<P> Al B. Sure! recorded his rendition for his album, Private Times...and the Whole 9! (1990). Gipsy Kings recorded a flamenco version sung in Spanish . The Orb, under the name of Jam On The Mutha produced a version which charted at No. 62 on the UK chart in 1990 . Mike Piranha recorded "Hotel Honolulu" in 1998, satirizing overdevelopment, crime, and other issues on Oahu, which became a local hit in Hawaii . The Romanian band Vama Veche recorded its version with different lyrics entitled "Hotel Cişmigiu", sung in its native language . Alabama 3 covered the song for the album, La Peste (2000). Nancy Sinatra recorded a cover version for her 2002 album California Girl, an album of songs about California . The Cat Empire recorded a version sung in French entitled "L'hotel de Californie" for Triple J's Like a Version segment, and is included in its 2005 compilation album as well as the band's 2003 live album On the Attack . The Killers and Rhythms del Mundo collaborated their version with Afro - Cuban music for the 2009 Artists' Project Earth charity, and it appeared on the album Rhythms del Mundo Classics . </P> <P> Frank Ocean released a song that samples the entire instrumental track of "Hotel California" on his mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra (2011), entitled "American Wedding". It led to a threatened lawsuit from Don Henley for copyright infringement . </P> <P> "Hotel California" and its lyrics have become absorbed into the wider culture around the world, and have been used by various writers and commentators to reflect on issues ranging from politics to social media and welfare, or as an observation on a particular situation . The lines "We are programmed to receive / You can check out any time you like / But you can never leave!" were used by an economist to refer to how the appeal of an attractive "Hotel California" - type host country to foreign investors may be countered by the cost of exit on leaving the country . A term "The Hotel California Effect" was then used to refer to the negative effect of financial regulations on investment, and the problems foreign investors faced when getting their money out of China . It has also applied to other ideas such as leaving a service provider or social media network . A book titled Operation Hotel California: The Clandestine War Inside Iraq was written about the clandestine operation named after the song title by CIA--US Special Forces teams in Iraqi Kurdistan in the lead - up to the Iraq War . </P> <P> Although the Eagles were noted for their reluctance to license their songs for use in shows, the song had been used in a number of films and television shows, such as The Big Lebowski (performed by the Gipsy Kings), Absolutely Fabulous, and The Sopranos . Most recently it was used during the final scenes of the premiere episode of American Horror Story: Hotel in October 2015 . </P>

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