Hotel California

Hotel California started as a wordless demo nicknamed .

Don Felder recorded the chord progression on a home four-track and handed the tape to the Eagles; Don Henley and Glenn Frey wrote the lyrics around it - a story Felder tells in his memoir Heaven and Hell.

The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977 and won the Grammy for Record of the Year.

Did you know the guitar duel at the end is Felder and Joe Walsh trading lines?