Seven Doors Hotel is also the name of an alternative country/americana band from Oslo, Norway.

"Seven Doors Hotel", written by Joey Tempest

Joey Tempest

Joey Tempest is the vocalist and main songwriter in the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. He has written hits like "The Final Countdown", "Rock the Night" and "Superstitious".-Early life:...

, was the first single released from the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Europe's

Europe (band)

Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum and drummer Tony Reno. Although widely associated with glam metal, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal and hard rock elements...

 self-titled debut album

Europe (album)

Europe is the first studio album by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. It was released on February 24, 1983, by Hot Records.-Track listing:All songs were written by Joey Tempest, except where noted.#"In the Future to Come" – 5:00#"Farewell" – 4:16...

. It was a big hit in Japan, reaching the Top 10. It was one of the first songs he ever wrote.

Tempest was inspired to write the song after seeing the Italian horror film The Beyond.

In 1985 Europe recorded a new version of the song, which was used as a B-side for the single "Rock the Night

Rock the Night (song)

"Rock the Night" is a single released by the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. The song was written by vocalist Joey Tempest in 1984 and premiered on the band's Wings of Tomorrow tour the same year....

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1983 version

• Joey Tempest
  Joey Tempest
  Joey Tempest is the vocalist and main songwriter in the Swedish heavy metal band Europe. He has written hits like "The Final Countdown", "Rock the Night" and "Superstitious".-Early life:...
  
   − vocals
  Singing
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  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  
• John Norum
  John Norum
  John Norum is a rock music guitarist and founder of the Swedish band Europe . Concurrent to his role with Europe, he also maintains a side solo project...
  
   − guitars
  Electric guitar
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• John Levén
  John Levén
  John Gunnar Levén is the bassist in the Swedish rock band Europe. Levén and vocalist Joey Tempest are the only band members who have performed on all of Europe's studio albums....
  
   − bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Tony Reno
  Tony Reno
  Tony Niemistö is a Swedish musician, best known as Tony Reno, the original drummer in the rock band Europe. He played on Europe's first two albums, Europe and Wings of Tomorrow. He parted company from the band before the second leg of the Wings of Tomorrow tour in 1984...
  
   − drums
  Drum kit
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1985 version

• Joey Tempest − vocals
• John Norum − guitars
• John Levén − bass guitar
• Mic Michaeli
  Mic Michaeli
  Gunnar Mathias "Mic" Michaeli is the keyboardist in the Swedish rock band Europe. Like many of the other Europe members he grew up in Stockholm suburb Upplands Väsby...
  
   − keyboards
• Ian Haugland
  Ian Haugland
  Håkan Jan "Ian" Haugland is the drummer in the Swedish rock band Europe. When he was eight months old, he and his family moved to the Swedish suburb Märsta. He joined Europe in the summer of 1984, replacing Tony Reno. Previously Haugland had played in a number of bands, including Trilogy, where...
  
  − drums