This Place Hotel

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"This Place Hotel"
The Jacksons
singles chronology
"Lovely One"
(1980) 		"This Place Hotel"
(1980) 		"Can You Feel It"
(1981)

"This Place Hotel" (originally named "Heartbreak Hotel") is a 1980 song by

the Jacksons, written by Michael Jackson. While his brothers did not sing background vocals, they were credited with playing percussion on the album while brother Tito contributed a guitar solo. The song has a tempo
of 98 beats per minute, making it notably slower than many of the other disco-based songs on the album. In the song, the protagonist speaks of a time when ten years ago, he took his girlfriend to a hotel for a romantic night—only to find out that it was designed specifically to break couples up. The staff at the hotel gave the girl the impression that he had cheated on her with someone else, something he did not do, which caused her to break up with him in the hotel.

Record World praised Michael Jackson's lead vocals, the "hypnotic chorus backing" and the horn / string arrangement.[1]

Chart success

The song reached No. 22 on the

hip hop
.

Name change

The song's title was changed to "This Place Hotel" to avoid confusion with the 1956

black and white music.[3]

The original title of "Heartbreak Hotel" was used and released commercially on

mini CD single (using the newly chosen title) was commercially released in November 1988 to coincide with Michael's Bad tour
.

Performances

The song was performed on the Jacksons'

Jackson 5 hits) were retired during the second leg. A spoken word and synth recording preceded the song on the first leg of the Bad tour, but for the second leg of the tour (and on the subsequent Dangerous World Tour) that recording was used as an intro to Jackson's hit "Smooth Criminal
" instead.

Releases

The song was included on Michael Jackson's

Victory Tour
was uploaded to the Jacksons' official YouTube account.

Track listing

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "This Place Hotel" (previously "Heartbreak Hotel").

7" vinyl single - US (Epic – 19-50959)[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heartbreak Hotel"Michael Jackson4:49
2."Things I Do For You"T. Jackson, J. Jackson, M. Jackson, M. Jackson, R. Jackson,4:05
7" vinyl single - UK (Epic – S EPC 9391)
The Jacksons
3:36
CD single - Japan[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Place Hotel"Michael Jackson5:45
2."Lovely One"Michael Jackson, Randy Jackson3:45
CD single 1989 - Austria (Epc 654555 3)[7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heartbreak Hotel"Michael Jackson5:42
2."Blame It on the Boogie"Mick Jackson, Dave Jackson, Elmar Krohn6:56

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1980–81) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 22
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles[9] 2

References

  1. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. November 29, 1980. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 287.
  3. ^ "Michael Jackson denied being influenced by Elvis Presley". 22 July 2021.
  4. ISBN 978-0-89689-958-2
    .
  5. ^ The Sound Of The Crowd - a Discography of the '80s (Third Edition) By Steve Binnie - The Jacksons – Heartbreak Hotel], UK 7" vinyl single Epic – S EPC 9391
  6. ^ suruga-ya.jp - The Jacksons - This Place Hotel] - Japan Mini CD single, JANコード: 4988010603953, 管理番号: 250029520, 発売日:1988/10/26, 定価: 956円メーカー:型番: 108P-3048
  7. ^ The Sound Of The Crowd - a Discography of the '80s (Third Edition) By Steve Binnie - Heartbreak Hotel 3"CD single 1989
  8. ^ "The Jacksons 5 Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  9. ^ "The Jackson 5 Chart History: Dance Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
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