(She Was a) Hotel Detective

~ Recording by They Might Be Giants

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:12They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • US1986-11-04
East Side DigitalGIANT 1
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • US1986-11-04
Bar/None RecordsA-HAON 002
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • DE1987-09-28
Rough Trade (pre‐2000)RTD 57
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:12They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • DE1987-09-28
Rough Trade (pre‐2000)RTDCD 57
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • JP1987-11-21
Rough Trade (pre‐2000)VIL-28107
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:12They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • JP1987-11-21
Rough Trade (pre‐2000)VDP-1289
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
Rough Trade (pre‐2000)ROUGH 115
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:12They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
Restless Records, Bar/None Records7 72603-2
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be Giants (barcode on left)They Might Be GiantsAlbum
Bar/None RecordsA-HAON 002
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
Bar/None RecordsA-HAON 002
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
Restless Records, Bar/None Records7 72603-4
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
Bar/None RecordsA-HAON 002
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be Giants (barcode on right)They Might Be GiantsAlbum
Bar/None RecordsA-HAON 002
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
Restless Records, Bar/None Records7 72603-1
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • XE1990-11-19
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)7559-61020-2
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • XE1990-11-19
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)7559-61020-4, EKT 80C
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • XE1990-11-19
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)7559-61020-1, EKT 80
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • JP1990-12-10
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)WPCP-4043
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThen: The Earlier YearsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW1997-03-25
Idlewild Recordings
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:12They Might Be GiantsThen: The Earlier YearsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-03-25
Restless Records72931-2
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
Rough Trade (pre‐2000), One Little Indian RecordsRTD 57, TPLP 29
1.7(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsBest of the Early YearsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-11-23
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)7551745604 2
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • AU2013-05-10
Breakaway Recordings (Australian licensing label)BREAKAWAY0012
1.3(She Was a) Hotel Detective (single remix)2:19They Might Be Giants50,000,000 They Might Be Giants Songs Can’t Be WrongThey Might Be GiantsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2015-10-16
Breakaway Recordings (Australian licensing label)
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be Giants (limited edition pink vinyl)They Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • XW2019-11-19
Idlewild RecordingsIDLE151
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • CA2020-05-01
  • MX2020-05-01
  • US2020-05-01
Idlewild Recordings
Promotion
1.10(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be Giants (advance release)They Might Be GiantsAlbum
  • GB1987-07-15
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)none
1.7(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsSelections From the 2-CD Retrospective Then: The Earlier YearsThey Might Be GiantsAlbum + Compilation
Restless RecordsPRO-095
1.4(She Was a) Hotel Detective2:10They Might Be GiantsThe Music of They Might Be Giants: 1986–2013They Might Be GiantsAlbum + Compilation
Music AlternativesSC0415

Relationships

engineer:Al Houghton (engineer)
Bill Krauss
Alex Noyes
executive producer:Mark Boyer
Matthew Hill (They Might Be Giants)
producer:Bill Krauss
baritone saxophone and bass saxophone:John Linnell
electric guitar, background vocals and lead vocals:John Flansburgh
performer:They Might Be Giants
recorded at:Dubway Studio in New York, New York, United States
Studio Pass (Public Access Synthesizer Studio) in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:Dubway Studio in New York, New York, United States
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/4JyU8O5GmfMblUuTKpJuXN [info]
recording of:(She Was a) Hotel Detective

Related works

(She Was a) Hotel Detective

writer:John Flansburgh
John Linnell
publisher:TMBG Music