<P> The second single was the title track, which topped the charts in May 1977 and became the Eagles' signature song . It features Henley on lead vocals, with a guitar duet performed by Felder and Walsh . The song was written by Felder, Henley, and Frey, with Felder writing all the music . The mysterious lyrics have been interpreted in many ways, some of them controversial . Rumors even started in certain quarters that the song was about Satanism . The rumor was dismissed by the band and later by Henley in the documentary film History of the Eagles . Henley told 60 Minutes in 2007 that "it's basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American Dream and about excess in America, which was something we knew about ." </P> <P> With its hard rock sound, "Life in the Fast Lane" was also a major success that established Walsh's position in the band . The third and final single from Hotel California, it reached number 11 on the charts . The ballad "Wasted Time" closes the first side of the album, while an instrumental reprise of it opens the second side . The album concludes with "The Last Resort," a song that Frey once referred to as "Henley's opus," but which Henley described as "fairly pedestrian" and "never fully realized, musically speaking ." </P> <P> The run - out groove on side two has the words "V.O.L. Is Five - Piece Live" etched into the vinyl, which means that the instrumental track for the song "Victim of Love" was recorded live in the studio, with no overdubs . Henley confirms this in the liner notes of The Very Best Of . However, the song was a point of contention between Don Felder and the rest of the band . In the 2013 documentary, Felder claimed that he had been promised the lead vocal on "Victim of Love," for which he had written most of the music . After many unproductive attempts to record Felder's vocal, band manager Irving Azoff was delegated to take Felder out for a meal, removing him from the mix while Don Henley overdubbed his lead vocal . Hotel California appeared at number 37 on Rolling Stone's list of the best albums of all time, and is the band's best - selling studio album, with more than 17 million copies sold in the U.S. alone and more than 32 million copies worldwide . </P> <P> The album won Grammys for "Record of the Year" ("Hotel California") and "Best Arrangement for Voices" ("New Kid in Town"). Hotel California topped the charts and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 1978 Grammy Awards, but lost to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours . The huge worldwide tour in support of the album further drained the band members and strained their personal and creative relationships . </P>

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