- Written by
- Tommy Durden, Mae Boren Axton, Elvis Presley
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-070.234.495-3 BMI, GEMA, ISWC, JASRAC
- Comments
- Although Presley was given a writing credit for this work, he did not participate in its creation. The song was Durden's idea, based on a story he read in a newspaper about a man who killed himself in a hotel and had left a suicide note with the line "I walk a lonely street." Mae Axton played the song for Presley a day after she and Durden wrote it, and Presley was enthusiastic about it. He apparently agreed to make the song his first RCA release in exchange for a share of the songwriting royalties.
- Published by
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EMI HARMONIES LIMITED
GEMA
- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license
Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
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- Hart Brake Motel written by Homer Haynes, Jethro Burns English June 1956 — Parody version
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- Murtuneen sydämen hotelli written by Lasse Velmala Finnish 1971
- Särjetyn sydämen hotelli written by Kyllikki Solanterä Finnish 1974
- Tu dois quitter l'hotel written by Gilles Brown French 1967
- À l'hôtel des cœurs brisés written by Long Chris French November 27, 1974
- Hôtel des cœurs brisés written by Jesse Garon French 1985
- Hotel zur Einsamkeit written by Hans Bradtke German May 1956
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- ハートブレイク・ホテル [Heartbreak Hotel] written by Itsuro Hattori Japanese 1956
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- Hotel de los corazones rotos written by [Unknown] Spanish 1960
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