- Album This song officially appears on the Paul Is Live Official live.
Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
July 1993
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Song facts
“Hotel In Benidorm” is an improvisation performed during a souncheck at Boulder on May 26, 1993 – during Paul McCartney’sNew World Tour. It has been released on Paul Is Live, the live album released in 1993.
“A Fine Day” was another of those soundcheck jams appearing on Paul Is Live; and both tracks were annotated with the tongue-in-cheek: “Tracks 22 and 24 were improvised at soundcheck and therefore may not be suitable for people of critical disposition“.
“Hotel In Benidorm” may have been a reminiscence of holidays Paul & band took in Benidorm in 1972 – here is what Denny Seiwell briefly said about those holidays:
Question: In june 1972, you were in Spain, near Benidorm to rehearse. Was it like holiday before the tour ? Was it fun ?
Denny Seiwell: right …dom…we went to a town near alicante i think…it was more vacation than anything, and yes it was fun…
Last updated on September 18, 2016
Lyrics
Well, the traffic agent told me that everything was taken care of
But here am I, got the kids got the wife, nowhere to stay tonight
Yeah, the hotel in Benindorm, still be building it
Won't be finished soon, won't be finished soon
Yeah, the hotel in Benindorm, still buildin', buildin', buildin'
We go to the beach and we go for a swim
But sooner or later yeah
We're gonna need to lay our poor burden down
The hotel in Benindorm still isn't finished
I guess we gonna just have to hang around.
Officially appears on
Official live • Released in 1993
2:00 • Soundcheck • L1
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Tambourine
- Robbie McIntosh :
- Acoustic guitar
- Hamish Stuart :
- Bass
- Paul Wickens :
- Accordion
- Blair Cunningham :
- Drums
- Geoff Emerick :
- Engineering, Mixing engineer
- Julian Mendelsohn :
- Recording engineer
- Bob Kraushaar :
- Recording engineer
Concert From the concert in Boulder, USA on May 26, 1993
- Session Recording:
- July 1993
- Studio :
- Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Official live • Released in 2019
2:00 • Soundcheck • L1.2019 • 2019 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Tambourine
- Robbie McIntosh :
- Acoustic guitar
- Hamish Stuart :
- Bass
- Paul Wickens :
- Accordion
- Blair Cunningham :
- Drums
- Geoff Emerick :
- Engineering, Mixing engineer
- Julian Mendelsohn :
- Recording engineer
- Bob Kraushaar :
- Recording engineer
- Alex Wharton :
- Remastering
Concert From the concert in Boulder, USA on May 26, 1993
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Bootlegs
Paul Is Live - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial live • Released in 2015
2:00 • Soundcheck • L1
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Tambourine
- Robbie McIntosh :
- Acoustic guitar
- Hamish Stuart :
- Bass
- Paul Wickens :
- Accordion
- Blair Cunningham :
- Drums
- Geoff Emerick :
- Engineering, Mixing engineer
- Julian Mendelsohn :
- Recording engineer
- Bob Kraushaar :
- Recording engineer
Concert From the concert in Boulder, USA on May 26, 1993
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Live performances
“Hotel In Benidorm” has been played in 1 soundchecks.
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