Heartbreak Hotel", "This Place Hotel" was a hit recording by The Jacksons when it was released in 1980.
Written by Michael, the song would precede Jackson's own hit, "Billie Jean", in its insecurity-plagued tale of confusion. While his brothers didn't sang background vocals, they were credited with playing percussion on the album while brother Tito got to play a guitar solo.
The song reached number twenty-two on the Billboard pop singles chart and number two on the R&B singles chart when it was released and became the group's second biggest single off their Triumph album. The song, in turn, became a popular concert performance for the group's next two tours right into Michael's own "Bad" tour.
The song, like the aforementioned "Can You Feel It", has become one of the oft-sampled songs in hip-hop.
[edit] Credits
- Lead and background vocals: Michael Jackson
- Additional background vocals: Stephanie Spruill, Maxine Willard Waters & Julia Tillman Waters
- Written, arranged & composed by Michael Jackson
- Instrumentation:
- Greg Phillinganes: keyboards
- Tito Jackson: guitar
- David Williams: guitar
- Mike Sembello: guitar
- Paul Jackson, Jr.: guitar
- Nathan Watts: bass guitar
- Ollie Brown: drums
- Provided Scream: LaToya Jackson
- The Jacksons: percussion
- Paulinho da Costa: percussion
- Produced By The Jacksons
