Hotel Yorba

{{Short description|2001 single by the White Stripes}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Hotel Yorba

| cover = Hotel Yorba.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = the White Stripes

| album = White Blood Cells

| B-side = Rated X

| released = {{start date|2001|11|12}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2001/Music-Week-2001-11-10.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting November 12, 2001: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=29|date=November 10, 2001|access-date=August 18, 2021}}

| recorded = May 2001{{cite web|url=http://www.whitestripes.net/articles-show.php?id=04|title=Sister? Lover? An Interview with The White Stripes|last=Maerz|first=Jennifer|date=June 5, 2001|website=whitestripes.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611223108/http://www.whitestripes.net/articles-show.php?id=04|archive-date=June 11, 2010|access-date=February 4, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://jackwhiteartanddesign.com/work/graphic-design/the-white-stripes-hotel-yorba/attachment/tws-hotel-yorba-2/ |website=Jack White Art & Design |access-date=13 October 2023 |title=TWS-hotel-yorba-2 }}

| studio =

| genre = * Country{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/music/index.ssf/2014/09/jack_white_in_cleveland_his_ge.html |title=Jack White in Cleveland: His genius in 7 songs |website=Cleveland.com |date= September 15, 2014|access-date=January 18, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/5152/20140331/8-great-country-songs-by-non-country-artists-the-white-stripes-the-beatles-tom-waits-and-more.htm |title=8 Great Country Songs by Non-Country Artists: The White Stripes, The Beatles, Tom Waits and more : Exclusives |publisher=Music Times |date=March 31, 2014 |access-date=January 18, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/02/the-white-stripes-10-best-songs.html |title=The White Stripes' 10 Best Songs : Music : Lists : The White Stripes : Paste |website=Pastemagazine.com |date= February 3, 2011|access-date=January 18, 2017}}{{cite web |last=Port |first=Ian S. |url=http://www.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/02/02/rip-the-white-stripes-1997-2011-an-appreciation |title=R.I.P. The White Stripes, 1997-2011: An Appreciation | All Shook Down |website=Sfweekly.com |date=May 19, 2016 |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225140/http://www.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/02/02/rip-the-white-stripes-1997-2011-an-appreciation |url-status=dead }}

• {{nowrap|country blues}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/4447/The-White-Stripes-White-Blood-Cells/ |title=The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (album review ) |website=Sputnikmusic.com |date=November 28, 2005 |access-date=January 18, 2017}}{{cite web|author=Tom Maginnis |url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/hotel-yorba-mt0013302277 |title=Hotel Yorba - The White Stripes | Song Info |publisher=AllMusic |date= |access-date=January 18, 2017}}
• {{nowrap|garage rock}}{{cite web|last=Eakin |first=Marah |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/hotel-yorba-life-affirming-garage-rock-classic-203980 |title="Hotel Yorba" is a life-affirming garage rock classic · Hear This · The A.V. Club |website=Avclub.com |date= May 5, 2014|access-date=January 18, 2017}}
• {{nowrap|country pop}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hearingdouble.net/bw-the-white-stripes-hotel-yorba/ |title=B/W: The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba • Hearing Double |website=Hearingdouble.net |date=June 20, 2014 |access-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529204008/http://www.hearingdouble.net/bw-the-white-stripes-hotel-yorba/ |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

| length = 2:10

| label = XL

| composer = Jack White, Meg White

| lyricist = Jack White

| producer = Jack White

| prev_title = Party of Special Things to Do

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Fell in Love with a Girl

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|DZPEUyiNcjA|"Hotel Yorba"}}}}

}}

"Hotel Yorba" is the lead single from White Blood Cells, by American garage rock band the White Stripes. It was released on November 12, 2001.

Built in 1926, the Hotel Yorba is a former hotel in southwest Detroit that can be seen along I-75 near the Ambassador Bridge to Canada. The single version of the song was recorded in room 206 of the building which is now used as government subsidized housing.{{cite book|title=The White Stripes and the Sound of Mutant Blues|author=Everett True|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2004|isbn=0-7119-9836-1|page=126}} Jack says that, as a child, he heard a rumor that the Beatles had stayed there—a rumor that, although false, he loved.Edwards, Gavin (November 13, 2003), "Heartbreak Hotel". Rolling Stone. (935):32

The White Stripes shot much of the song's music video outside the hotel, but were denied permission to film inside; it's rumored the duo is banned for life from the hotel.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/song-stories/hotel-yorba-the-white-stripes|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140726193159/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/song-stories/hotel-yorba-the-white-stripes|url-status=dead|title=Hotel Yorba by The White Stripes | Song Stories | Rolling Stone|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=July 26, 2014|access-date=June 7, 2021}}

The song was used for a deleted scene in the 2002 movie 28 Days Later. The scene does not appear on the DVD, while the song itself is featured on the soundtrack CD released by XL Records.

The single was reissued on opaque red vinyl for Black Friday Record Store Day in 2012 by Third Man Records and later released on standard black vinyl.